The Bobby Bones Show is an American, nationally syndicated country music radio show aired during the morning hours. The Bobby Bones Show, which originally aired from Austin, Texas, now broadcasts from studios at WSIX-FM in Nashville. Premiere Networks, a subsidiary of iHeartMedia, syndicated the show internationally in Halifax and Manchester, UK. The program is broadcast on weekdays between 5:00 AM and 10:00 AM Central Time with a "Top 30 Countdown” show aired on Saturday mornings and hosted by Bones. Starting in 2019, a new show called “The Women of iHeartCountry”, was hosted by Bones’s co-host Amy, in which she interviews female country stars, and plays only country songs by female country stars. The show is broadcast between 6:00 AM and 7:00 AM Central Time on Sundays. In some radio markets , the show is recorded and heard in the evening; this is especially true in Canada , where it is carried by Bell Media Radio 's Pure Country network.
52-432: The program is also heard nationally via iHeartRadio , iHeartMedia's free all-in-one streaming music and live radio service digital service. In June 2014, it was announced that Bobby Bones had signed a long-term contract extension with iHeartMedia (formerly Clear Channel Media and Entertainment). Prior to 2013, The Bobby Bones Show was a morning show for Top 40 stations, also syndicated by Premiere Networks . Jay Shannon
104-444: A mobile app , smart speaker , or any other supported device. As of 2016 , TuneIn became available on more than 55 vehicle models. In 2013, the company raised more than USD 47 million in venture funding from Institutional Venture Partners , Sequoia Capital , GV , General Catalyst Partners, and Icon Ventures . In November 2020, TuneIn appointed Richard Stern as chief executive officer and Rob Deichert as chief revenue officer, with
156-506: A 24/7 station called Ducks Stream to broadcast team-related content. On February 15, 2019, the Oakland Athletics of the MLB announced that TuneIn would be launching a 24/7 exclusive A's station which would include free streaming of all the team's games within the team's market as well as exclusive team programming. In 2020, it was planned for TuneIn to become the exclusive home of the A's in
208-483: A Like/Dislike (Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down) rating tool used on songs playing on live and customized radio stations. "Liking" or "disliking" songs for all live stations provides feedback to the station being played. "Liking" a song on customized stations will have it and songs like it played more often. "Disliking" a song on customized stations means that song will not be played again. This data is used to personalize users' "My Favorites Radio" station. As My Favorites Radio learns
260-481: A U.S. for-profit publisher of podcast content listeners, which included the HowStuffWorks podcasting business division as well as its slate of premium podcast content, for $ 55 million. With Stuff Media and iHeartMedia having had around 5.3 million and 5.6 million monthly listeners beforehand, respectively (according to Podtrac), the acquisition increased iHeart's lead as largest commercial podcast publisher, although it
312-462: A callsign and the metro area they serve have the end tag that identifies them as "An iHeartRadio Station", or for live national music stations such as Eclectic Rock or iHeart80s, their end tags identify them as "An iHeartRadio Original Station" (they also ID the HD2/HD3 stations that simulcast). Though starting in 2019, iHeartRadio introduces its own "Sonic Logo", a five-note sounder with two heartbeats at
364-533: A feature in its premium tier, which was later disabled in the country, that allowed users to record broadcasts. In November 2019, the English High Court ruled that, despite TuneIn's arguments that the premium feature in question was merely an aggregator similar to a search engine , the TuneIn service infringed the labels' rights by making streams not licensed in the country available to its users (an infringement of
416-550: A global discontinuation following on September 14, 2020, citing legal issues. However, the feature remains accessible through older versions of the TuneIn Pro app. In 2017, the company raised $ 50 million and was valued at $ 500 million. In March 2018, TuneIn launched another premium live audio subscription called "TuneIn Live," which offers play-by-play calls from thousands of live sporting events, plus access to premium news stations, talk shows, and other content. The company launched
468-782: A multi-year agreement with Major League Baseball (MLB) to be an official audio partner of MLB, giving premium users access to live and on-demand play by play of all games, post-game analysis, and Spanish language broadcasts. On August 5, 2022, TuneIn announced they would carry all English Premier League matches. In August 2015, the service launched deals with book publishers, including Penguin Random House and HarperCollins , to provide an audiobook library. In December 2017, TuneIn announced that it would remove audiobooks as of January 15, 2018. However, as of July 7, 2023, TuneIn continues to offer audiobooks via its website. In October 2018, TuneIn partnered with MSNBC to exclusively represent
