Clear Channel Communications

:This article is about the company. Radio stations owned by Clear Channel should not be confused with clear channel radio stations, which are AM radio stations with certain technical parameters.

Businesses

Clear Channel has purchased interest in, or outright acquired companies in a number of media or advertising related industries. This is not an exhaustive list.

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Radio

Clear Channel has purchased stations from or acquired the following radio companies:

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• The Ackerley Group
• AMFM
• Apex
• Chancellor
• Clark Broadcasting
• Dame Media
• Eastern Radio Assets
• Gulfstar
• Jacor
• Nationwide Communications
• Quad City
• Roberts
• Taylor Broadcasting
• Trumper Communications

Outdoor advertising

• Bought Eller Media, Universal Outdoor, and More Group Plc, giving Clear Channel outdoor advertising space in 25 countries.
• Owns part of Italian street furniture company, Jolly Pubblicita S.p.A.
• Owns BBH Exhibits, Yellow Checker Star Cab Displays, Dauphin, Taxi Tops, Donrey Media and Ackerley Media. Also owns an outdoor advertising company in Switzerland and Poland and a major outdoor advertising firm in Chile.

TV

First TV station purchased was WPMI-TV in Mobile, Alabama in 1988. They now own more than 30 additional stations, a few of these are independent (no-network affiliates).

Related Topics:
WPMI-TV - Mobile, Alabama

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Live events

• Clear Channel owns SFX Entertainment, now known as Clear Channel Entertainment, providing venue and artist management. It owns, operates and/or exclusively books 135 live entertainment venues, including 28 in Europe, along with producing high profile events such as Super Bowl halftime shows. It also represents major music artists and sports stars.
• US Touring Productions of Broadway Shows The Lion King and Mamma Mia
• Owns USHRA (United States Hot Rod Association), a promoter of tractor pulls and monster truck races.
• Produces sporting events: 84 Lumber Classic of Pennsylvania; Legg Mason Tennis Classic; ADT Skills Challenge; American Century Golf Championship; THQ World Supercross GP; National Arenacross Series; IFMA Freestyle Motocross; and IHRA Drag Racing
• Produces concerts and festivals: Ozzfest, Jagermeister Music Tour, Lollapalooza and Music Midtown (Atlanta)

News and information

• Operates Clear Channel News Network and local news networks in Kentucky, Virginia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida
• Premiere Radio Networks
• FOX Sports Radio Network
• Acquired Agri Broadcast Network (ABN), a farm programming provider in Ohio
• Publishes Inside Radio magazine
• Clear Channel Traffic reports on road and traffic conditions nationwide, and in Mexico City, Mexico

Worldwide

• Owns part of radio groups in New Zealand, Mexico, Norway, and Australia.
• Owns outdoor advertising companies in Switzerland, Poland, Chile, Brazil, and Italy
• Owns L & C Outdoor Comunicacao Visual Ltda., of Brazil.
• Acquired Italian music promoters Milano Concerti and Trident Agency.
• Owns Clear Channel Entertainment do Brasil Ltda, a Brazilian music promotion and production company
• Owns the only airport advertising contract in South America.
• In the UK, owns:
• Large numbers of billboards (through a takeover of Adshel)
• A controlling stake in Mean Fiddler, and thus interests in:
• Several music festivals festivals, including Glastonbury Festival, V Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Homelands Festivaland Download Festival
• The majority of medium-sized London music venues, including Brixton Academy and the Mean Fiddler.
• A concert promotion business which promotes large outdoor concerts in Hyde Park, London, as well as numerous small and medium concert venues across the country.
• See Clear Channel UK