iHeartMedia
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iHeartMedia, Inc., or CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is the holding company of iHeartCommunications, Inc., formerly Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a company founded by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs in 1972, and later taken private by Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners in a leveraged buyout in 2008.
OverviewAI-generated
iHeartMedia, Inc. is an operating entity in the radio broadcasting stations industry. The company was established on January 1, 1972. It is identified by the Central Index Key 0001400891 and Standard Industrial Classification code 4832.
The organization’s securities trade on the Nasdaq, OTC, and OTC exchanges under the tickers IHRT, IHRTB, and IHETW. Its fiscal year ends on December 31. The most recent filing submitted was form 8-K on June 4, 2026.
Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, SEC EDGAR. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Company.name
- iHeartMedia, Inc.
- Company.logo
- IHeartMedia Logo.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 250px
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.traded_as
- (Class A Common Stock)
- Company.hq_location_city
- San Antonio, Texas
- Company.hq_location_country
- U.S.
- Company.key_people
- Bob Pittman (chairman and CEO)Rich Bressler(president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer; CEO, Multiplatform Group)Conal Byrne(CEO, Digital Audio Group)
- Company.operating_income
- US-$797.3 million (2023)
- Company.net_income
- US$1.10 billion (2023)
- Company.assets
- US$6.95 billion (2023)
- Company.equity
- US-$384 million (2023)
- Company.num_employees
- 10,800
- Company.products
- Bauer Media Outdoor UKBlack Information NetworkClear Channel OutdoorClear Channel UKEvolutionHowStuffWorksiHeartRadioMediabasePremiere NetworksRadio Computing ServicesTriton DigitalThe Volume
- Company.divisions
- iHeartMedia (sans "Inc." suffix; formerly Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, Clear Channel Radio, et al.)
- Company.homepage
- iheartmedia.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Company
IHRT, IHRTB, IHETW- Industry
- Radio Broadcasting Stations
- Exchange
- Nasdaq, OTC, OTC
- Entity type
- operating
- Latest filing
- 8-K · 2026-06-04
via SEC EDGAR
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- holding company
- Country
- United States
- Founded by
- Red McCombs
- Headquarters
- San Antonio
- Owned by
- Bain Capital
- Subsidiary
- Clear Channel Outdoor
- Stock exchange
- Nasdaq
- Legal form
- privately held company
- Follows
- Taft Broadcasting
- Official website
- iheartmedia.com
Show 7 more facts
- inception
- 1972-01-01
- location of formation
- San Antonio
- Commons category
- IHeartMedia
- owner of
- iHeartRadio
- social media followers
- 23600
- native label
- Clear Channel
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
51 sectionsContents
- History
- 20th century
- 21st century
- Businesses
- Radio
- Radio acquisitions
- Outdoor advertising
- Television
- Former Clear Channel-owned stations
- Music charts
- News and information
- Worldwide
- Bicycle rental systems
- Vertical Real Estate
- Programming
- iHeartRadio
- Alternative stations
- Hip-hop, Rap, R&B and rhythmic stations
- Smooth jazz
- Dance and EDM
- Talk radio
- News/Talk stations
- Progressive talk
- All-News
- Black Information Network
- Sports talk stations
- Adult standards
- Adult contemporary
- Contemporary hit radio
- Country music
- Classic Hits/Oldies
- Rock
- Spanish
- Religious
- Specialties
- Criticism
- Market share
- September 11, 2001
- Live music recordings
- Indecency zero tolerance
- Concerts
- Production of local programming
- Lack of local staff during emergency
- Rejection of advertising images
- Censorship
- Use of paid actors posing as callers
- iHeartMedia and rock radio
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
We are iHeartMedia. -------------------
* **iHeartMedia is the #1 audio company** in the United States. * Reaching **9 out of 10 Americans** every month - a quarter of a billion monthly listeners. * **Greater reach than any other media company in the U.S.**
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