Editing IHeartMedia (section)

==Programming==
{{Main|List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia}}
{{See also|Premiere Networks}}

iHeartMedia operates the country's largest syndication service, [[Premiere Networks]]. In addition, iHeartMedia syndicates a number of its homegrown talk and music shows without the aid of Premiere. While Premiere actively sells its shows to stations, the non-Premiere syndicated shows are often used as a cost-cutting measure and do not have a large sales staff. Those shows also do not carry network-wide advertising (unless distributed by a third party), and allow the affiliates to keep all local spots, which increases their appeal. These networks carry many program hosts of various political ideologies and distribute a variety of programs to both iHeartMedia-owned and non-iHeartMedia-owned stations.

In addition to its own syndication network, iHeartMedia offers studio space and other services to the WestStar TalkRadio Network, which is based at iHeartMedia's studios in [[Phoenix, Arizona]]. As a result, many WestStar programs are heard on iHeartMedia stations.

Not all programming heard on iHeartMedia's radio stations are produced in house; however, most of iHeartMedia's stations share many similarities to each other in branding and programming.

===iHeartRadio===
{{Main|iHeartRadio}}
'''iHeartRadio''' is a free broadcast, [[podcast]] and [[Internet radio|streaming radio]] [[Computing platform|platform]]. It is also the national umbrella brand for iHeartMedia's radio network aggregating its over 860 local iHeartMedia radio stations across the [[United States]], as well as hundreds of other stations from various other media.

===Alternative stations===
iHeartMedia Alternative Stations usually are branded as "Radio" (such as [[KMYT (FM)|Radio 94.5]] (KMYT) in Temecula, CA) or "ALT" ([[KYSR|Alt 98.7]] (KYSR) in Los Angeles). Others include: The Edge, The Buzz, The Project, Star, or X. ''The Woody Show'', which originates from KYSR, serves as the anchor morning show for the iHeartMedia Alternative outlets.

===Hip-hop, Rap, R&B and rhythmic stations===
Stations that carry programming catering to black Americans are a big part of many iHeartMedia clusters, particularly Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Hissong |first1=Samantha |title=Radio Is Quietly Scrubbing the Word 'Urban,' Sources Say |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/iheartradio-mediabase-urban-radio-changes-1023730/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=July 2, 2020 |access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref> In many clusters iHeartMedia has two or more such stations. About half of these stations focus on Rap and [[Hip hop music|Hip Hop]] along with younger [[rhythm and blues]] sounds. The other half blend some younger rhythm and blues along with some Soul from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s along with some current product. In a cluster with multiple hip-hop, rap, R&B, and rhythmic stations owned by iHeartMedia, one is focused on Rap while the other is focused on Soul. Examples include Philadelphia, with [[WUSL]]'s focus on hip hop while [[WDAS-FM]] focuses on Soul (in addition, the company also owns [[WGCI-FM]] in Chicago, which focuses on rap, while [[WVAZ]] is focused on Soul. iHeartMedia hip hop, rap, R&B, and rhythmic stations are branded as "Real" ([[KRRL]] Los Angeles), "Beat" ([[KQBT]]/Houston, [[WBTP (FM)|WBTP]] [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]]) or "Power" ([[WWPR-FM]] New York City, [[WUSL]] [[Philadelphia]] and [[WHEN (AM)|WHEN]] [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]]). In San Francisco, iHeartMedia owned more hip hop, rap, R&B, and rhythmic stations such as Rhythmic Top 40 KYLD, rhythmic oldies [[KISQ]], and rhythmic contemporary [[KMEL]] in that area (KYLD shifted to Top 40/CHR in 2015, KISQ flipped to AC in 2016), and the same happened in [[Detroit]], where the company also owns rhythmic AC [[WMXD]], [[Rhythmic adult contemporary|rhythmic contemporary]] [[WJLB]] and former Rhythmic AC WDTW-FM (now [[WLLZ (FM)|WLLZ]]). iHeart also have hip hop, rap, R&B, and rhythmic outlets with heritage and familiarity based on the markets they serve, like [[WHRK]] and [[WDIA]] in Memphis, and [[WKKV-FM]] in Milwaukee.

