SiriusXM pulls iHeart’s WHTZ off satellite platform
WHTZ is one of two iHeart stations syndicated nationally on SiriusXM, a holdover from the days when Sirius and XM were separate services.
iHeart Media
iHeart Media is a terrestrial and digital broadcast company based in New York City. The company operates more than 860 live AM, FM and streaming radio stations across 150 regional markets. It also programs dozens of genre-specific radio streams that are available on its iHeart Radio streaming service and on some local stations broadcasting an HD Radio signal.
iHeart Nashville apologizes after hosts call tornado victims uneducated
A radio station in Nashville has apologized to listeners after a pair of morning show hosts called victims of a recent tornado outbreak uneducated and poor.
After TV and mailers, Bloomberg campaign spending big on radio ads
Presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg is now spending an insane amount of money on traditional radio ads, providing a boon for broadcasters.
Rush Limbaugh diagnosed with advanced lung cancer
Rush Limbaugh, a prolific conservative radio broadcaster who once compared smoking cigars to eating carrots, has been diagnosed with lung cancer.
After layoffs, iHeart Media hiring Sacramento-based news reporter
Radio conglomerate iHeart Media is looking for a news reporter just one week after the company laid off its long-time news director at KFBK.
KFBK lays off news director as corporate shuffling continues
Mike Hagerty was released from his position this week, according to two sources.
Former Sacramento radio talk show host charged by SEC over alleged fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission this week accused a Sacramento radio talk show host with alleged fraud in connection with his investment firm.
Sacramento has one less country station as “101.9 The Wolf” flips to Spanish
Listeners expecting to hear the latest popular country music on 101.9 “The Wolf” in Sacramento were greeted with Spanish music on Monday.
Dominick Brascia, former Sacramento radio producer, dies at 61
Dominick Brascia, a former actor and Sacramento-area radio show producer who recently found himself on both ends of a child sex abuse scandal, has died.