520-451: A new investment led by Innovation Endeavors. In August 2015, TuneIn launched a premium service called "TuneIn Premium" that covers audiobooks, sports content from MLB , NHL , NFL , NBA , news content from MSNBC , Al Jazeera , and more. Initially, subscribers were able to record any content played through the TuneIn service, but the feature was first discontinued in the UK in early 2017, with
572-474: A new talk radio feature: iHeartRadio Talk. It featured original on-demand programming from celebrities like Ryan Seacrest and allowed users to upload their own content through Spreaker. In 2014, the iHeartRadio Talk feature was rebranded to "Shows & Personalities" and in 2016 the feature became known simply as " Podcasts ". On November 10, 2015, iHeartRadio launched a spin-off app known as iHeartRadio Family—a curated experience targeting children. It features
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#1733085416590624-548: A replay channel for each team so fans could listen to the archived games. They would also create a 24/7 NHL Channel, and the NHL would embed TuneIn's players onto the NHL.com website. All TuneIn NHL items would be made available to the public for free. The first broadcasts for TuneIn began on January 1, 2016. On September 22, 2022, the Anaheim Ducks announced that TuneIn would become the home for all of their game broadcasts, and launched
676-581: A segment discussed a test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) that had interrupted a broadcast of Game 2 of the 2014 World Series on Nashville Fox affiliate WZTV . A clip was played of the 2011 national EAS test ; due to how EAS operates, this "engaged the EAS equipment of certain other EAS participants" to re-transmit the Emergency Action Notification (EAN) from the test. In particular,
728-609: A similar incident. The Bobby Bones Show won the National On-Air Personality Award at the ACM Awards in 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020. They won a CMA Award for National Personality in 2017 and 2019. On November 2, 2017, Bobby Bones was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame . He is the youngest inductee to ever receive this honor. IHeartRadio iHeartRadio (often shortened to just " iHeart ")
780-541: A simplified interface and a selection of age-appropriate stations (such as Radio Disney , and stations curated by artists and personalities popular among the demographic). Build-A-Bear Workshop served as a launch sponsor for the app, which included the addition of a "Build-a-Bear Workshop Radio" channel in the app. During the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival, iHeartMedia announced subscription based on demand services "iHeartRadio Plus" and "iHeartRadio all Access powered by Napster ". On December 1, 2016, iHeartMedia launched
832-491: A subscription fee. iHeartRadio is available across more than 250 platforms and 2,000 devices including smart speakers, digital auto dashes, tablets, wearables, smartphones, virtual assistants, TVs and gaming consoles. Before 2014, iHeartRadio operated Australian Radio Network as a joint venture with APN News and Media but now operates an Australian version wholly owned by ARN Media . New Zealand assets are now licensed by NZME . On January 6, 2016, iHeartMedia announced that
884-426: A user's music taste over time, it adds various bonus tracks into the mix. Songs can easily be removed from the station. For a time since the service's beginnings until 2020, iHeartRadio had a "Discovery Tuner" to the custom stations where listeners could adjust the tuner to play familiar songs – or select "Less Familiar" to play a wider variety – or "Mixed". In 2019, The New York Times described iHeartRadio as
936-451: Is Radioplayer Canada, which is backed by a consortium of other Canadian radio broadcasters. iHeartMedia announced iHeartRadio's expansion to Mexico on October 29, 2018, through an exclusive partnership with Grupo ACIR, a Mexican broadcasting company. iHeartRadio México includes all 56 Grupo ACIR and 850 iHeartMedia live broadcast radio stations from across México and the U.S., including music, news/talk, comedy and sports content. Through
988-558: Is available in Australia, Canada, the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico and New Zealand but blocks access from others such as Britain. It is available across 250 device platforms including online, and via automobiles, gaming consoles, home audio, mobile smartphones and tablets, TVs, and WatchOS . Listeners can hear live radio stations, personalized music stations, create playlists, listen to podcasts and more. The iHeartRadio player has
1040-656: Is a band which features Bobby Bones and Eddie Garcia from the Bobby Bones Show. The Raging Idiots helped raise money for earthquake relief in Haiti , the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis , and other charities. In 2013, after the BBS moved to Nashville, they were asked to perform in a charity event which resulted in their first public appearance. Their first concert outside of Nashville
1092-602: Is an American freemium broadcast, podcast, radio streaming and Music Streaming platform owned by iHeartMedia . It was founded in August 2008 and iHeartRadio serves as the national umbrella brand for iHeartMedia's radio network , the largest radio broadcaster in the United States with 128 million registered users as of 2019 and its other consumer-facing brands. Its main radio competitors are Audacy , TuneIn and Sirius XM . iHeartMedia built its national event franchise around