Another growing format, Classic Hip-Hop/Throwback/Old School (consisting of R&B/Hip-Hop, Rap, and Rhythmic songs from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s), can be heard full-time on iHeartRadio, as well as [[KATZ-FM]]/St. Louis and [[KUBT|KUBT-HD2]] in Honolulu. Previously, this format was originated as Rhythmic Oldies, which was launched at KCMG/Los Angeles and later spread to more markets before the former Clear Channel flipped several stations out of the format by the mid-2000s.

For the Rhythmic Top 40 format, similar brandings include "The Beat" ([[KUBT]]/Honolulu and [[WBTT]]/Ft. Myers), [[KPRR|Power 102]]/El Paso, [[KKMY|104.5 Kiss FM]]/[[Beaumont, Texas]], "Jam'n" ([[KXJM]]/Portland Oregon, [[KSSX]]/San Diego, and [[WJMN (FM)|WJMN]]/Boston; a similar "Jammin'" is used at [[WSTV (FM)|WSTV]]/Roanoke & [[WJJX]]/Lynchburg). A "B" has been used at [[KBOS-FM]]/Fresno since the 1980s. Other Rhythmics, such as [[KUBE (FM)|KUBE]]/Seattle, [[KDON-FM]]/Salinas-Monterey and [[KGGI]]/Riverside-San Bernardino, simply use the call letters and/or frequency. Most of these stations target a multicultural audience and play Rhythmic Pop, R&B/Hip-Hop, and Dance tracks.

For rhythmic AC stations, they used to have the "Party" branding (particularly during the time when most used ''[[Wake Up with Whoopi]]'' out of [[WKTU]] as their morning show), but the two "Party" stations in [[Denver]] ([[KDHT (FM)|KDHT]]) and [[Las Vegas]] ([[KYMT]], the former KPLV) have since exited the Rhythmic AC format. KDHT and KYMT moved to top 40, but continue to use the "Party" branding (KYMT is currently mainstream rock). ''[[The Breakfast Club (radio show)|The Breakfast Club]] Morning Show'' out of [[WWPR-FM]] in New York and "Big Boy's Neighborhood" out of KRRL in Los Angeles are iHeartMedia's syndicated urban morning shows. In 2017, for IHM's 3rd season they produced rhythmic AC programming.

===Smooth jazz===
IHeartMedia syndicates the Smooth Jazz Network (aka Your Smooth Jazz), which is programmed by Broadcast Architecture. Unless otherwise noted, all Smooth Jazz Network stations will carry the following schedule: [[Kenny G]] and Sandy Kovach in morning drive time, Miranda Wilson in midday, Allen Kepler in afternoon drive time, and Maria Lopez in evenings, with no disc jockeys overnight. Weekend programming consists of the ''Smooth Jazz Top 20'' with Allen Kepler, as well as the ''[[Dave Koz]] Radio Show''.

===Dance and EDM===
The first radio programs included Electric Sound Stage, [[Club Phusion]], Trancid, [[Pride Radio]], PrototypeRadio, The Spin*Cycle and Classic Dance. Although they have no full-powered stations programming a Dance or EDM (Electronic Dance Music) format, iHeartMedia has FM translators and HD2 platforms broadcasting the EDM-intensive [[Evolution (radio network)|Evolution]] platform (KZZP/Phoenix is the flagship station, serving as a reporter on ''Billboard’s'' [[Dance/Mix Show Airplay]] panel), while the LGBT community is served by the more broader-based [[Pride Radio]] (with WFLZ/Tampa serving as the flagship station as well as a Dance/Mix Show Airplay reporter). However, iHeartMedia's Top 40/CHR and Rhythmic Top 40 outlets incorporate a majority of Dance songs onto its playlist and set aside airtime blocks for mix shows. A weekly countdown program, ''America’s Dance 30'', airs on Evolution and selected iHeart Top 40 and Rhythmic stations.

