iHeartRadio adds college radio stations

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Just after adding non-comm KCRW-FM and KUSC-FM LA to its roster, Clear Channel’s iHeartRadio has added 14 college and university stations from across the nation. At launch, iHeartRadio’s college programming includes college stations from 11 states, with additional stations to be added in the coming months. The stations include:


1.         Appalachian State’s WASU – Rock, North Carolina
2.         Connecticut College’s WCNI – Block Programming, Connecticut
3.         Dartmouth College’s WFRD – Modern Rock, New Hampshire
4.         Denison University’s WDUB – Block Programming, Ohio
5.         DePaul University’s Radio DePaul – Block Programming, Illinois
6.         Emerson College’s WERS – Adult Alternative, Massachusetts
7.         Flagler College’s WFCF – Block Programming, Florida
8.         Green River College’s KGRG – Alternative Rock, Washington State
9.         Ithaca College’s WICB – Modern Rock, New York
10.     Rice University’s Rice Radio – Block Programming, Texas
11.     Seton Hall University’s WSOU – Hard Rock/Metal, New Jersey
12.     Stanford University’s KZSU- Block Programming, California
13.     Temple University’s WHIP – Block Programming, Pennsylvania
14.     College of Wooster’s WCWS – Block Programming, Ohio

RBR-TVBR observation: Yes, the more stations on iHeartRadio, the larger the network for advertisers to reach. The scale is ever-increasing and is aiming to be radio’s ad alternative to Pandora. The only down-side, of course, is the more terrestrial listeners driven to iHeartRadio, the less listeners those terrestrial stations will be able to offer up to advertisers. It’s a gamble Clear Channel, Cumulus, Greater Media and others are willing to take because ad dollars are ad dollars and they are going to follow them.