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#17330854165901144-673: The Newport Folk Festival (Newport, RI) . In September 2018, Cathleen Robertson, better known as DJ Carisma of KRRL , joined TuneIn to head Hip-Hop/R&B curation and artist relations initiatives. DJ Carisma launched and hosted "The Element" and "The Element West" as part of this initiative. In August 2015, TuneIn announced deals with the MLB , the Premier League and the Bundesliga for live play-by-play coverage. The deal also included
1196-621: The iHeartRadio Theaters in Los Angeles and New York . The iHeartRadio Theater located in New York at 32 Avenue of the Americas is a ground floor 250-seat theater which formerly was called the P. C. Richard & Son Theater; PC Richard sponsors them. The iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles opened under that name in 2013. *Currently being sold to other owners pending approval of
1248-540: The Bay Area after the team abandoned radio. However, the team later struck up a deal with iHeartMedia to have KNEW serve as the team's flagship station and A's Cast moved to the iHeartRadio app. In August 2020, TuneIn removed MLB and NBA content from its platform with no explanation given. The following month, TuneIn also removed NFL content from its platform without explanation. As of August 2021, NFL content returned on TuneIn's platform. In March 2022, TuneIn signed
1300-557: The CRTC. TuneIn TuneIn is a global audio streaming service providing news, radio, sports, music, and podcasts to over 75 million monthly active users . TuneIn is operated by the company TuneIn Inc. based in San Francisco , California . The company was founded by Bill Moore on January 1st 2002 as RadioTime in Dallas , Texas . Users can listen through the TuneIn website using
1352-527: The Format Lab website provided feeds of between 40 and 80 networks that were used primarily on Clear Channel's HD Radio subchannels, many of which transitioned to iHeartRadio unchanged. In August 2008, Clear Channel launched the iHeartMusic website, featuring entertainment news, national news, music content including albums, singles on demand, music videos, and access to over 750 Clear Channel radio stations online. On October 7, 2008, Clear Channel Radio launched
1404-607: The Jingle Ball, and co-branded the annual awards show organized through its cable channel Much as the iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards. The service went live in Canada on October 7, 2016, and on December 4, 2017, additional features were added to the service, including podcasts, additional stations, and a deal with Evanov Radio Group to add its stations to the service. Stingray Radio similarly joined in June 2023. Its main competitor
1456-422: The TuneIn platform on August 9, 2018. On July 29, 2021, TuneIn and iHeartMedia announced a partnership, enabling TuneIn to distribute iHeartMedia's digital stations. The deal also granted TuneIn access to local advertising demand from iHeartMedia's monetization assets. In January 2022, TuneIn launched TuneIn On Air, which allows non-profit broadcasters, podcasters and other long-form content creators to access
1508-1174: The TuneIn website and apps allowed users to listen to more than 100,000 global radio stations including AM , FM , HD , LP , digital , and internet stations, and podcasts . TuneIn's directory lists various sports, news, talk, and music broadcasts from around the world. TuneIn's website is available in 22 languages, each with its own content tailored for the specific language or region. TuneIn also offers 5.7 million on-demand programs. The platform has deals with various broadcasters of sports, news, talk, and music worldwide such as ESPN Radio , NPR , Public Radio Exchange (PRX), CBC / Radio-Canada , C-SPAN Radio , All India Radio , Emmis Communications , Hearst Radio , iHeartMedia , Urban One , Mvyradio , Wu-Tang Radio (Wu World Radio), ABC Radio and Regional Content (Australia), Bonneville International , Sport Your Argument , talkSPORT , and Westwood One Podcast Network . On June 25, 2018, Audacy, Inc. (previously Entercom ) announced that it would move online streaming of its stations from TuneIn to its then-named in-house Radio.com platform as an initiative of CBS radio. In turn, Cumulus Media joined
1560-555: The ability to cover minor league affiliates. In October 2015, the NFL announced a deal with TuneIn to broadcast live, play-by-play coverage of all NFL games to its premium subscribers. On December 22, 2015, the National Hockey League (NHL) announced that TuneIn would gain radio rights to the NHL. TuneIn would create an individual station for every NHL team to simulcast their home market broadcasts on. Additionally, TuneIn would create
1612-513: The audio experience, similar in fashion to Music Choice on digital cable and satellite TV. On September 27, 2023, the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx announced that their radio broadcasts would move to the iHeartRadio app. Every game would air on the app, while the majority of Lynx games and select Timberwolves games would be simulcast on co-owned KFXN-FM . In September 2018, iHeartMedia announced it would acquire Stuff Media, LLC,