===Talk radio===
====News/Talk stations====
News/talk stations owned by iHeartMedia often have a standard slate of hosts. The morning show is usually local, with other time slots filled by local and syndicated hosts.  Talk shows heard on many iHeartMedia talk stations include ''[[The Glenn Beck Radio Program]]'' (Beck having gotten his talk show start at iHeartMedia-owned [[WFLA (AM)|WFLA]] in [[Tampa]], which serves as its home station), ''[[The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show]]'' (does not have a home station but is based in Nashville), ''[[The Sean Hannity Show]]'' (based at [[WOR (AM)|WOR]] in New York), ''[[The Jesse Kelly Show]]'' (based at [[KPRC (AM)|KPRC]] [[Houston]]) and ''[[Coast to Coast AM]] with [[George Noory]]'', all of which are syndicated by [[Premiere Networks]]. ''The [[Mark Levin]] Show'' (based at [[WABC (AM)|WABC]] in New York and [[WMAL-FM]] in Washington, syndicated from [[Westwood One]]) and ''[[The Dave Ramsey Show (radio program)|The Dave Ramsey Show]]'' (based in [[Nashville]] and independently syndicated) are non-Premiere shows which air on several iHeartMedia stations. 

Before his death in 2021, ''[[The Rush Limbaugh Show]]'' was almost universally carried on iHeartMedia stations in markets where the company has a news/talk station, including New York City: WOR was acquired in 2013 by Clear Channel and began carrying Limbaugh's program in 2014 following a long relationship with now-Red Apple Media-owned [[WABC (AM)|WABC]]. In markets where iHeartMedia-owned news/talk stations are not highly-rated (such as [[KFXR (AM)|Dallas]] and [[WBIN (AM)|Atlanta]]), iHeartMedia has chosen to sell popular syndicated shows such as ''Coast to Coast AM'' and ''Sean Hannity'' to rival talk stations. Syndicated morning news programs like ''[[America in The Morning]]'' (from Westwood One) and ''[[This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal]]'' (from [[Compass Media Networks]]) are also heard on a few iHeartMedia-owned stations.  In markets where the local iHeartMedia news/talk station does not have its own local morning show, ''[[Armstrong & Getty]]'' from [[KSTE]] [[Sacramento]] and ''[[Michael DelGiorno|The Michael DelGiorno Show]]'' from [[KLAC]] [[Nashville]] are often heard instead.

While most of iHeartMedia's news/talk stations carry some combination of Beck, Hannity and Noory (of ''[[Coast to Coast AM]]''), this is not always the case.  Some stations, particularly in the larger markets, fill their schedules with local hosts.  In some cities, iHeartMedia owns two or three talk stations.  The dominant station, such as [[KFI]] [[Los Angeles]], [[KOA (AM)|KOA]] [[Denver]], [[WLW]] [[Cincinnati]] and [[WHAS (AM)|WHAS]] [[Louisville]], broadcast a mostly local lineup.  Secondary talk stations ([[KEIB]] Los Angeles, [[KDFD]] and [[KHOW]] Denver, [[WKRC (AM)|WKRC]] Cincinnati and [[WKJK]] Louisville) carry most of the syndicated offerings from Premiere Networks.

