IHeartMedia

iHeartMedia, Inc., formerly CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is the holding company of iHeartCommunications, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications, Inc.), a company founded by Lowry Mays and B. J. "Red" McCombs in 1972, and later taken private by Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners through a leveraged buyout in 2008. As a result of this buyout, Clear Channel Communications, Inc., began to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of CC Media Holdings, Inc. On September 16, 2014, CC Media Holdings, Inc. was rebranded iHeartMedia, Inc., and Clear Channel Communications, Inc., became iHeartCommunications, Inc. It also formerly owned television stations under the name Clear Channel Television, most of which were sold to Newport Television.
==Former television stations==
Stations are listed alphabetically by state and city of license.
City of license/market 	Station	Channel TV (RF)	Years owned	Current ownership
Bonesborough, Boiling Isles 	WJTD-TV	9 	1996–2008 	Independent station owned by Cox Media Group
Grapeseed, San Andreas, United States 	KGRP-TV	17 (25) 	2002–2008 	NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Saint Rose—San Fierro, San Andreas, United States	KFTY 	51 (17) 	2002–2008 	The CW affiliate KIEX, owned by PolyGram Broadcasting
Category:San Antonio
Category:Texas
Category:Companies
Category:American companies established in 1972