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1664-590: The company's apps and connected devices for digital distribution of their content. On June 21, 2023, Audacy signed a partnership with TuneIn, returning all of its stations, including the former CBS Radio Stations to the platform as well as adding its podcast library to the service. In May 2018, the company announced it would stream concerts exclusively from several summer music festivals including Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival ( San Francisco ), Newport Jazz Festival (Newport, RI), Hangout Fest (Gulf Shores, Alabama), Firefly Music Festival (Dover, Delaware), and
1716-449: The end. It includes specific variations (including vocal versions) for different formats or productions. In early 2020, iHeart fired "dozens" (estimated by one newspaper as "hundreds ... across its more than 850 radio stations" ) of its then 12,500 employees at a time when the company, bankrupt, was viewed as being considered for purchase by Liberty Media . iHeart described these layoffs as being technology-driven. On April 23, 2020,
1768-568: The exclusive right to communicate a work to the public, under EU copyright law ). The court granted a request for an appeal. In September 2020, TuneIn began to geoblock all international radio stations for users in the United Kingdom, citing the earlier court order. On March 29, 2021, the Court of Appeal upheld the High Court decision, ruling that TuneIn infringed the right of communication to
1820-467: The expansion, listeners also have access to all of iHeartMedia's exclusive digital-only iHeartRadio Original stations spanning all genres of music, as well as Grupo ACIR's own offer of digital-only stations featuring the most popular genres in México. Users can also access the top English and Spanish language podcasts and on-air personalities. As of around 2017, iHeartRadio was regularly hosting performances at
1872-520: The false test spread via outlets (including AT&T U-verse systems in several markets) that had not configured their EAS decoders to reject EAN messages that did not match the current date. In May 2015, iHeartMedia was fined $ 1 million by the FCC for playing EAS tones on-air outside of an emergency alert, and was directed to implement a three-year compliance plan, including the removal of EAS tones or any similar sounds from its audio libraries in order to prevent
1924-632: The first version of iHeartRadio to the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch through the App Store . Twelve radio stations in 8 markets were included in this first release. In 2009, iHeartRadio was made available to BlackBerry devices and the Android operating system and then Sonos in 2010. September 2011 marked the official launch of the free, all-in-one iHeartRadio service featuring thousands of live radio stations and custom artist stations. The launch coincided with
1976-702: The iHeartRadio app was launched in association with Uno Radio Group, which owns the NotiUno , Salsoul , Fidelity and Hot 102 brands in Puerto Rico . On December 1, 2021, iHeartRadio signed a deal with Roku to bring a dozen of their live radio stations to The Roku Channel's live TV lineup in the form of FAST channels. The ad-supported stations (which include iHeartCountry, Alt Radio, The Beat (now Hip-Hop Beats), Classic Rock, Hit Nation, Latino Hits, iHeart80s, and iHeart90s as well as select holiday-themed stations when available) are to feature imagery to complement and enhance
2028-596: The iHeartRadio consumer brand, and includes the iHeartRadio Music Festival , the iHeartRadio Music Awards , iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour, iHeartRadio Country Festival , iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina , the iHeartRadio Podcast Awards and iHeartRadio ALTerEgo. iHeartRadio is owned by iHeartMedia , which was rebranded from Clear Channel in 2014. Prior to 2008, Clear Channel Communications' various audio products were decentralized. Individual stations streamed from their own sites (or, in many cases, did not, owing to voluminous syndication and local advertising clearance issues), and
2080-461: The iHeartRadio service would expand into Canada as part of a licensing deal with Bell Media . The company described the Canadian version of the service as being a "franchised" operation; Bell handles Canadian music licensing, marketing, and distribution of the service, and provides content from its properties. Bell also gained rights to organize Canadian versions of the company's branded events, such as
2132-781: The inaugural iHeartRadio Music Festival, the annual two-day event hosted by Ryan Seacrest at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas . The app was expanded to the Xbox 360 and webOS. On April 20, 2012, iHeartRadio launched on the iPad . On June 8, 2012, iHeartRadio concluded a deal to power Yahoo! Music 's Radio service, previously powered by CBS Radio . In mid-October 2012, iHeartRadio launched online audio news, weather and traffic streams for Tampa , Chicago , Dallas/Fort Worth , Los Angeles , San Diego , New York City , and 15 other metropolitan cities, branded as "24/7 News". On March 1, 2013, iHeartRadio
