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Category Archives: IHeart Media
The final days of iHeart / Clear Channel?
It’s official – bond holders of iHeart / Clear channel debt are fed up with the company diverting and selling off assets intended to protect the interests of the $20 billion in debt. iHeart, fearing that a default notice was … Continue reading
Posted in IHeart Media, Radio Biz
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The brink of default
Most corporate loan agreements have language requiring permission before corporate assets are transferred or the pecking order of who gets paid first is changed. IHeart (aka Clear Channel) tried to pull a fast one segregating assets away from the lenders. … Continue reading
Posted in IHeart Media, Radio Biz
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IHeart’s big news next week
Yesterday’s news is that Clear Channel Outdoors (owned 90% by iHeart) has sold some outdoor billboards in the US for in excess of $400 million, and another similar deal may happen today. CCO owns a lot of tangible assets, which … Continue reading
Posted in IHeart Media, Radio Biz
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New Radio Format – Gay Pride
The new format is listed under the category “Oppressed Voices”, although there is little evidence LGBT people face discrimination in the culture of the United States. LGBT folks have substantially higher incomes than the US average, as they are mostly … Continue reading
Posted in About the Guide, American Politics, IHeart Media, Music Radio
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Ibiquity sells its soul
HDRadio is the brand name and trademark for Ibiquity’s digital over the air radio that won FCC approval as the official (patented and proprietary) delivery method for AM and FM digital radio in 2002. It permits CD quality AM and … Continue reading
Posted in IHeart Media, Mobile Streaming, Technology
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Radio Engineer Porn
WLW-AM in Cincinnati is a one-of-a-kind radio station for a lot of reasons. It still dominates the ratings in Cincinnati and its entire programming lineup is live and locally produced. The station was acquired by Jacor in 1992, 4 years … Continue reading
Posted in IHeart Media, Radio Biz
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IHeart radio is so gay!
IHeart launches 24 hr/day Pride station in Minneapolis / Saint Paul You won’t find a call sign in most of the news stories. This is one of those “stations” (W244CS) that is really a low powered FM Translator being fed … Continue reading
Posted in IHeart Media, Radio Biz
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iHeart (Clear Channel) buys two Disney stations
WIBC is dropping Rush Limbaugh in Indianapolis – one of the station’s iHeart is buying is there. It’s the only FM station Disney is unloading. It might be unrelated. Maybe a Rush should form a radio company and buy up … Continue reading
Posted in IHeart Media, Radio Biz, Rush Limbaugh
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Upheaval at Clear Ch… Err iHeart
All the important people that work for iHeart Media were summoned to a meeting with Bob Pittman. They knew it would not be to discuss the Oscar awards. Clear Channel is $20 billion in debt and as sick as Sumner … Continue reading
Posted in Collapse of America, IHeart Media, Low Power FM, Radio Biz
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