iHeartMedia, Inc., formerly CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is the holding company of iHeartCommunications, Inc., a company founded by Lowry Mays and B. J. "Red" McCombs in 1972, and later taken private by Bain Capital, LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners through a leveraged buyout in 2008. As a result of this buyout, Clear Channel Communications, Inc. began to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of CC Media Holdings, Inc. On September 16, 2014, CC Media Holdings, Inc. was rebranded iHeartMedia, Inc.; and Clear Channel Communications, Inc., became iHeartCommunications, Inc.
Westwood One is an American radio network that was based in New York City. At one time, it was managed by CBS Radio, and was later purchased by the private equity firm, The Gores Group. Due to purchases, mergers and other forms of consolidation in the 1980s and 1990s, at one time or another, it had ownership stakes in or syndication rights to some of the most famous brands in network radio, including CBS, NBC, Mutual, CNN, Fox and Unistar. The company was one of the largest producers and distributors of radio programming in the United States. It broadcast entertainment, news, weather, sports, talk, and traffic programming to about 7,700 radio stations across the United States. The company was the top provider of local traffic reports in the US through its subsidiaries, Metro Networks, Shadow Broadcast Services, SmartRoute Systems, and Sigalert.com. Westwood One also offers weather services; originally using Accuweather, Westwood switched to The Weather Channel in 2009.
WRVA is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Richmond, Virginia, serving Central Virginia. WRVA is owned and operated by Entercom Communications.
WFOX-TV, virtual channel 30, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Jacksonville, Florida, United States. The station is owned by Atlanta-based Cox Media Group, which also operates CBS affiliate WJAX-TV under joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) with owner Hoffman Communications. The two stations share studios on Central Parkway and transmitter facilities on Hogan Road, both in Jacksonville's Southside section.
Cumulus Media Networks was an American radio network owned and operated by Cumulus Media. From 2011 until its merger with Westwood One, it controlled many of the radio assets formerly belonging to the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), which was broken up in 2007; Cumulus owned the portion of the network that was purchased by Citadel Broadcasting that year.
The E. W. Scripps Company is an American broadcasting company founded in 1878 as a chain of daily newspapers by Edward Willis "E. W." Scripps. It was also formerly a media conglomerate. The company is headquartered inside the Scripps Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Its corporate motto is "Give light and the people will find their own way."
KMTW, virtual channel 36, is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station serving Wichita, Kansas, United States that is licensed to Hutchinson. The station is owned by the Mercury Broadcasting Company; the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns Wichita-licensed Fox affiliate KSAS-TV, operates KMTW under a local marketing agreement (LMA). The two stations share studios on North West Street in northwestern Wichita; KMTW's transmitter is located in rural southwestern Harvey County. On cable, the station is available on Cox Communications channel 6 in both standard and high definition, and on AT&T U-verse channels 36 (SD) and 1036 (HD).
In the broadcasting industry, an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated. This distinguishes such a station from an affiliate, which is independently owned and carries network programming by contract.
All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to the discussion and broadcast of news.
KGPE, virtual channel 47, is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Fresno, California, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, as part of a duopoly with NBC affiliate KSEE. The two stations share studios on McKinley Avenue in eastern Fresno ; KGPE's transmitter is located on Bear Mountain.
KAMR-TV, virtual channel 4, is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Amarillo, Texas, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which also operates Fox affiliate KCIT and low-powered MyNetworkTV affiliate KCPN-LP under joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) with owner Mission Broadcasting. The three stations share studios on Southeast 11th Avenue and South Fillmore Street in downtown Amarillo ; KAMR and KCIT share transmitter facilities on Dumas Drive and Reclamation Plant Road in rural unincorporated Potter County.
KMYT-TV, virtual channel 41, is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. The station is owned by Atlanta-based Cox Media Group, as part of a duopoly with Fox affiliate KOKI-TV ; it is also sister to local radio stations KRMG, KRAV-FM (96.5), KWEN and KJSR.
WLIO, virtual and VHF digital channel 8, is a dual NBC/Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Lima, Ohio, United States. Owned by Block Communications, it is a sister station to three low-powered, Class A dual ABC/CBS affiliate WOHL-CD. The two stations share studios on Rice Avenue northwest of downtown, where WLIO's transmitter is also located.
Shadow Broadcast Services was a broadcasting outsourcing company based in Rutherford, New Jersey. It was a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications. Together with its sister companies Metro Networks, Metro Source, Total Traffic Network, SigAlert and Traffax, the company operated a number of local and regional news and traffic operations that provided regular reports to affiliates.
WJKT, virtual channel 16, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Jackson, Tennessee, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group. WJKT's advertising sales offices are located on Oil Well Road in Jackson, and its transmitter is located in Alamo, Tennessee.
KTVX, virtual channel 4, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, as part of a duopoly with Ogden-licensed CW affiliate KUCW. The two stations share studios on West 1700 South in Salt Lake City and transmitter facilities atop Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains, southwest of the city. On cable, KTVX is available on Comcast Xfinity channel 4.
The National Broadcasting Company's NBC Radio Network was an American commercial radio network, founded in 1926. Along with the NBC Blue Network it was one of the first two nationwide networks established in the United States. Its major competitors were the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), founded in 1927, and the Mutual Broadcasting System, founded in 1934.
As the world's traditional automotive center, Detroit, Michigan, is an important source for business news. The Detroit media are active in the community through such efforts as the Detroit Free Press high school journalism program and the Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund of Detroit. Wayne State University offers a widely respected journalism program.
Westwood One is an American radio network owned by Cumulus Media. The company syndicates talk, music, and sports programming.
WPKX is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Rochester, New Hampshire that broadcasts a sports radio format, largely supplied from Fox Sports Radio. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and serves the Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester media market, also heard in Southern Maine. WPKX broadcasts at 5000 watts around the clock from a transmitter off Route 108 in Rochester. To protect other stations on 930 kHz, WPKX uses a directional antenna at night.
