Clear Channel Radio
Clear Channel Radio says 269 of its radio stations in 66 markets are now set to air HD digital multicasts.
The new channels will also be made available at the company’s HD2 streaming site www.clearchannelmusic.com/hdradio/ as they go live.
In each local market, Clear Channel Radio’s HD2 multicasts either complement existing on-air programming or bring new music or spoken-word genres to local listeners.
In some cases, local programmers will draw from programming created by the Format Lab within the company’s Content Research & Development Group. In other cases, the channels are programmed fully locally.
Clear Channel Radio already has 300 stations offering their primary broadcasts in HD digital quality. HD digital radio broadcasts will air on 95% of Clear Channel Radio stations in the top 100 markets by the end of 2007.
CBS RADIO
CBS Radio has added stations in four more markets to the already 110 that have selected their HD2 programming. Stations in Austin, Buffalo, Rochester and West Palm Beach broadcasting in HD will launch their multicast format this fall.
Currently, 85 of CBS RADIO’s 179 stations are broadcasting in HD, more than half of these broadcasting a multicast station. CBS RADIO introduced its first HD radio station, New York’s WNEW-FM, in 1999.
- Portions Clear Channel Radio and CBS RADIO News Releases