Weekend programs heard on some iHeart-owned stations and syndicated by Premiere Networks to other talk stations include ''[[At Home with Gary Sullivan]]'', ''[[Bill Handel|Handel on the Law with Bill Handel]]'', ''[[Michael D. Brown|The Weekend with Michael Brown]]'', ''[[In the Garden with Ron Wilson]]'', ''[[The Tech Guy|Rich on Tech with Rich DeMuro]]'', ''[[Ben Ferguson|The Ben Ferguson Show]]'', ''[[Bill Cunningham (talk show host)|Sunday Nights with Bill Cunningham]]'', ''[[Art Bell|Somewhere in Time with Art Bell]]'' and ''[[The Jesus Christ Show|The Jesus Christ Show with Neil Saavedra]]''.  Most are pre-recorded and offered to stations to air anytime on weekends they choose, although Ferguson and Cunningham do their shows live on Sunday evenings.  Bell's show is made up of recorded ''Coast to Coast AM'' programs from the late 1990s and early 2000s.  He died in 2018.

iHeartMedia has been active in the national trend of [[simulcast]]ing its AM news/talk outlets on full-power FM stations, hoping to preserve their long-term viability while AM radio declines. Examples include [[Sacramento]] where KGBY 92.5 became [[KFBK-FM]], simulcasting [[KFBK (AM)|KFBK]] 1530 AM.  In [[Salt Lake City]], 105.7 KTMY became [[KNRS-FM]], simulcasting [[KNRS (AM)|KNRS]] 570 AM.  In the [[Albany, New York|Albany]]-[[Schenectady, New York|Schenectady]]-[[Troy, New York|Troy]] market, WHRL 103.1 became [[WGY-FM]], simulcasting [[WGY (AM)|WGY]] 810 AM.  In [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], WVVB 105.5 became [[WERC-FM]], simulcasting [[WERC (AM)|WERC]] 960 AM. In [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], WPHR 106.9 became [[WSYR-FM]], simulcasting [[WSYR (AM)|WSYR]] 570 AM.  

Some iHeartMedia news/talk stations on the AM dial are also heard on low-power [[FM translator]] stations.  Even though they are powered at only a few hundred watts, the translators allow some listeners to hear WLAC Nashville, KOA Denver and WFLA Tampa on the FM dial.  In Washington D.C., iHeartMedia has a translator-only news/talk station, known as "Freedom 104.7 FM".  It is heard on an [[HD Radio]] [[digital subchannel|subchannel]] of [[WMZQ-FM]] 98.7.  That feeds translator station W284CQ which broadcasts on 104.7 MHz. 

====Progressive talk====
[[Progressive talk]] shows had been heard on a few of iHeartMedia's stations, primarily secondary to its main news/talk stations.  These liberal-leaning stations usually featured at least one local host with some syndicated shows, mainly from [[Westwood One]], making up the balance of the broadcast day.  [[Air America Radio]] also aired on some of these stations. iHeartMedia has shown a tendency to drop liberal talk affiliations due to lack of ratings or advertiser support and replace it with sports talk or other formats.  For instance, [[WCKY (AM)|WCKY]] Cincinnati, [[KLSD]] San Diego, [[WXKS (AM)|WXKS]] Boston, [[KPOJ]] [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] and [[WINZ (AM)|WINZ]] [[Miami]] had progressive talk formats that were switched to sports.  

In one case this caused a listener protest when iHeartMedia (then Clear Channel) wanted to change [[WXXM]] in [[Madison, Wisconsin]], to a sports format.  The outcry worked temporarily.  WXXM was allowed to keep its liberal-leaning talk format for a few more years.  But in November 2016, due to a general lack of syndicated progressive talk programming, WXXM flipped to [[classic hits]].

====All-News====
In the [[all-news radio]] format, iHeartMedia owns one station that airs continuous locally-anchored news around the clock, except for a few hours of talk in the evening, [[WBZ (AM)|WBZ]] [[Boston]].  A few iHeartMedia stations carry all-news in [[drive time]], such as [[KFBK (AM)|KFBK]] [[Sacramento]], [[KOA (AM)|KOA]] [[Denver]] and [[KOGO (AM)|KOGO]] [[San Diego]]. For syndication and on the iHeart app, the company operates the "24/7 News" channel through its Total Traffic and Weather Network division. From 2016 to 2024, the service was branded as NBC News Radio after iHeart/TTWN and NBC News formed a brand licensing and content agreement.