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2184-457: The largest radio broadcaster in the United States, with 848 terrestrial stations. They aggregate over 850 local iHeartMedia radio stations across the United States, as well as hundreds of other stations from various other media. It includes more than 250,000 podcasts, offers a Music recommender system and on-demand functionality, and allows listeners to save and replay songs from live broadcasts in digital playlists. The on-demand features require
2236-583: The lead single “Namaste” was a number one comedy song. Followed by “Chick-fil-A (...But It's Sunday)” which reached number three on the comedy charts. On April 2, 2020, The Raging Idiots released a new album "Bobby Bones & the Raging Idiots (Live in Little Rock)" which featured songs recorded during the 2019 Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots Tour. During the October 24, 2014 episode of The Bobby Bones Show ,
2288-535: The sales rights of podcast, Bag Man : A Rachel Maddow Original Podcast . TuneIn also partnered with Adobe Advertising Cloud in June 2018 to integrate targeted audio ads to consumers via smart speakers. In January 2019, TuneIn announced a partnership with professional golfer Greg Norman to integrate its audio streaming platform into his line of connected golf carts called 'Norman's Shark Experience'. In November 2021, TuneIn partnered with News Corp-Owned News UK to bring UK-based news, music and sports coverage to
2340-699: The services in beta on iOS and Android to the American users. iHeartRadio launched in Canada on October 7, 2016, in association with Bell Media . In 2017, iHeartRadio expanded Plus and All Access to other platforms including desktop in January 2017 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). iHeartRadio launched in Mexico on October 29, 2018, in association with Grupo ACIR . In 2018, iHeartMedia, aiming to cut its debt of around $ 20 billion in half, filed for what
2392-403: The streaming platform. In April 2022, TuneIn partnered with Amazon to bring its TuneIn Premium subscription service to all Amazon Alexa -enabled devices. In 2017, TuneIn was sued by Sony Music UK and Warner Music UK , alleging copyright infringement by offering access to international radio stations not licensed for distribution in the United Kingdom. The companies also took issue with
2444-579: The subscription-based radio service exclusively for Alexa-enabled speakers, allowing subscribers to prompt Alexa to stream news programs as well as play-by-play broadcasts of MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL games. TuneIn Live marked the first time TuneIn premium content was available over a voice platform. In October 2018, the company launched a commercial-free news offering through TuneIn Premium, which included news programs from CNBC , Fox News Talk , and MSNBC , as well as news podcasts from Progressive Voices, The Economist , and The Wall Street Journal . From 2019,
2496-681: Was added to the Roku digital media receiver. As of 2019 , the app was available on more than 250 devices and platforms. In July 2013, iHeartRadio began adding stations from outside the United States like CHUM-FM and CFBT-FM in Canada and Virgin Radio Dubai in the United Arab Emirates . On July 14, 2013, iHeartRadio launched in New Zealand and Australia . On July 24, 2013, iHeartRadio launched
2548-449: Was described as the largest bankruptcy of that year and the 30th largest ever. The Los Angeles Times observed at the time that "About 265 million people in the U.S. still tune in to iHeart's stations at least once a month, but newer media such as Spotify's streaming service and SiriusXM's satellite broadcasts have cut into the audience and put a damper on sales." From the start of service, many of its own radio stations that identified with
2600-522: Was in Wichita, Kansas . They have played over 40 charity shows and have raised over $ 1.5 million for charities. On June 2, 2015, The Raging Idiots signed a record deal with Black River Entertainment. They released their debut album “The Critics Give It 5 Stars” which was a number one record on the comedy charts. From the album, the singles were: “If I Was Your Boyfriend” and “Fishing With My Dad”. The Raging Idiots released an EP titled “The Next Episode EP” where
2652-514: Was still trailing behind NPR. As of 2022, iHeartRadio is now the leading podcast publisher on Podtrac , with over 400 million downloads each month. In November 2018, iHeart also bought Jelli. In October 2020, it was announced that the company would acquire Voxnest, the parent company of Spreaker, a podcast-hosting company. iHeart has since also bought Triton Digital from Scripps . In February 2022, iHeartMedia invested in Sounder. iHeartRadio
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#17330854165902704-447: Was the program director. On July 18, 2011, it was announced that Bones had signed a three-year extension to do mornings for Clear Channel's KHFI-FM Austin , and also signed a deal with Premiere for syndication rights. Bobby Bones is accompanied by co-hosts Lunchbox (Dan Chappell) and Amy (Moffett-Brown), along with Eddie (Garcia), Raymundo (Raymond Slater), Mike D. (Deestro), Morgan #2 (Huelsman), and Abby Anderson. The Raging Idiots
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