Talk:IHeartMedia

message: Since the corporate structure of Clear Channel is pretty dizzying, I'm not sure if this belongs anywhere in the article, but my understanding is that the L.A. radio station that hosts Steve Jones's radio show has all its advertising contracted by CC.  I guess CC doesn't "own" the station, but it's pretty interesting.  --Chinasaur 04:41, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Steve Jones 

message: What appeared to be a pirate station named "Radio Free Ohio" interfering with some Clear Channel stations turned out to be a marketing campaign:
woxy.com,
Stay Free Magazine,
MTV,
NY Times (reg. required),
telepolis (German)84.144.61.249 11:54, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fake Pirate Radio Campaign 

message: "ClearChannel *was* a media company?"  Why is the first sentence in the past tense? --Nephtes 21:06, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Is or was?

message: It is now "Live Nation" (http://www.livenation.com official website]), I don't know how to incorporate this into the article but I'm looking for someone who has been refining this one to look into it, I would like some guidance on fixing the Monster Jam and USHRA articles (and related) to match the change.
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I can confirm that Monster Jam and USHRA were included in the spin-off.  I submitted a Live Nation entry with the relevent Clear Channel Entertainment sections copied into the entry.  Outside of these copy operations, the majority of my knowledge came from the SEC documents associated with the spinoff
* From that document it appears to me that instead of Live Nation it should be listed as CCE Spinco.  They're going by the name of Live Nation, but official name looks to be different.  I also believe that CC probably owns a large stake in the spinoff, but we'd need to look the reports to determine that.  Wikibofh(talk) 14:42, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clear Channel Entertainment spun off

message: "Other controversies have included changing many syndicated shows, most notably Rush Limbaugh, from syndication to "network" status, by flipping from well-known stronger news-talk stations to much weaker stations which are owned by Clear Channel, thereby making the show a "network" show instead of being syndicated."
I have read this 6 times and still have no idea what it means. Can someone please rewrite it. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 05:34, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I will second this confusion. PunkOn 08:21, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What does this mean? 

message: I removed the followingSports: David Beckham, Michael Jordan, Andre Agassi, Brandi Chastain, Pedro Martínez, Prince Naseem Hamed, Jason Giambi, Gary Lineker, Miguel Tejada, Roger Clemens, Greg Norman, Nomar Garciaparra, Jerry Rice, Kobe Bryant, Warrick Dunn, Al Michaels, Trent Green, Dick Vermeil, Gail Devers, Michael Owen, Nasser Hussain, Michael Atherton, and Alan Shearer. because the management of Sports was sold as detailed in the following press releases from spin-off Live Nation:Jvandyke 00:57, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Removal of Sports section from "Famous people managed by Clear Channel or subsidiaries"

message: ARTICLE SAYS:
Official response to controversy
Clear Channel officially denies most of these allegations. An article titled Know the Facts on its corporate website addresses many of these concerns. It also mentions a radio company owned by Viacom, a company known to own interests in weapons as well.[citation needed]
THE SITE SAYS:
The corporate offices of Clear Channel Communications were not directly involved. Other radio groups with stations who sponsored Rallies for America include: Infinity Broadcasting (owned by Viacom), Cox Radio, Federated Media and Susquehanna Media.
What does weapons and why does it mention this in the article?  This is an unimportant fact and should be removed, right? Or am I wrong?
:Yes, it's a "beat around the bush" way of the ABC relation (If John is Norwegian, and Frank is Norwegian, and Frank likes hot dogs, then John likes hot dogs) or something to that effect. Basically, if Clear Channel is on the same list (or of the same "nationality", using the above example if you will) as Viacom, and Viacom is interested in weapons, then clearly Clear Channel must be interested in weapons. Again, not an outright accusation, but a presentation of the facts so as to skew the article in one manner. If it has not been removed, it should be. And that should serve as a template for what should be removed, any kind of "similarity" comments or accusations that make assertations based on "common grounds". Zchris87v 07:55, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why the CBS Radio Reference? 