====Black Information Network====
On June 30, 2020, iHeartMedia announced a new all-news radio brand, the [[Black Information Network]] (BIN), which is targeted towards [[African Americans]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=June 30, 2020|title=iHeartMedia to Launch BIN: Black Information Network on Radio, Digital Channels|url=https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/iheartmedia-bin-black-information-network-launch-1234694146/|access-date=June 30, 2020|website=Variety|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite web|date=June 30, 2020|title=iHeartMedia Launches Black Information Network|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/189803/fifteen-iheartmedia-stations-stunting-ahead-of-new-network-launch/|access-date=June 30, 2020|website=RadioInsight|language=en-US}}</ref>  BIN is heard on iHeartMedia stations in dozens of cities.  [[WBIN (AM)|WBIN]] [[Atlanta]] is considered the flagship station.

===Sports talk stations===
Nearly all sports talk stations owned by iHeartMedia are affiliated with [[Fox Sports Radio]].  A few sports talk stations owned by iHeartMedia run programming from rival [[ESPN Radio]].  In Cincinnati, iHeart owns two sports stations with [[WSAI]] running Fox Sports and [[WCKY (AM)|WCKY]] carrying ESPN. In 2020, iHeartMedia launched the iHeartSports Network.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McLane |first1=Paul |title=iHeart Launches Sports Network |url=https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/headlines/iheartsports-network-launches |website=Radio World |date=September 28, 2020 |access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref>

===Adult standards===
Most of iHeartMedia's [[adult standards]] stations were turnkey operations, running a direct feed of a satellite format such as [[Westwood One]]'s [[America's Best Music]] or [[Music of Your Life]], with no local DJs. The company sold off many of these stations or flipped them to sports or talk formats.

===Adult contemporary===
iHeartMedia's [[Adult contemporary music|Adult contemporary]] stations are often branded as "Lite FM" (e.g. [[WLTW]] New York and [[WLIT-FM]] Chicago) or "Sunny" ([[KODA]] Houston and [[KTSM-FM]] [[El Paso]]).  A handful of stations use "Magic", "B" or something else similar as their identifiers.  As of 2018, "The Breeze" brought a resurgence in [[Soft adult contemporary|Soft AC]], targeted towards millennial listeners.  In the evening, many iHeartMedia AC stations carry ''[[Delilah (radio host)|Delilah]]'', a call-in and request show syndicated by Premiere Networks and hosted by Delilah Rene.  In some markets, another station has the rights to ''Delilah'', in which case ''[[John Tesh|The John Tesh Radio Show]]'' is often carried in the evening.  ''[[Jim Brickman|Your Weekend with Jim Brickman]]'' and ''[[Ellen K|The Ellen K Weekend Show]]'' are popular weekend syndicated programs on iHeartMedia adult contemporary stations. 

Nearly all iHeartMedia AC stations switch to all-[[Christmas music]] for much of November and December. Some AC stations are known for playing holiday songs as early as November 1 such as [[WLIT-FM]] Chicago.  Other iHeartMedia AC stations make the switch each year in early November while WLTW New York waits until the Friday before [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]].  

[[Hot adult contemporary]] stations are usually branded as "Mix" ([[WMMX]] [[Dayton]]), "Star" ([[KMYI]] [[San Diego]]) or "MYfm" ([[KBIG]] Los Angeles). Some Hot AC stations lean toward [[modern rock]] while others lean toward [[adult hits]].

