Back in December 2011, Cumulus Media and Clear Channel announced that the streams for the 500 or so Cumulus radio stations would be moving to iHeartRadio, When this happens, iHeartRadio will be close to the “de facto” radio streaming platform for all of radio – having critical mass with approximately a combined 1500 stations. Several other radio operators have already signed on.
This blurb from the RAIN conference reports that Cumulus first needs to migrate to the Triton Digital platform – ironically owned by Oak Tree Capital, which also controls Townsquare Media, which has announced no plans (yet) to join iHeartRadio. Townsquare has quietly been buying up failed radio operators around the country, mostly from bankruptcy auctions or “loan restructuring” by banks.
I’ve started to find Cumulus stattions moving to the new web site platform, a process that appears to be one station at a time and will occur over several weeks.
Let the fun begin!
The “hook” for Cumulus is they plan to offer a “groupon” like local bargain of the day offer via iHeartradio and expect big things from the partnership.
Well that’s total BS. I heart radio is crap. It requires latest flash and post a bunch of “crap” that is not needed. I kinda avoided the “crap-heart-radio” flash. well I do avoid them. The only thing cumulus stations had going for them was you could load the stream fast and you could use win-player.(not silverlight)
Liquid compass, stream the world are not bad. The player WAAM Ann Arbor uses is a great player.
too much fluff out there. Get you some food, people.
Parrott
That’s part of why I added the Filter by player type.
You can also exclude the players you don’t like or won’t work on your computer here:
http://streamingradioguide.com/adm/player-type.php?sort=number
The New Cumulus player is named “NDN” in that list – it stands for News Delivery Network.. As you might guess, I’m only partly through converting the player links.
As it turns out, “Filter by Player type” has been broken for a long time and nobody brought it to my attention confirming that nobody cares 🙂
The Citadel stations (including the former ABC stations) have not yet changed.
I am glad citadel has not changed(WJCW) Johnson city TN.
They have a very nice play, it use to be better, the older version, but its got a pic of the Progressive insurance chick now, (Flo)
I guess they will be going to “I heart radio sux” too ?
Hate that.
Independent stations are the best, and that Band Perry chick, (Kimberly,,, I can’t remember her last name) maybe its Perry? LOL She is good too!
Parrott
Who is the News Distribution Network (aka NDN) that is the front end on all the cumulus players?
News Distribution Network
3280 Peachtree Rd
Suite 2000
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
United States
The Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) prohibits companies from selling stock to the public unless the company has only a small number of share holders. NDN filed an exemption request with the SEC that lists the people that run the company:
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544663/000154466312000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml
Curiously, Cumulus Radio is located at 3280 Peachtree Road, Suite 2300, three floors above NDN. I’m sure that is just a coincidence.
Here are bios of all the principals:
http://dc.citybizlist.com/5/2012/3/15/News-Distribution-Network-with-Carl-Grivner-on-Board-Closes-2.5M-Offering-for-Business-Deal–cbl.aspx
Here is what Greg Peters thinks is the most important thing in his bio:
Now that gives me a warm fuzzy feeling!