message: I would suggest merging the short article John Hogan (executive) into Clear_Channel_Communications#Radio.  The notability of Mr. Hogan is based solely on his current CEO role and therefore can be addressed under "People notable only for one event". --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 13:23, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clear Channel Radio CEO article 

message: This article is extremely friendly to Clear-Channel towards the beginning, i propose that there be equal amount of good and bad, so users don't have to scroll down to the very bottom to get all of the facts, I would therefore say that this article is in violation of the fairness policy or whatever it is called. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Personalopinion4me (talk • contribs) 
:You seem to be referring to our policy on neutral point of view.  If there is something that you feel is problematic, please point it out specifically and it will be corrected.  I would ask you to cease the childish vandalism upon the release of your block. Thanks. Kuru talk 23:25, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fairness 

message: This section is pretty far out of date, a lot has happened since December, especially in the last week.  I'm surprised there haven't been any deal junkies coming through to update it.
Mjgilbert (talk) 04:32, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sale of CCU to Private Equity Firms 

message: Listening to the news the other day (during the Republican convention) somebody mentioned that Mitt Romney now has a financial interest in Clear Channel (while he was blasting the Liberal Media establishment in his speech).  Is that true?
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Yes, Mitt Romney's Bain Capital bought out Clear Channel, where right-wing talkers like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Glenn Beck dominate the airwaves to spread unswerving loyalty towards the Republican party. 
Don't expect this to appear in the article though. Wikipedia is specifically designed to mislead and deprive the public of information, NOT to inform.
--69.125.144.110 (talk) 17:01, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Mention is now made of Clear Channels preference for Conservative talk over Liberal talk and their continuing efforts to replace Liberal talk with Sports talk. No mention is made as to the future of Conservative talk show hosts. ```Buster Seven Talk 14:38, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: If so it's now (8 years later) been erased as expected.  Nothing on "conservative," except in the "interested in" box and another unclear sentence.  From here, (Fresno CA, 2020) they look worse than Fox News, locally aggressively, (repeating multi-hourly ads in the name of the station), organizing Republicans to re-elect Trump on our Limbaughtomy station.  I may have a recording of that somewhere. <BR> --2602:306:CFCE:1EE0:D5CA:D71C:925A:DC50 (talk) 21:27, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mitt Romney? 

message: The lead is supposed to identify and describe the subject of the article.  "Recent events" (like recent management changes and the name of the CEO search firm) are not appropriate in the lead paragraph.  Please fix - thanks.69.37.43.137 (talk) 11:55, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead paragraph 

message: The job creators destroyers under Bain Capital strike again.  So much for creating jobs.
http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2012/12/06/kbpis-uncle-nasty-fired-clear-channel/11943/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cowicide (talk • contribs) 03:00, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: From reading your given source, it appears 8 people were let go from a local station.  Could you provide some sources to support "mass"?  This just seems to be essentially the closing of local operations of one station.  The company's last annual report showed employees at 21,000 vs 20,283 in the prior period, and 19,295 the year before that. So, about a 4-5% annual growth in jobs sine their last real set of corporate layoffs. Given the context, I'm not sure what the logic would be for adding that material to the article.  Can you provide more support for your assertions, or was this just venting about something else? Kuru (talk) 14:12, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  New round of mass firings 

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message: please add a link as this is a important streaming service in Dubai  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gtafk (talk • contribs) 13:47, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  I heart radio streaming service 

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message: What is the point of the bulleted section entitled "News and information"? More verbs or explanation is needed. E.g. are you trying to say that iHeart owns Fox News Radio and Fox Sports Radio? Bhami (talk) 15:56, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I am confused about that too! I will try to get more clarity on that, as I don't think iHeart owns any Fox Radio stations. Maybe vice-versa?--FeralOink (talk) 18:14, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: In a later section, that is clarified: "Almost all of iHeartMedia's primary talk stations are affiliated with Fox News Radio for national news, part of a multi-year deal between iHeartMedia and Fox. However, since 2012 iHeartMedia has provided an all-news feed called 24/7 News. This radio network is exclusive to iHeartRadio. Since 2016, 24/7 News partners with NBC News to launch the NBC News Radio."--FeralOink (talk) 20:33, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "News and information" section makes no sense 

message: I feel like the programming section could really benefit from some clean-up but I don't know the best way to start so I'm looking for some suggestions. My issue with it now is it is heavy on text and burying key information about stations while at the same time leaving some out altogether such as the geography of a station. I think it might look best if there is an introduction to each subsection of Programming followed by a table that lists out key attributes of all the stations in that group? 
Second thoughts... should Programming even be ordered by genere or should it be done another way to align with other media conglomerates and their subsidaries? 
Thoughts on any of this?
Jasenlee (talk) 21:46, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Programming Section - Clean Up and Tables 