===Contemporary hit radio===
iHeartMedia's CHR stations share a number of common brands, including "[[KISS-FM (brand)|KISS-FM]]" (e.g., [[KIIS-FM]] Los Angeles, [[WKSC-FM]] Chicago, [[WAKS]] Cleveland, [[WKFS]] Cincinnati, [[WXKS-FM]] Boston), "Z" (e.g., [[WHTZ]] New York, [[KKRZ]] Portland, [[WZFT]] Baltimore, [[KSLZ]] St. Louis), "Wild" (e.g., [[WLDI]] West Palm Beach, [[KYLD]] San Francisco), "Power" ([[WWPW]] Atlanta, [[WGEX]] Albany, Georgia), Channel (e.g., [[WKQI]] Detroit, [[KHTS-FM]] San Diego, [[WCHD]] Dayton-Springfield), or "Hot" (e.g., [[WIHT]] in Washington, D.C., [[WWHT]] in Syracuse, NY). Other brands, less commonly used, includes "Radio Now" (previously used at [[WNRW]] Louisville, now rebranded as "98.9 Kiss FM"), "Q" ([[WIOQ]] Philadelphia-102.1 FM-Q102, [[WQGA]] Waycross-Brunswick, Georgia-103.3 FM-103Q), "B" ([[WAEB-FM]] B 104 Allentown-Reading PA 104.1 FM), "FM" ([[WLAN-FM]] FM 97 96.9 FM Lancaster-Reading), "V" ([[WVRT]] & [[WVRZ]] V-97 Williamsport-Lock Haven, Pennsylvania), "Max" ([[WHCY]] Max 106.3 Sussex), "K.C." ([[WKCI-FM]] KC 101, 101.3 FM, [[Hamden, Connecticut]]) and "X" ([[WJMX-FM]] 103X, 103.3 FM [[Cheraw, South Carolina]]). 

Although a majority of these stations features a broad-based, mass appeal music presentation, several stations like [[KPRR]] [[El Paso]] and [[WKTU]] New York program more [[rhythmic contemporary|rhythmic]] material.  WKTU has a sister station in [[WHTZ]], so WKTU's [[playlist]] includes more rhythmic hits to differentiate itself from Z100.

===Country music===
[[Country music]] stations owned by iHeartMedia often call themselves "The Bull" ([[WUBL]] [[Atlanta]] and [[KSD (FM)|KSD-FM]] [[St. Louis]]) and "Big" ([[WSIX-FM]] [[Nashville]]) as national brandings. They almost universally carry ''[[Granger Smith|After Midnite with Granger Smith]]'', a syndicated overnight program.  Many also carry ''[[The Bobby Bones Show]]'' in morning [[drive time]]], based at WSIX-FM Nashville.  (Some iHeartMedia country stations with popular local morning shows run Bobby Bones in the evening or weekends.)

In 2015, iHeartMedia launched the iHeartCountry franchise, including the [[iHeartRadio Country Festival]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Mamo |first1=Heran |title=Blake Shelton, Carly Pearce, Little Big Town & More to Perform at iHeartCountry Festival 2021 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/9603444/iheartcountry-festival-2021-lineup-blake-shelton-lee-brice-carly-pearce-little-big-town/ |magazine=Billboard |date=July 20, 2021 |access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref>  The Festival is a popular live music concert held each year and recorded for television.

===Classic Hits/Oldies===
iHeartMedia's Classic Hits stations consists largely of FM stations with some AM stations. iHeartMedia uses brands such as "Big" and "Kool" on many of its stations. Nearly all of the FM stations play classic hits spanning from the late 1970s to the 1990s with a primary focus on the 1980s, with a 500-song active playlist.  These stations generally have a few local live announcers; much of the time these stations are voicetracked either locally or from another market. Many air the in house syndicated 'The 80s Show' with Jeff Stevens on Saturday evenings and many air [[Casey Kasem]]'s [[American Top 40]] from the 1970s and 1980s. 

The AM oldies stations' playlists skew somewhat older and span from 1955 to about 1975. About 60 percent of the time they play 1964 to 1969 oldies, 20 percent pre 1964 oldies, and 20 percent music from the 1970s. Some of the AM stations also run adult standards several hours on the weekend as well as limited specialized programming focusing on the pre 1964 era. Most of the AM stations are in smaller markets.

