iHeartMedia Celebrates its Annual Holiday Music Flip Across Broadcast Stations Nationwide With “iHeartRadio Holiday Special” Featuring Interviews with Alicia Keys, Backstreet Boys, Dan + Shay, John Legend and Meghan Trainor
November 11 2022 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
Hosted by Mario Lopez, The Special Will
Broadcast on iHeartMedia’s AC and Classic Hits Stations Nationwide
on November 23
Each Year Audiences Double on Holiday Music
Radio Stations Compared to Non-Holiday Programming – Making
iHeartMedia Stations Across the Country the No. 1 Most Listened to
Holiday Music Destination
iHeartMedia announced today the return of their iHeartRadio
Holiday Special, a broadcasted event hosted by Mario Lopez.
This two-hour special event will feature interviews with Alicia
Keys, Backstreet Boys, Dan + Shay, John Legend and Meghan Trainor
discussing their favorite holiday songs and traditions. The special
will broadcast across iHeartMedia’s AC and Classic Hits stations
nationwide and on the iHeartRadio app on November 23 at 7 p.m.
local time.
Every holiday season, iHeartMedia converts music radio stations
in its key markets to all Christmas music through Christmas Day.
Each year, these stations continue to have the largest audiences of
all radio stations in each market – often doubling the audience
size from non-holiday programming – making iHeartMedia the No. 1
holiday music listening destination.
This season, iHeartMedia’s annual station flip to Christmas
music kicks off today, November 11 at 5 p.m. local time, with more
than 80 stations across the country broadcasting the season’s
festive music from today’s biggest artists as well as holiday
classics from Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and more
around-the-clock.
Listeners can hear even more holiday cheer anywhere they are
across more than 250 platforms and 2,000 devices with the
iHeartRadio app with iHeartRadio Original stations like
“iHeartChristmas,” playing all the holiday favorites; “North Pole
Radio,” hosted by Santa Claus and featuring a message line where
kids can leave Christmas wishes for the big man himself;
“iHeartChristmas Classics,” the place to hear all the timeless
holiday classics; or for listeners who like to jam out, they can
check out iHeartChristmas R&B, iHeartChristmas Country,
iHeartChristmas Rock and more. iHeartRadio has a holiday station
for every musical taste and listeners can check them out on the
dedicated iHeartRadio Holiday page.
“You always know it’s the holiday season when iHeartRadio
stations across America start playing Christmas music,” said Tom
Poleman, Chief Programming Officer for iHeartMedia. “To get
everyone in the mood we’re bringing back the iHeartRadio Holiday
Special with Alicia Keys, Backstreet Boys, Dan + Shay, John Legend
and Meghan Trainor, who will be sharing holiday memories with our
host Mario Lopez to help us all get in the spirit.”
Proud partners of the iHeartRadio Holiday Special include The
Home Depot, JCPenney, Disney Bundle and The U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services.
About iHeartMedia iHeartMedia, Inc. [Nasdaq: IHRT] is the
leading audio media company in America, reaching over 90% of
Americans every month. iHeart’s broadcast radio assets alone have
more consumer reach in the U.S. than any other media outlet; twice
the reach of the next largest broadcast radio company; and over
four times the ad-enabled reach 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 and has the number one social footprint among audio
players, with seven times more followers than the next audio media
brand, and 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.
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