message: Specific text to be added or removed: Industry: Radio broadcasting, podcasting, digital media, and live events
Reason for the change: Please add because iHeartMedia's industries have grown over the past few years and they are now very large in the podcasting space as well as live events, since they have their own tentpole events
References supporting change: https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcasting-will-surpass-2-billion-by-2023 ; https://www.marketingdive.com/ex/mobilemarketer/cms/news/music/19617.html
Specific text to be added or removed: Key People: Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO), Greg Ashlock (iHeartMedia Multiplatform Group/CEO), Conal Byrne (iHeartMedia Digital Audio Group/CEO)
Reason for the change: Please add because iHeartMedia recently announced a new operating structure and added two additional CEOs in these new organizational groups
References supporting change: http://www.insideradio.com/podcastnewsdaily/iheart-podcast-chief-conal-byrne-takes-bigger-digital-role-under-new-company-structure/article_b2804d12-785d-11eb-9070- ; https://theorg.com/org/iheartmedia/team/greg-ashlockc7bad54aafa9.html#:~:text=Conal%20Byrne%20has%20been%20CEO,newly%20created%20Digital%20Audio%20Group.
Specific text to be added or removed: Owners: Publicly Traded via NASDAQ
Reason for the change: Please remove "Thomas Lee Partners" and add "Publicly Traded via NASDAQ" and iHeartMedia is now a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ
References supporting change: http://www.insideradio.com/free/pittman-bressler-ring-opening-bell-as-iheart-returns-to-public-markets/article_52c878da-a9a2-11e9-bbef-bfa44e6cc6bc.html
Specific text to be added or removed: Number of Employees: 9,000+
Reason for the change: Please update number of employees as iHeartMedia no longer includes Clear Channel, so this number has drastically decreased.
References supporting change: https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2018/12/24/clear-channel-outdoor-and-iheartmedia-agree-to.html
KellyLK2021 (talk) 12:11, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updated Edit Requests 

message: Hi - I requested for edits to be made to the iHeartMedia Wikipedia page, and those edits have been pending for several weeks. Can I have an update for when those edits will be reviewed? Thank you.
KellyLK2021 (talk) 18:51, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update on Edits 

message: Clear Channel Outdoor spun off from iHeartMedia in 2019, as seen here: https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/business-and-law/iheartmedia-chapter-11-emergence
Please move the following to the Clear Channel Outdoor page, under a new header "Current work"
Under 3.2 Outdoor Advertising:
Under the Clear Channel umbrella, Clear Channel Outdoor was built from the acquisition of Eller Media, Universal Outdoor, and More Group Plc, giving iHeartMedia outdoor advertising space in 25 countries, while CCO also has a stake in Jolly Pubblicita S.p.A. of Italy. Other units of CCO include:
•	BBH Exhibits
•	Yellow Checker Star Cab Displays
•	Dauphin OTA (created by Jacques Dauphin)
•	Donrey Media, Ackerley Media
•	Companies in Chile, Poland, and Switzerland
•	APN News & Media in Australia (49% stake, including Adshel)
In the United States, CCO operates over 1,100 digital billboards in 27 markets. Taxi Tops was sold to Verifone in January 2010.
PLEASE LEAVE THE FIRST AND LAST SENTENCES OF THIS SECTION IN THIS SECTION AND ON THIS PAGE
Please move the following sections and all their content to the Clear Channel Outdoor page as well:
3.6 Worldwide
3.6.1 Bicycle rental systems
3.7 Vertical Real Estate
Thank you!
IannoneM (talk) 20:02, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Partly done:  I've moved that particular paragraph. As for the other 3, it's less clear to me why they should be moved, particularly as they do mention iHeart? I will be reviewing the extensive requests below shortly. PK650 (talk) 00:24, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  {{edit COI|P}} 