===Rock===
iHeartMedia stations programming a rock format tend to play a blend of new rock and harder classic rock. Some carry ''[[Nights with Alice Cooper]]'' (out of [[KSLX-FM]] in Phoenix) in the evenings while some others aired ''[[Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx]]'' until the show ended at the end of 2015. These stations tend to be live during the day and voicetracked at night. Some stations run ''[[Rockline]]'' with [[Bob Coburn]] and/or ''[[Little Steven's Underground Garage]]'' as well.

While iHeartMedia classic rock stations operate under a wide variety of monikers, many are branded as "The Fox" or "The Brew". Often, these stations will carry ''[[Bob and Tom]]'' (out of [[WFBQ]] in Indianapolis) in morning drive. In the [[Southern United States]], ''[[John Boy and Billy]]'' (out of [[WRFX]] in Charlotte) is carried instead in most cases. (Both of the aforementioned shows are syndicated by Premiere.) Other shows include ''[[Rover's Morning Glory]]'' out of [[WMMS]] in Cleveland. Starting with WQBW Milwaukee (now the sports formatted [[WRNW]]) and WBWR Columbus (now [[WXZX]]), several iHeartMedia stations have adopted a 1980s-centered classic rock approach called "The Brew".

The company's [[alternative rock]] stations use a standardized branding under the brand "Alt".

===Spanish===
In a few markets, iHeartMedia has an FM station carrying Hispanic programming full-time. In some markets the format is a Contemporary Tropical format while in others the format carried is more of a Mexican format. In a few markets an iHeartMedia FM station carries a rap based Spanish format known as [[Hurban]], which blends Spanish dance music with rhythm and blues hits as well as some Hip Hop. The division was run by Spanish radio executive [[Alfredo Alonso]], who joined the company in September 2004 as senior vice president of Hispanic Radio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2004/09/13/daily25.html?jst=s_cn_hl-|title=Clear Channel Radio joins pursuit of Hispanic listeners|work=Puget Sound Business Journal|access-date=January 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604040719/http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2004/09/13/daily25.html?jst=s_cn_hl-|archive-date=June 4, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2016, iHeartMedia brought hired Enrique Santos as chairman and chief creative officer of the newly formed iHeartLatino division.<ref>{{cite web |title=iHeartMedia Announces iHeartLatino Division, Appoints Enrique Santos Chairman and CCO |url=https://magnusmedia.com/iheartmedia-announces-iheartlatino-division-appoints-enrique-santos-chairman-cco/ |website=Magnus Media |date=September 9, 2016 |access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref>

iHeartMedia launched an annual event franchise called [[iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Aguila |first1=Justino |title=iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina Lineup: Pitbull, Becky G Join Ricky Martin, Roberto Tapia |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin-notas/6288928/iheartradio-fiesta-latina-lineup-pitbull |magazine=Billboard |date=October 16, 2014 |access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref>

===Religious===
In a few markets, iHeartMedia has a religious station on the AM band. Some of these sell blocks of time to outside organizations and have no local shows at all except where local churches buy time. These are formatted similarly to [[Salem Media]] stations.

The other type of religious format iHeartMedia uses in a few markets is a [[Gospel music]] based format. On these stations, Gospel Music appealing to black Americans airs most of the time, along with some block programming sold to religious groups. These stations are often programmed as urban stations that happen to be religious.

===Specialties===
IHeartMedia has one station in [[Hawaii]], [[KDNN]]/[[Honolulu County, Hawaii|Honolulu]], programming a Contemporary Hawaiian Hits/Reggae format, along with an accompanying HD2 sub channel that features traditional Hawaiian music. Multicultural programming can also be heard on AM stations that iHeartMedia owns or has LMAs with. In March 2019, its [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], [[Pennsylvania]] outlet, [[WSAN]], launched an all-podcast format. In November 2019, [[K256AS]]/[[KUCD]]-HD2 in Honolulu launched a variant Top 40 format with a focus on [[K-pop]] and other international pop hits.