Clear Channel Radio, The Number 1 Media Company In America With A Greater Reach Than Any Radio Or TV Outlet, Today Confirmed The Beta Release Of The New iHeartRadio.
Clear Channel Radio, the premiere media company in America with a bigger reach than any radio or TV outlet, confirmed today the beta release of the New iHeartRadio.
The New iHeartRadio brings users a best-in-class customizable digital listening experience, one which mixes the best of both worlds to supply everything listeners want in one free, fully-integrated service : More than eight hundred of the nation’s most well-liked live broadcast and digital-only radio stations from 150 cities, plus user-created Custom Stations which provide listeners more songs, better music intelligence, more user control and deeper social media integration.
With 50,000,000 listening hours a month and 34 million downloads of iHeartRadio mobile software applications, Clear Channel is one of the most popular digital music destinations.
As part of Clear Channel’s dedication to social media integration, from today till September fourteen fans can obtain access to the beta by first ‘Liking ‘ iHeartRadio on Facebook ( facebook.com / iheartradio ) and then going to iheartradio.com. Beginning September 14, users can experience the beta by going right to iheartradio.com.
Reinventing the Digital Radio Experience : Real Radio plus Custom Stations Featuring More Songs, Better Music Intelligence, More User Control and Deeper Social Media Integration
The newest feature of the New iHeartRadio beta is the capability for users to form their own customized Custom Stations by simply entering an artist or song — and iHeartRadio does the rest. These Custom Stations offer users a bunch of leading eadge features, including :
More Songs — iHeartRadio listeners can draw from a large catalogue of more than 11,000,000 songs and four hundred thousand artists — more than 10 times the number of songs offered by Pandora. In fact , iHeartRadio’s library contains more albums than Pandora’s does songs.
Better Music Intelligence — iHeartRadio’s music intelligence capability combines a classy technology solution with millions of bucks ‘ worth of ongoing consumer music research and the expertise of Clear Channel’s leading radio programmers to give users the best custom radio experience available.
More User Control — By adjusting a simple onscreen ‘control slider, ‘ iHeartRadio users can ‘tune ‘ their Custom Station to play the music catalog’s more familiar songs — or adjust it to a discovery mode to play a greater variety of artists and music. A “Thumbs Up” or “Thumbs Down” feature permits users to point out song preferences to further individualize their Custom Stations.
Deeper Social Media Integration — iHeartRadio’s innovative user Profile Pages and social media tools show users what songs their buddies have lately listened to and the songs and artists they like, which serves at present another means to bigger discovery as well as a deeper, more meaningful listening experience. Listeners can also share songs and stations by posting to Facebook and Twitter.
Other important features of iHeartRadio’s Custom Stations are :
“My Stations,” which should act as a bookmark permitting users to save their favorite real and custom stations and simply access them with a simple click ; “My Stations” stay in sync between the web and users ‘ mobile gizmos for speedy access at home and on a tight schedule ;
-No monthly cap on listening hours ;
-Custom Stations will be commercial-free till the end of the year.
And as always, iHeartRadio’s live rock radio stations permit listeners to tune up into their favorite programming wherever they’re — including music, talk, news, comedy and sports — from Clear Channel’s more than eight hundred stations, and offers exclusive content from popular local radio DJs plus top syndicated characters like Ryan Seacrest, Elvis Duran, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Steve Harvey, Glenn Beck, Jim Rome, Bill Handel and Delilah.
The New iHeartRadio should be available for the iPhone beginning on Monday, September 12 ; the app will be compatible with the iPad and iPod Touch. Android and other platforms will follow in the future. IHeartRadio’s current mobile app lets listeners take their favourite live stations and DJs with them wherever they’re going, and is available on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Blackberry, Android, Windows Telephone seven, Mac, and P.C.
Clear Channel will release the official New iHeartRadio at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas on September 23 and twenty-four. This two-day music event, which sold out in ten minutes, is hosted by Ryan Seacrest and will mark the biggest live concert holiday in radio history. It features an incredible line-up, including Woman Gaga, Jay-Z, Coldplay, Kenny Chesney, The Black Eyed Peas, Steven Tyler, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Lopez, Carrie Underwood, Jane’s Obsession, Nicki Minaj, John Mayer, David Guetta, Rascal Flatts, Bruno Mars, Sublime with Rome, Kelly Clarkson and special performances from Usher and Sting.
“With the New iHeartRadio, we took something that was already amazing and made it even better,” said Bob Pittman, Manager of Media and Entertainment Platforms for Clear Channel. “The New iHeartRadio will reinvent the digital radio experience by offering the innovative features that listeners need the most — live real radio plus the facility to create Custom Stations, all in one integrated service. And we released the New iHeartRadio beta on Facebook so that our most passionate fans may be first to experience the new product.”
“The information behind our new user-created Custom Stations is unparalleled,” Pittman continued. “Clear Channel is uniquely in a position to combine the data and zeal of industry-leading radio programmers, an incredible library of songs and unique, best-in-class procedures ; we also continue to invest millions of dollars in ongoing purchaser music research and technology, which pays off in our unmatched customized music-matching experience.
The result is a digital radio product that offers fans the top live stations plus user-created Custom Stations with more songs, more user control, deeper social integration and more chances to discover new music — all in one simple to use, continual product.”
“The New iHeartRadio advances our technique of being everywhere our listeners expect us to be, with the most suitable goods and services,” announced John Hogan, President and CEO of Clear Channel Radio. “It also serves our partners in the music biz by skyrocketing our commitment to new music and music discovery and will supply our advertising partners with one more powerful auto to improve their marketing plans.”
Hogan added, “The impending iHeartRadio Music Festival in Vegas lets us get the word out about this new service swiftly and on a scale that has never previously been utilized for a media product launch.”
About Clear Channel Radio
With 237 million monthly listeners in the U.S, Clear Channel Radio has the largest reach of any radio or TV outlet in America. The company’s radio stations and content can be heard on AM / FM stations, HD digital radio channels, Sirius / XM satellite, online at iHeartRadio.com, and on the iHeartRadio mobile application on iPads, and smartphones, and used via navigation systems from TomTom, Garmin and others.
The company’s operations include radio broadcasting, online and mobile services and products, syndication, event and promotion creation and operation, music research services and state TV, radio and digitised media representation. Clear Channel Radio is a division of CC Media Holdings, Inc. CCMO +8.33%, a leading world media and entertainment company. More information on the company can be discovered at www.ccmediaholdings.com.,writes tagza.com.
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