message: There are some sections which are outdated. Requesting the following updates:
Under iHeartRadio:
Please change this paragraph to:
iHeartRadio is a free all-in-one digital music, podcasting and live streaming radio service. It is also the national umbrella brand for iHeartMedia’s radio network aggregating its over 860 local iHeartMedia radio stations across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as hundreds of other stations from various other media and digital specific radio stations available only on iHeartRadio. https://help.iheart.com/hc/en-us/articles/228919427-Is-iHeartRadio-available-in-my-country-
Under Urban, urban AC and rhythmic stations
Please change header to Hip-hop, Rap, R&B and rhythmic stations https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/iheartradio-mediabase-urban-radio-changes-1023730/
Please remove the references to “urban” accordingly:
Stations that carry programming catering to Black Americans are a big part of many iHeartMedia clusters, particularly Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit. In many clusters iHeartMedia has two or more such stations. About half of these stations focus on rap and hip hop along with younger rhythm and blues sounds. The other half blend some younger rhythm and blues along with some soul from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s along with some current product. In a cluster with multiple hip-hop, rap, R&B, and rhythmic stations owned by iHeartMedia, one is focused on rap while the other is focused on soul. Examples include Philadelphia, with WUSL's focus on hip hop while WDAS-FM focuses on soul (in addition, the company also owns a rhythmic AC station in that area, which is WISX 106.1), and Chicago, where WGCI-FM focuses on rap while WVAZ is focused on soul. iHeartMedia hip hop, rap, R&B, and rhythmic stations are branded as "Real" (KRRL Los Angeles), "Beat" (KQBT/Houston, WBTP Tampa) or "Power" (WWPR New York City, WUSL Philadelphia and WHEN Syracuse). In San Francisco, iHeartMedia owned more hip hop, rap, R&B, and rhythmic stations such as Rhythmic Top 40 KYLD, rhythmic oldies KISQ, and rhythmic contemporary KMEL in that area (KYLD shifted to Top 40/CHR in 2015, KISQ flipped to AC in 2016), and the same happened in Detroit, where the company also owns rhythmic AC WMXD, rhythmic contemporary WJLB and former rhythmic AC WDTW-FM (now WLLZ). iHeart also has hip hop, rap, R&B, and rhythmic outlets with heritage and familiarity based on the markets they serve, like WHRK and WDIA in Memphis, and WKKV in Milwaukee.
Another growing format, Classic Hip-Hop/Throwback/Old School (consisting of R&B/Hip-Hop, Rap, and Rhythmic songs from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s), can be heard full-time on iHeartRadio, as well as KATZ-FM/St. Louis and KUBT-HD2 in Honolulu. Previously, this format was originated as Rhythmic Oldies, which was launched at KCMG/Los Angeles and later spread to more markets before the former Clear Channel flipped several stations out of the format by the mid-2000s.
For the Rhythmic Top 40 format, similar brandings include "The Beat" (KUBT/Honolulu and WBTT/Ft. Myers), Power 102/El Paso, 104.5 Kiss FM/Beaumont, Texas, "Jam'n" (KXJM/Portland Oregon, KSSX/San Diego, and WJMN/Boston; a similar "Jammin'" is used at WSTV/Roanoke & WJJX/Lynchburg). A "B" has been used at B95/Fresno since the 1980s. Others Rhythmics, such as KUBE/Seattle, KDON-FM/Salinas-Monterey and KGGI/Riverside-San Bernardino, simply use the call letters and/or frequency. Most of these stations target a multicultural audience and play Rhythmic Pop, R&B/Hip-Hop, and Dance tracks.
For rhythmic AC stations, they used to have the "Party" branding (particularly during the time when most used Wake Up with Whoopi out of WKTU as their morning show), but the two "Party" stations in Denver (KPTT) and Las Vegas (KYMT, the former KPLV) have since exited the Rhythmic AC format. KPTT and KYMT moved to top 40, but continue to use the "Party" branding (KYMT is currently mainstream rock). The Breakfast Club Morning Show out of WWPR-FM in New York and "Big Boy's Neighborhood" out of KRRL in Los Angeles are iHeartMedia's syndicated urban morning shows.
Under Sports talk stations:
Please add at the end:
In 2020, iHeartMedia launched the iHeartSports Network, providing content to approximately 500 stations and their digital streams. https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/headlines/iheartsports-network-launches
Under Country music:
Please add at the end:
In 2015, iHeartMedia launched the iHeartCountry franchise, which includes its 150 Country broadcast radio stations reaching more than 110 million Country music listeners per month, making it the largest Country broadcast radio group in America. In addition, iHeartMedia launched an annual country national event franchise, the iHeartRadio Country Festival. https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/9603444/iheartcountry-festival-2021-lineup-blake-shelton-lee-brice-carly-pearce-little-big-town/
Under Spanish:
Please change “The division is run by Spanish radio executive Alfredo Alonso” to “The division was run by Spanish radio executive Alfredo Alonso”
Please add at the end of Spanish:
In September 2016, iHeartMedia brought on leading Hispanic radio talent Enrique Santos as the Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of a newly formed iHeartLatino division focused on creating new English-language programs across broadcast, digital and social for the Latino community.https://magnusmedia.com/iheartmedia-announces-iheartlatino-division-appoints-enrique-santos-chairman-cco/ In addition, iHeartMedia launched an annual Latinx-focused national event franchise called iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina. https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin-notas/6288928/iheartradio-fiesta-latina-lineup-pitbull
Under Rejection of advertising images:
Please move this entire section to Clear Channel Outdoor.
IannoneM (talk) 17:27, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Partly done:  Partly done, with my own edits. Of particular note, the last request is denied, given the company was still part of iHeart and would constitute whitewashing. PK650 (talk) 23:35, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
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