Editing IHeartMedia (section)

===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.