Clear Channel Announces Major Update to iHeart酴圖換羸 For iPad App

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Clear Channel Announces Major Update to iHeart酴圖換羸 For iPad App

Both Live Broadcast and Custom Stations In One Fully-Integrated Service - Now Available on iPad

Includes Support for Retina Display on the New iPad and Deeper Facebook Integration

New York, NY May 3, 2012 Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, the leading media company in America with greater reach than any radio or television outlet, today released an update to its popular, free iHeart酴圖換羸 for iPad App.泭 The latest update is a major milestone for the New iHeart酴圖換羸 Clear Channels industry-leading digital radio service which launched last fall at the iHeart酴圖換羸 Music Festival, the biggest live concert event in radio history.

The updated app features a completely refreshed design with new functionality and brings users a customizable digital listening experience that combines the best of both worlds live broadcast and custom stations to deliver everything listeners want in one, fully-integrated service.泭 The iHeart酴圖換羸 for iPad App now includes:

Custom stations, allowing users to create their own personalized stations by simply entering an artist or song and iHeart酴圖換羸 will then create a station of similar music.泭 iHeart酴圖換羸s custom stations offer a number of industry-leading features, including:
More Songs Users can draw from a massive catalog of nearly 14 million songs and 400,000 artists.
Greater User Control With its unique discovery tuner, users can tune their Custom Station to play familiar songs or adjust the tuner to discovery mode to play a wider variety of artists and songs from iHeart酴圖換羸s massive music catalog.泭 A Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down feature allows users to indicate song preferences to further personalize their stations.
Better Music Intelligence iHeart酴圖換羸s music intelligence capability combines a sophisticated technology solution with ongoing consumer music research and the expertise of Clear Channels leading radio programmers to give users the best custom radio experience available.
Commercial-free Custom stations continue to be commercial-free since launch last September.
Support for the Retina display on the new iPad, enabling users to experience the New iHeart酴圖換羸 with stunning visual clarity; and泭
Deeper Facebook integration, which lets users share listening activity with friends via their timelines and tap into each others musical tastes by listening to songs and stations that they like.泭 This deeper Facebook integration serves as a means to greater music discovery, making users digital radio experiences more personal and relevant.
As always, iHeart酴圖換羸 users on the iPad can listen to more than 800 broadcast radio and commercial-free digital-only stations from 150 cities, streamed in high-quality AAC format.泭 iHeart酴圖換羸 now also泭 includes a number of other stations, formats and programming such as Univision, Greater Media stations, WNYC, EMFs Contemporary Christian Air1 and K Love stations, college radio and, coming soon, more than 500 Cumulus stations.泭 Users can continue to save favorite stations and songs; access artist slideshows; search for a station by location, name or music genre; and experience its multimedia content including photos, performance videos and artist interviews.

With this update to the iHeart酴圖換羸 for iPad App, weve focused intently on user feedback.泭 We wanted to make sure it was the experience our millions of users wanted and expected from us and were thrilled with how it has all come together, said Brian Lakamp, President of Digital for Clear Channel Media and Entertainment. This update reflects our commitment to ongoing innovation and ensuring we offer the ultimate digital radio experience for our listeners. These enhancements from artist and song-inspired personalized stations to the Retina display support are great examples of how Clear Channel works intensively with the unique interface and technology of a device to custom-tailor the best digital radio experience for users.

This is another great example of how we continue to capitalize on our companys incredible digital assets, and integrate those efforts with our strong local and national consumer brands, to deliver powerful solutions with unparalleled consumer reach and strong listener loyalty, said John Hogan, Chairman and CEO of Clear Channel Media and Entertainment. Digital continues to be a big opportunity for us and as the industry-leading broadcast and digital company, we are dedicated to providing our millions of listeners the best services on mobile and desktop.

Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, with its 237 million monthly listeners in the U.S., has the largest reach of any radio or television outlet in America.泭 Clear Channel also continues to be one of the most popular digital music destinations, given the 100 million listening hours a month, more than 80 million downloads of iHeart酴圖換羸 mobile apps, and more than a 15 million fan reach through its station and radio personality Facebook pages.

iHeart酴圖換羸 for iPad App is available for free from the App Store on iPad or by visiting:

About iHeartMedia, Inc.

iHeartMedia, Inc. [Nasdaq: IHRT] is the leading audio media company in America, with 90% of Americans listening to iHeart broadcast radio in every month. iHearts broadcast radio assets alone have a larger audience in the U.S. than any other media outlet; twice the size of the next largest broadcast radio company; and over four times the ad-enabled audience of the largest digital only audio service. iHeart is the largest podcast publisher according to Podtrac, with more downloads than the next two podcast publishers combined, has the most recognizable live events across all genres of music, has the number one social footprint among audio players, with seven times more followers than the next audio media brand, and is the only fully integrated audio ad tech solution across broadcast, streaming and podcasts. The company continues to leverage its strong audience connection and unparalleled consumer reach to build new platforms, products and services. Visit iHeartMedia.com for more company information.