Big Social Numbers For iHeart Awards

The 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards, which took place on March 29, generated more than 14 billion social media impressions throughout the promotional period of the show; nearly 75 percent higher than 2014's 8.5 billion, and almost triple that of the Academy Awards. Social media engagement data showed the awards program was the number-one trending show on Twitter that night and week, surpassing Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards, Pretty Little Liars, Scandal, and The Walking Dead season finale.

iHeartRadio Chief Product Office Chris Williams said, "The social success of the iHeartRadio Music Awards was fueled by our local radio stations and personalities engaging in a live, real-time conversation with fans before, during and after the awards, both on-air and through social. We also engaged with fans through new social integrations including live behind-the-scenes Twitter Periscope broadcasts and an iHeartAwards Snapchat 'Our Story' which was populated by the audience, nominated artists, and Ryan Seacrest, whose backstage snaps kept viewers coming back for more."

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iHeart Milwaukee Gets A New VP Of Sales

4-1-15

Effective immediately, Nathan Tonarelli takes over as vice president of sales for iHeartmedia's Milwaukee cluster where he's been group sales manager for the past 10 years. Tonarelli?s experience also includes working as the non-traditional revenue manager and as an AE ? both at iHeartMedia Milwaukee. On Tonarelli's promotion, Market Manager Colleen Valkoun said, "It's exciting to grow our staff from within and give Nathan this well-deserved opportunity. His proven leadership, coupled with his impressive track record of success, makes him the perfect choice to lead our revenue growth in Milwaukee."

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Davis Adds Austin iHeart Duties

1-15-2015

Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia Patrick Davis is expanding his role to include Austin programing oversight. Davis has been managing Dallas for iHeart for since 2011.

Brad Hardin, executive vice president of programming says, "We are pleased to have Patrick leading the programming and brand strategies for both the Dallas and Austin clusters. This is a well-deserved and great opportunity for Patrick ­ He has a proven track record and I know he will drive results and lead both markets to even greater ratings success."

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Banks iHeart Regional Programming Manager St. Louis

1-9-2015

iHeartMedia announced today that Tony Banks will be the new Regional Programming Manager for St. Louis, Wichita and Springfield, effective immediately. He will oversee all programming operations for the St. Louis, Wichita and Springfield stations, and continue his duties as part of iHeartMedia's Talent Coaching Team under Dennis Clark. Banks recently held the Regional Programming Manager position overseeing Fresno, Riverside-San Bernardino, Bakersfield, Monterey- Salinas, Modesto and Stockton as well as Las Vegas, and Tucson.

Carl Anderson, Executive Vice President of Programming, iHeartMedia notes, "It?s encouraging to see our best and brightest advance within iHeartMedia. We are extremely excited to have a proven leader like Tony Banks join the amazing team in St. Louis as part of the Midwest leadership team."

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Levesque Jumps From iHeart To Radio One

 1-6-2015

The Charlotte Observer is reporting Mathilde "Til" Levesque has been named market manager for Radio One's Charlotte properties, WOSF-FM and WPZS-FM. Levesque moves to Charlotte from overseeing iHeartRadio Detroit. The industry vet has also held positions in  New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

Jeffrey Wilson, Radio One's regional vice president, said in a statement, ?Til has a history of coaching winners and creating some of the most successful urban media products in the industry. We are thrilled that she's bringing that leadership, experience, and creativity to our team in Charlotte.?

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Look Out Pandora, iHeart, Spotify...Here Comes Apple

9-6-2012

Up until now Pandora has pretty much been on offense...and the radio industry has been its target. Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy has been clear that Pandora's goal is to disrupt radio and make buying ads on Pandora as easy as buying ads on the radio. Well, what happens when the largest company in the world decides to elbow into your space? We may soon find out. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is talking to record labels to "license music for a custom radio service similar to Pandora and Spotify." Is Apple signaling it believes the future is in streaming music to consumers, not downloading for purchase?

It's important to note that the report says Apple is negotiating directly with labels. You may recall how everyone else is playing the royalty game, with fees being pre-determined by SoundExchange through 2015. Pandora's biggest challenge right now is that it pays out so much of its revenue to acquire content that it's struggling to become profitable.

The Journal report states that the service would be available on the iPhone, iPad, Macs, and Windows machines. The company is holding an event on September 12. Several new product announcements are expected to be made then. The Journal report also states that this new service could be up and running in a matter of months.

Pandora has 54.9 million active users. According to the Journal report, Apple says it has more than 400 million iTunes accounts.

