IHeartRadio

Not to be confused with Heart (radio network).

iHeartRadio
Type
Country
  • United States
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • Canada
  • Mexico
  • Puerto Rico
HeadquartersSan Antonio, Texas, U.S.
OwneriHeartMedia
Key people
Bob Pittman
(Chairman/CEO, iHeartMedia, Inc.)
Rich Bressler
(President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, iHeartRadio, Inc.; CEO, iHeartMedia Multiplatform Group)
Conal Byrne
(CEO, Digital Audio Group, iHeartMedia Inc.)
Launch date
August 1, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-08-01)
Affiliation(s)
Official website
iHeartRadio

iHeartRadio (often shortened to just "iHeart") is an American freemium broadcast, podcast, radio streaming and Music Streaming platform owned by iHeartMedia.[1][2] It was founded in August 2008 and iHeartRadio serves as the national umbrella brand for iHeartMedia's radio network, the largest radio broadcaster in the United States with 128 million registered users as of 2019 and its other consumer-facing brands.[3] Its main radio competitors are Audacy, TuneIn and Sirius XM.[4]

iHeartMedia built its national event franchise around the iHeartRadio consumer brand, and includes the iHeartRadio Music Festival, the iHeartRadio Music Awards, iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour, iHeartRadio Country Festival, iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina, the iHeartRadio Podcast Awards and iHeartRadio ALTerEgo.

  1. ^ "Company Overview of iHeartMedia and Entertainment, Inc". Business Week. Bloomberg LP. 2023. Archived from the original on December 27, 2008. Retrieved September 20, 2014. On September 16, 2014, Clear Channel Broadcasting, Inc. changed its name to iHeartMedia and Entertainment, Inc.
  2. ^ "iHeartRadio". iHeart. July 24, 2021. Archived from the original on July 24, 2021. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  3. ^ Smith, Craig (June 25, 2015). "20 Amazing iHeartRadio Statistics". DMR. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference iHeartBiggest.NYT2019Apr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).