
The company announced that it had reached agreements with creditors to reduce its debt by more than $10 billion. Its roughly 850 stations, the most of any American broadcaster, still wield considerable hitmaking power, even in the age of streaming.īut on Thursday, iHeartRadio’s parent company, iHeartMedia, filed for bankruptcy protection in an attempt to restructure part of the $20 billion debt load that has burdened it since a leveraged buyout a decade ago, on the eve of the 2008 recession. All product names, logos, and brands are property of their respective owners.Ed Sheeran, Eminem, Maroon 5 and Cardi B all performed on Sunday night as part of the iHeartRadio Music Awards, a testament to the company’s dominance over the radio business. iHeartRadio regularly hosts intimate performances at the iHeartRadio Theaters in Los Angeles and New York.ĭisclaimer: WebCatalog is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by or in any way officially connected to iHeart. Other major iHeartRadio events include the iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina, iHeartCountry Festival, iHeartRadio ALTer Ego, the nationwide iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour, iHeartRadio Wango Tango and the iHeartRadio Music Awards. IHeartRadio launched national-branded marquee events starting with the inaugural iHeartRadio Music Festival in 2011. iHeartRadio is available across more than 250 platforms and 2,000 devices including smart speakers, digital auto dashes, tablets, wearables, smartphones, virtual assistants, TVs and gaming consoles. The on-demand features require a subscription fee. The service includes more than 250,000 podcasts, offers a Music recommender system and on-demand functionality, and allows listeners to save and replay songs from live broadcasts in digital playlists. As of 2019, iHeartRadio functions as the national umbrella brand for iHeartMedia's radio network aggregating its over 850 local iHeartMedia radio stations across the United States, as well as hundreds of other stations from various other media (with companies such as Cumulus Media, Cox Radio and Beasley Broadcast Group also using this service). IHeartRadio is an American free broadcast, podcast and streaming radio platform owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.