(9/7/2012 6:54:22 PM)
Terrestrial radio is dead because the FCC deregulated to the point of creating massive monopolies - from broadcast mega-giants who scarf up the competition so that almost all the nation's stations are owned and controlled by a handful of music hating power brokers, to the RIAA who refuses to allow anyone to even hear music unless they're willing to pay a week's salary for every song they listen to. It's absolutely ridiculous what the FCC has done to this country's freedoms. They're the ones who are responsible for this insanity.
(9/7/2012 1:15:03 PM)
Just another nail in the coffin of terrestrial radio. Listening to the crap that the big companies put on stations is embarassing. Hey big corporations.....pull your head out and make radio LOCAL again. Yeah, I know...wishful thinking... SIGH
(9/7/2012 11:49:01 AM)
Can Google Play be far behind?
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Radio can't even appeal to the refs for a "piling on" penalty. And why should they? There are no rules that cover this circumstance.

But it gets worse, particularly when one considers that radio now goes into the game without players, without a game plan and without uniforms. Even the cheerleaders are uncoordinated and out of shape.

Gawd forbid when somebody introduces the forward pass to this mix.

As an only somewhat related comment: So, this is what happens with deregulation - unfettered, organized and formal incompetence while audience and client services are dropped to make room for profits. Short-term profits.....? (Thanks for the heads-up, Mitt.)

(9/7/2012 10:32:24 AM)
If you haven't already sold Pandora 35% below its IPO price it might be a good time to take your losses at current levels. The business model has never made sense and now this?

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iHeart Festival Tickets Sellout in 8 Minutes

7-10-2012

The 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival sold out two minutes faster than the 2011 festival. Tickets went on sale this past Saturday and were gone in only eight minutes. Now the only way to get tickets is if you win them from one of the Clear Channel stations giving them away. The show is September 21st and 22nd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Here is the lineup for the two day event.
Taylor Swift, Aerosmith, Rihanna, Pitbull, Usher, Bon Jovi, Lil Wayne, Green Day, Swedish House Mafia, No Doubt, Brad Paisley, deadmau5, Miranda Lambert, Enrique Iglesias, Linkin Park, Jason Aldean, P!nk, Mary J. Blige, Calvin Harris, Shakira And Other Music Superstars Will Converge On Las Vegas September 21 and 22

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Not So Fast Pandora. iHeart Hits Milestone

5-18-2012

Clear Channel says iHeartRadio now has 10 million registered users. Even though the app has been out since 2008, users were not required to register until the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas last September when Clear Channel upgraded the app allowing users to create their own stations. So for iHeartRadio the climb to 10 million only took 8 months. It certainly doesn't hurt when you have hundreds of radio stations to help promote.

Jacobs Media CEO Fred Jacobs, who will be speaking at Convergence 12 next month, says "We also saw impressive numbers for iheartradio in our recently released Techsurvey8.  As streaming becomes a more popular form of accessing audio content, individual apps and iheartradio are helping broadcast radio remain relevant in the digital world."

Clear Channel says the entire iHeartRadio network had more than 45 million monthly digital uniques in April, although they did not specify exactly what they mean by that. iHeartRadio now has over 800 radio stations on the app, with Cumulus stations expected to come onboard in a few months. All curated stations on iHeartRadio remain commercial free. To date, the Pandora app has been accessed more than 100 million times via a smartphone or tablet in the U.S. Listener hours for Pandora during the month of April 2012 were 1.06 billion. Active listeners were 51.9 million at the end of April 2012. Pandora was launched in 2005.

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(AUDIO) Pandora or iHeart. Which is a Better Consumer Experience?

This week Pandora executives will speak at the RAIN conference in Chicago and they, for sure, will reiterate how the Pandora experience is exactly what consumers want. The Pandora curation model is built on the employment of real people to help consumers create playlists. The iHeartradio model is a combination of computer automation incorporated into the product by a company called The Echo Nest and real programmers, according to Brian Lakamp who is the head of digital for Clear Channel. Lakamp tells Radio Ink the iHeartRadio app will be released in beta today. We spoke to Lakamp about the app and why he believes it will be better than Pandora.

Radio Ink Editor Ed Ryan Interview Brian Lakamp HERE

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JAY-Z Added to iHeart Radio Festival

Clear Channel has announced that JAY-Z has been added to the line-up for the iHeartRadio Music Festival hosted by Ryan Seacrest September 23rd and 24th. JAY-Z will appear Friday, September 23rd, when his performance will close out the Festival's opening night. The multiple Grammy winner has sold over 50 million albums worldwide and he surpassed Elvis as the solo artist with the most #1 albums.

JAY-Z, who's been responsible for many groundbreaking cross-genre collaborations with artists like Coldplay and Linkin Park, joins an already towering lineup of music's superstars including: Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Alicia Keys, Steven Tyler, The Black Eyed Peas, Kenny Chesney, Jennifer Lopez, Carrie Underwood, Jane's Addiction, Nicki Minaj, John Mayer, David Guetta, Rascal Flatts, Bruno Mars, Kelly Clarkson, Sublime with Rome and special performances by Usher and Sting.

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