Premiere Radio Networks

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Premiere Radio Networks, Inc.
Type Wholly owned subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications
Founded 1987
Headquarters Sherman Oaks, California
Key people Kraig Kitchin, President and COO
Industry Radio broadcasting, advertising
Website www.premiereradio.com

Premiere Radio Networks is an American radio network. It is the largest syndication company in the United States based on popularity of programming. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications and it was headed until recently by Kraig Kennith Kitchin who is currently transitioning out, handing the reins over to CC Executive Charlie Rahilly.

Premiere syndicates some of the most famous names in American broadcasting, including Rush Limbaugh, Coast to Coast AM, Bob Costas, Dan Patrick, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Leo Laporte, Glenn Beck and Randi Rhodes. Premiere programs are carried on over 5000 radio stations worldwide, primarily in the United States and in Canada. The network also provides the rights to streaming audio for participating shows' premium services (e.g., Rush Limbaugh's Rush 24/7 and Glenn Beck's Insider) through their Streamlink system.

Several programs are carried on XM Satellite Radio, which is the exclusive satellite provider for Premiere.

Contents

[edit] Programs

All times are Eastern. Programs are organized alphabetically, and display their date, time, if they're available for online download, if they broadcast on XM Radio, and additional information.

Title Day Time Download XM Notes
Talk and Entertainment Programs
After Midnite and The Blair Garner Show with Blair Garner Everyday 10P-6A No Yes Live five nights per week; compilation of previous week's show (with contests removed) air on weekends.
At Home with Gary Sullivan Weekends 9A-12P Yes Yes
American Top 40 (CHR) with Ryan Seacrest Weekends Pre-recorded No No Part of the American Top 40 franchise
American Top 40 (Hot AC) with Ryan Seacrest Weekends Pre-recorded No No Part of the American Top 40 franchise
Casey Kasem's American Top 40: The 80s N/A Reruns No Yes Part of the American Top 40 franchise, reruns of AT40 episodes from the 1980s
Casey Kasem's American Top 40: The 70s N/A Reruns No Yes Part of the American Top 40 franchise, reruns of AT40 episodes from the 1970s
Backtrax USA with Kid Kelly Weekends Taped No No International distribution only. Distribution in the United States handled by Dial Global.
Big D and Bubba Weekdays 6A-10A No Yes
The Bob and Tom Show Weekdays 6A-10A Yes* No
Coast to Coast AM with George Noory Tues-Sat. 1A-5A Yes* Yes
Coast to Coast AM Saturdays with Ian Punnett Sunday 1A-5A Yes* Yes
Coast to Coast AM Sundays with George Knapp and Ian Punnett Monday 1A-5A Yes* Yes
Somewhere in Time with Art Bell Saturday 9P-1A Yes* Yes Encore presentations of Coast to Coast AM shows hosted by Art Bell dating back to 1996.
Live on Sunday Night, it's Bill Cunningham Sunday 10P-1A Yes Yes
Dawson McAllister Late Nights Weeknights 12A-5A No No
Dawson McAllister Live Sunday 10P-3A Yes No
Delilah Everyday 7P-10A No No This show has a separate delayed feed for each timezone. There is also a second version for Gold based AC.
The Dr. Dean Edell Hour Weekdays 4P-5P Yes Yes Most commonly, this program is packaged and aired as a five-hour program on weekends.
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show Weekdays 6A-10A No No
The Foxworthy Countdown with Jeff Foxworthy Weekends Pre-recorded No Yes
The Glenn Beck Program Weekdays 9A-12A Yes* Yes
The Group Room Sundays 4P-6P Yes Yes Ownership changed to Take on the Day, but Premiere still sells and distributes this show.
Handel on the Law Saturdays 9A-12A Yes Yes This show is taped and edited for national distribution, so that it can maintain a locality for its flagship KFI. The time mentioned is the first live feed of the latest program, and is also the time where listeners can call in.
In the Garden with Ron Wilson Saturdays 6A-9A Yes Yes This show is produced and distributed by Premiere, but is not advertised on its website.
The Jason Lewis Show Weekdays 6P-9P Yes Yes
The Jesus Christ Show Sundays 9A-12P Yes Yes
The Jim Rome Show Weekdays 12P-3P Yes* No
The Big Show with John Boy and Billy Weekdays 6A-10A No No Available in classic rock or country versions.
Keep Hope Alive with Jesse Jackson Sundays 8A-10A No Yes
P.S. I Love You with Patti Stanger Sundays 6P-8P No Yes This show is only heard on XM channels MIX and The Pink Channel. It's not available to terrestrial radio.
The Rush Limbaugh Show Weekdays 12P-3P Yes* No
The Sean Hannity Show Weekdays 3P-6P No Yes As of 2008-12-29, Premiere Radio handles distribution of Sean Hannity to non-Citadel owned stations. Premiere also handles advertising sales for all affiliates.
The Steve Harvey Morning Show Weekdays 6A-10A No No
Leo Laporte, The Tech Guy Weekends 2P-5P Yes Yes
Live In The Den with Big Tigger Weekends Pre-recorded No No
The Dr. Laura Program Weekdays 3P-6P Yes* Yes This show is produced by Take On The Day. Premiere Radio Networks handles national sales and distribution of the show.
The iTunes Download Weekends Pre-recorded No Yes
On Air with Ryan Seacrest Weekdays 10A-1P Yes No
Radio With a Twist Weekends Pre-recorded No No
The Randi Rhodes Show Weekdays 3P-6P No Yes
Real Estate Today Friday 12P-2P Yes Yes Premiere handles distribution while Media Syndication Services produces. Content is pre-recorded. The time listed is when the newest program is fed via satellite.
The Weekend with Mike McConnell Saturday 12P-3P Yes Yes
The Keith Sweat Hotel Sun-Fri. 7P-12A No No
Featurettes
Empowering Moment with T.D. Jakes Weekdays N/A No No
A Minute worth Millions with Maria Bartiromo Weekdays N/A No No
Trumped! with Donald Trump Weekdays N/A No No
Ty's Tips with Ty Pennington Weekdays N/A No No
Fox Sports Radio Programs
The Steve Czaban Show with Scott Linn Weekdays 6A-9A No Yes Formerly known as The First Team on Fox. This show replays on the network at noon eastern for stations that do not air Jim Rome.
The Dan Patrick Show Weekdays 9A-12P Yes Yes The Content Factory owns and produces the show while Premiere handles distribution and sales. This was originally signed independently from Fox Sports Radio, but was added to the network on 2009-01-21.
Myers and Hartman with Vic "The Brick" Jacobs Weekdays 3P-7P No Yes Formerly known as The Drive
The Petros and Money Show Weekdays 7P-10P No Yes
The J.T. the Brick Show with Tomm Looney Weekdays 10P-2A No Yes Formerly known as Gametime React.
Fox Sports Soup with Sam Betesh Weekdays 2A-6A No Yes This voice-tracked program replays select interviews and segments from live Fox Sports shows earlier in the day.
Fox Fantasy Freaks with Rob Thompson, Jason Thompson, & Michael Harmon Sunday 10A-12P No Yes
Fox Moneyball with Chris Moore and Rick Horrow Sunday 9A-10A No Yes
Fox NFL Sunday with Terry Bradshaw, Jimmy Johnson, Howie Long, Curt Menefee, and Micheal Strahan Sunday 12P-1P No Yes Television audio simulcast from FOX. Premiere Radio Networks distributes the show to radio. The program only broadcasts from September through February.
Gametime Weekend Warm-Up with Chris Moore Weekends 9A-12P No Yes
Gametime Weekend with Brian Webber and Derrick Deese / Dan Moriarty and Lincoln Kennedy Weekends 12P-8P No Yes
Gametime Weekend React with Sean Farnham Weekends 8P-11P No Yes
Gametime Weekend Rewind with John Fricke Weekends 11P-2A No Yes
Raceday on Fox with Rob D'Amico, Michele Rahal and Ardy Arani Sat. or Sun. 6A-9A No Yes

