Pride Radio
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| Type | Radio network |
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| Country | |
| Owner | iHeartMedia |
Launch date | 2006 |
| Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
Official website | prideradio.com |
Pride Radio is an LGBTQ+ lifestyle and Top 40 radio network launched by Clear Channel Communications Format Lab under the direction of Michael Albl, who conceived the format, on terrestrial HD2 & HD3 stations and online via CCRD (Clear Channel Radio Digital) in 2006. The radio division became known as iHeartMedia on September 16, 2014. It is one of several music channels that are available through iHeartMedia's iHeartRadio app.
Network Information
The online portal acts as an interactive hub, hosting a variety of user-generated content. In addition, Pride Radio is a 24/7 streaming channel that plays upbeat Top 40 music (including remixes) and dance music targeted to the LGBTQ community. The service is also carried on the HD Radio sub-channels (HD2 & HD3) of selected iHeart radio stations around the U.S. The channel and accompanying online portal provide the LGBTQ+ audience with programming that aims to be entertaining, informative, and uniting. Pride Radio introduced personalities in May 2013.
Stations
These FM stations currently carry Pride Radio on their HD2 (or HD3) digital subchannels:[2]
- WKTU HD2 103.5 FM: New York, NY
- WKST-FM HD2 96.1 FM: Pittsburgh PA
- WIHT HD2 99.5 FM: Washington, DC
- KBIG HD2 104.3 FM: Los Angeles, CA
- KHKS HD2 106.1 FM: Dallas, TX (Previously an affiliate from 2006 to 2008; returned in March 2011.)
- WFLZ HD2 93.3 FM Tampa-St. Petersburg (serves as Pride Radio’s monitored reporter on Billboard’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart)
- KHTS-FM HD2 93.3 FM: San Diego, CA
- WKSS HD2 95.7 FM: Hartford, CT
- KPEZ HD2 102.3 FM: Austin, TX
- KDWB HD2 101.3 FM: Minneapolis, MN
- KSLZ HD2 107.7 FM: St. Louis, MO
- WIOQ HD2 102.1 FM: Philadelphia, PA (Previous affiliate that returned in March 2017.)
- KIOI HD2 101.3 FM: San Francisco, CA
- KXJM HD2 107.5 FM: Portland, OR
- KMXP HD2 96.9 FM: Phoenix, AZ
- WHYI-FM HD3 100.7 FM: Miami, FL
- WLKO HD2 102.9 FM: Charlotte, NC
- WKSC-FM HD2 103.5 FM: Chicago, IL
- KQBT HD2 93.7 FM: Houston, TX
- KBCO HD3 97.3 FM: Denver, CO
- WBWL HD2 101.7 FM: Boston, MA
- WKFS HD2 107.1: Cincinnati, OH
- KUBE HD2 93.3 FM: Seattle, WA
- WZFT HD2 104.3 FM: Baltimore, MD
- WNCI HD2 97.9 FM: Columbus, OH
- WHLK HD2 106.5 FM: Cleveland, OH
- WXXL HD2 106.7 FM: Orlando, FL (this station sometimes preempts National PRIDE Radio programming for local personalities)
Former Affiliates
- WSRS HD2: Worcester, MA (Switched to an 80's Pop format, probably originating from the iHeart80s feed of iHeartMedia, Inc., without any branding or slogan present)
- KDMX HD2: Dallas, TX (Switched to Oldies/Gold AC format known as "Sunny 102.9 HD2" in early Spring of 2011, now broadcasting Delilah)
- KHFI HD2: Austin, TX (Switched to "Hot Spot" programming)
- KPTT HD2: Denver, CO (Switched to Evolution)
- KXXM HD2: San Antonio, TX (Discontinued programming)
- KYLD HD2: San Francisco, CA (Switched to "FuZic" programming in 2011)
- KZZP HD2: Phoenix, AZ (Switched to "Verizon New Music Channel" sometime in 2013, now known as "The Hot Spot")
- WMTX HD2: Tampa, FL (Discontinued broadcast of Pride Radio on 100.7 HD-2 in early spring of 2011, reactivated as Classic Hits branded "Thunder Tampa Bay")
- WDTW-FM HD2: Detroit, MI (Switched to "The Alternative Project", a modern rock format, in November 2011)
- WKSL HD2: Raleigh, NC (Switched to Christian Contemporary music)
- WHYI-FM HD2: Miami, FL (Switched to "Evolution Radio" programming)
- WXKS-FM HD2: Boston, MA (Switched to WEDX simulcast)
- WLDI HD2: West Palm Beach, FL (Discontinued programming)
- WHYN-FM HD2: Springfield, MA (Switched to "Verizon New Music Channel" programming)
- WXXM HD2: Madison, WI (Discontinued programming)
- KQQL HD3: Minneapolis, MN (Switched to sports radio programming as "KFAN Plus")
- K244FE: Minneapolis, MN (Switched to sports radio programming as "KFAN Plus" via KQQL HD3)
- WYYY HD2: Syracuse, NY (Discontinued programming)
Competitors
References
- ^ Pride Radio
- ^ "Listen To PRIDE Radio On These Stations Nationwide". Pride Radio. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
