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,\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Several other radio operators have already signed\u00a0on.<\/p>\n
This blurb from the RAIN conference reports that Cumulus first needs to migrate to the Triton Digital platform – ironically owned by Oak\u00a0Tree Capital, which\u00a0also controls Townsquare Media, which has announced no plans\u00a0(yet) to join iHeartRadio.\u00a0\u00a0 Townsquare has quietly been buying up failed radio operators around the country, mostly from bankruptcy auctions or “loan restructuring” by banks.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.kurthanson.com\/news\/cumulus-migrating-station-websites-triton-offering-streams-iheartradio<\/a><\/p>\n I’ve started to find Cumulus stattions moving to the new\u00a0web site platform, a process that appears to be one station at a time and will occur over several weeks.<\/p>\n Let the fun begin!<\/p>\n The “hook” for Cumulus is\u00a0they plan to offer a “groupon<\/a>” like local bargain of the day offer via iHeartradio\u00a0\u00a0and expect big things from the partnership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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,\u00a0 When this happens, iHeartRadio will be close to the “de facto” radio streaming platform … Continue reading