Media, Printing & Graphics  September 16, 2014

Clear Channel changes name to iHeartMedia

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The company that dominates the broadcast radio airwaves in Northern Colorado and the Boulder Valley has changed its name.

Clear Channel announced Tuesday it is now iHeartMedia to reflect its transformation into a multi-platform media company. The new name will cover its 859 radio stations, its six-year-old iHeartMedia digital streaming service including the iHeartRadio app and website, live music events and related companies.

Local residents can receive up to 15 iHeartMedia-owned stations during normal conditions. Stations in the Denver cluster include 50,000-watt news-talk-sports outlet KOA-AM 850, talk KHOW-AM 630 and KKZN-AM 760, alternative-rock KTCL-FM 93.3, top-40 rhythmic KPTT-FM 95.7, album-rock KBCO-FM 97.3,…

With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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