Wednesday April 13, 2016
34 LIVE ABC RADIO STATIONS
JOIN ARN’S IHEARTRADIO AUSTRALIA
Australian Radio Network (ARN) has added 34 ABC Radio stations to the iHeartRadio Australiaplatform.Listeners can now tune in to getnews, music, talk and current affairs from Australia’s public broadcaster anywhere they are on iHeartRadio.
The addition of the ABC Radio network will give iHeartRadio Australia audiences access to some of the country’s most loved and longest running radio stations including triple j, Double J, ABC RN, ABC Classic FM, ABC Grandstand, ABC Country and ABC Local Radio in major metro and regional cities.
iHeartRadio Australia’s Content Director Brett “Nozz” Nossiter said:“I am very excited to have the ABC Radio network join iHeartRadio Australia. Adding 34ABC radio stations to our platform further enhances our incredibly broad content offering for listeners with some of Australia’s favourite stations across specialist genres like country, alternative and classical, plustalkback and 24/7 news.”
Head of iHeartRadio Australia Geraint Davies said:“Adding the power of the ABC to iHeartRadio Australia is another major milestone in the continuing growth of the platform in Australia. Today’s announcement demonstrates our commitment to becoming the number one digitaland audio entertainment platform in Australia. Being a truly agnostic platform we enable both public broadcasters and other commercial radio companies to live side by side, all to the benefit of the Australian listening public.”
Michael Mason, Director, ABC Radio said:
“Joining iHeartRadio is an amazing opportunity for ABC Radio to reach new audiences and make our content available for easy discovery. We are the home of Australian stories, music and content and now audiences have another place to connect with us beyond our existing platforms. Listeners will be able to explore ABC Radio’s music, talk and specialist genre offerings in all their diversity and range.”
Now available on iHeartRadio Australia:
- triple j: Australia’s only national youth network, taking new Australian music, live music, current affairs, comedy and more to an engaged audience of 18-24 year-olds.
- triple jUnearthed: highlighting and discovering unsigned and independent Australian artists, the biggest source of new Australian music in the world.
- Double J: The best music from your past, present and future.
- ABC Local Radio in capital cities - Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth, Darwin, Adelaide and Hobart: localised news, entertainment, information and emergency coverage to communities throughout Australia.
- ABC RN: a unique forum for ideas and culture, through comprehensive news, information and analysis of current issues and a range of specialist genres.
- ABC Classic FM: Australia’s only national classical music network, a powerhouse of musical ideas and discovery for listeners, and a platform for the discovery of new musical talent.
- ABC News Radio: Australia’s only 24 hr radio news service.
- ABC Classic 2:Classical music performed by Australian musicians
- ABC Country: Australia’s home of country music.
- ABC Grandstand: The digital destination for ABC Sport.
- ABC Extra: A special events pop-up station.
- ABC Jazz: Australia’s national, free to air jazz broadcaster.
A further 16 ABC stations from regional areas will also be available on iHeartRadio – click here to see a full list of ABC Radio services.
To listen:
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ABOUT ARN
ARN is one of the leading broadcasters in the country with ownership or investments in 12 radio stations nationwide. Its brands KIIS, Pure Gold, iHeartRadio, and The Edge96.ONE entertain and influence over four million listeners across Australia.
In 2014 KIIS 1065 was launched with Kyle & Jackie O in Sydney and immediately went to #1FM and in 2015 the KIIS network launched nationally with KIIS 101.1 in Melbourne. The KIIS network now incorporates the Sydney and Melbourne stations, Adelaide’s #1 Mix102.3, Brisbane’s #1 97.3FM and Perth’s 96FM.
ARN also launched iHeartRadio, the world’s fastest growing digital service, to the Australian market in 2013 and the platform has had over 750,000 downloads.iHeartRadio is a free, all-in-one digital radio service and live events platform that lets audiences listen to their favouritelive stations across Australia, New Zealand and the USA. Listeners can also create commercial-free custom stations, and find the best audio casts to create personalised daily custom talk stations.
ARN is an APN News & Media company.
About ABC Radio
ABC Radio provides programming of both a broad and specialist nature. It broadcasts to 99% of the population via analogue and digital radio, and is also available online and through social media.It produces both local and national content to appeal to and reflect metropolitan and national audiences. ABC Radio is heard by 4.8 million listeners per week across 5 cap cities. Its platforms include ABC Local Radio - which provides localised news, information, emergency coverage and entertainment in the 8 capital cities; three national networks - Radio National, ABC Classic FM and triplej; digital-only radio services Double J, triple j Unearthed, ABC Jazz, ABC Country, ABC Grandstand and ABC Extra (special events), as well as ABC Classic 2, an online stream of classical music performed by Australian musicians. Double J and ABC Jazz can also be found via digital television. ABC Regional broadcasts 47 local radio stations around Australia and ABC NewsRadio, managed by ABC News, is Australia’s only 24 hour radio news network. A total of 19 services are available on the ABC Radio Player (ioS and Android) and there are individual apps for triple j and triple j unearthed.
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For further information please contact:
Bec Brown
PH: 0403 052 256
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