See also List of shows syndicated by Clear Channel.

  • - An asterik indicates that the show requires a paid subscription to download.

[edit] Former programs

  • Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 (moved to Dial Global/Triton Radio, and later, Citadel Media)
  • Carson Daly Most Requested (Daly left the show in 2007)
  • Last Night on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (moved to Westwood One, January 2007)
  • The Phil Hendrie Show (Hendrie left in 2006 to pursue a career in television, he later announced a return, but on Talk Radio Network)
  • The Ken Hamblin Show (Hamblin left the show mid-90s)
  • After Hours with Glenn Hollis (cancelled in 2005)
  • Boot Scootin' Partyin' Nights with Bo Reynolds (later Hollywood Harrison)-- cancelled mid-90s, Reynolds hosts a similar show on another network now
  • Star & Buc Wild Morning Show (immediately cancelled in 2006 after DJ Star threatened the daughter of a rival jock)
  • Michael Reagan (moved to Radio America in 2003, then to American Family Radio in 2009)
  • "Live From the 60's with the Real Don Steele". Syndicated 3 hour radio program marketed to radio stations with an Oldies format. It launched in early 1988 and ended production in 1993. Some stations aired reruns until late 1996. Steele died in August 1997 from lung cancer; producer M. G. Kelly took over the show, retooled it into American Hit List, and distributed the new version of the show himself through 2008.
  • Lionel (cancelled in 2001, revived and moved to WOR Radio Network and later Air America Radio)
  • Dreamland with Art Bell, later Whitley Strieber (replaced by Matt Drudge and Ian Punnett; now heard online exclusivley.)
  • Jeff Rense (left in 1998, now at Genesis Communications Network)
  • Sex with Dr. Natasha - Ended in Spring 2004 as a response to the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show and the FCC crackdown that followed. Even though the show had never been cited or fined by the FCC, it was canceled by Premiere out of fear of one.
  • After Midnite Weekends - This weekend version of the overnight program was hosted by various hosts, among the most notable being Whitney Allen (who later spun off her own program, The Big Time, which airs to this day) and Larry Morgan (the last host). Reruns of Blair Garner's weeknight show have taken its place.
  • Matt Drudge. Drudge voluntarily ended his show on September 30, 2007; Drudge would keep with this Drudge Report Web site and continue hosting as a guest host on various shows, most notably Clear Channel radio shows.
  • Wake Up With Whoopi - canceled in November 2007.
  • Kidd Kraddick in the Morning (moved to ABC Radio, February 2008)
  • Mid-day with Mike McConnell - Reverted to a local show in February 2008.
  • Radio Kandy - Hot AC countdown show hosted by John Candy. Lasted from 1988 to 1990.
  • Costas on the Radio - show ended May 31, 2009 so that Bob Costas could concentrate on his other projects.
  • American Top 20 and American Top 10 with Casey Kasem - Ended July 5, 2009.

[edit] 24/7 radio networks

  • Fox News Radio - Premiere feeds this network thanks to a programming agreement between Fox News and Clear Channel.
  • Fox Sports Radio - Premiere completely owns and operates this network and distributes it to AM, FM, Worldspace, and XM.
  • ReachMD - Exclusively on XM Satellite Radio
  • National Lampoon Comedy Radio - Handles sales and distribution of the network, which is currently only planned for digital radio platforms.

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