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iheartradio app sees one million iPhone downloads; BlackBerry is next

Clear Channel Radio today announced that, just 20 weeks after launch, the iheartradio application for the iPhone has been downloaded more than one million times. The company also revealed that iheartradio is bucking reported user trends, with use growing an average of 13% per week since launch. All in, the online and mobile audience for iheartradio is increasing the total audience for Clear Channel Radio by up to 15%.

Separately, the company announced that a beta of iheartradio for the RIM BlackBerry is now available at iheartradio.com.

The company previously announced that iheartradio is shipping on Verizon’s HUB, a voice-over-Internet-protocol (VOIP) device intended to replace land lines in addition to providing a range of other digital content.

iPhone app use growing 13% per week so far

“The reception of iheartradio from iPhone users has exceeded all of our expectations,” said Evan Harrison, executive vice president of Clear Channel Radio and president of the company’s Online Music & Radio unit. “Our commitment to a high-quality user experience has clearly been embraced by listeners.”

Clear Channel Radio streams iheartradio content at 64kbytes and uses the AAC audio codec format instead of MP3. The vastly superior listener experience and massive selection of content has quickly translated to impressive audience statistics:

  • iheartradio is now a Top 100 free iPhone app, out of some 25,000 currently available, and is the #4 free music application;
  • weekly uniques are up 43% since launch, according to data from Limelight; and
  • total audience is growing at 13% per week, measuring time-spent-listening in minutes, bucking the reported use trends of other iPhone apps.

iheartradio content includes more than 150 of America’s favorite radio stations, including the best in local radio, genre-defying channels like erockster and Pride Radio, top sports and talk personalities, and even traffic reports for New York and Los Angeles.

Reaction to BlackBerry alpha has been strong

iheartradio for BlackBerry was built by Clear Channel Radio in consultation with RIM engineers and includes the full array of iheartradio content. The app is available first on the BlackBerry Pearl, Curve and Bold.

“We’re taking a measured approach to BlackBerry availability to ensure all BlackBerry users have the same outstanding experience that iPhone users enjoy now,” added Harrison.

Contacts:

Clear Channel Communications
Lisa Dollinger, 210-832-3348
lisacdollinger@clearchannel.com
or
Brainerd Communicators
Maggie Duquin, 212-986-6667
duquin@braincomm.com
or
Michele Clarke, 212-986-6667
clarke@braincomm.com

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