Submitted Podcast Feed & iTunes Rejected...

Hello, iTunes helpers,
I submitted an RSS2 feed to iTunes for my podcast to be listed, but it was rejected with unknown reason. I think I did everything right. Could someone please tell me what SPECIFICALLY went wrong?
http://djmoradio.podomatic.com/rss2.xml
I tried to resubmit, but it says "The feed has already been submitted." How do I submit my feed again & NOT get rejected?
It works. I can access my feed by manually typing the URL & subscribing to it. The thing is, I want to make it easier for people to search for me instead of just the URL. You know, make it official?
Thanks,
- DJ Mo
Podcast Feed URL: http://djmoradio.podomatic.com/rss2.xml

It's rather unhelpful that when they reject a feed they don't give a reason. Common reasons for rejection are technical problems (doesn't seem to be the case here), offensive, illegal or explicit content (doesn't seem to be the case either) or copyright concerns. I haven't listened to your material, but its possible that they may be concerned that you are using copyright recordings without either the written consent of the copyright owners or the possession of a valid podcast licence from a recognized authority.
If you are able to clear up whatever the problem is you may well find that you get the 'already submitted' error - this appears to be a bug in the Store. The workaround is to make a small change to the title and to the feed filename, so that it appears to be a new podcast (you can always change the title back afterwards).

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