Premiere Networks
For the UK based Christian radio network, see Premier Christian Radio.
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Radio broadcasting, advertising |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Headquarters | Sherman Oaks, California |
| Owner | iHeartMedia |
| Website |
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Premiere Networks (formerly Premiere Radio Networks, or PRN) is an American radio network. It is the largest syndication company in the United States. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of iHeartMedia and is headed by Julie Talbott, who serves as president.
Premiere Networks syndicates more than 90 radio programs and services to more than 5,500 radio affiliations and reaches 245 million listeners monthly. Premiere offers talk, entertainment and sports programming featuring the following personalities: Rush Limbaugh, Ryan Seacrest, Glenn Beck, Delilah, Steve Harvey, George Noory, John Boy and Billy, Sean Hannity, Elvis Duran, Dan Patrick, Nikki Sixx, Kane, Mario Lopez, Bobby Bones, Cody Alan, Johnjay & Rich, Jay Mohr and others. Premiere is based in Sherman Oaks, California, with 13 offices nationwide.
Many of Premiere's programs are also available on iHeartRadio and iHeartRadio.com.
Distribution
Premiere Networks' programs are currently distributed over satellite, NexGen Digital WANcasting, and downloadable via FTP. The FTP server serves both primary and backup delivery needs for weekly pre-recorded content. For years, Premiere used the popular Starguide Digital III satellite system to distribute their programs, but has fully converted over to X-Digital Systems for satellite delivery.
Premiere's entertainment programs are distributed on a mixture of fee and barter based deals.
Program schedule
All times are Eastern. Programs are organized alphabetically by franchise, and display their date, time, if they're available for online download, and additional information.
| Title | Day | Time | Download | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entertainment Programs | |||||
| American Top 40 (CHR) with Ryan Seacrest | Weekends | FTP/Download | No | Yes | Part of the American Top 40 franchise |
| American Top 40 (Hot AC) with Ryan Seacrest | Weekends | FTP/Download | No | Part of the American Top 40 franchise | |
| Casey Kasem's American Top 40: The 80s | N/A | FTP/Download | No | Yes | Part of the American Top 40 franchise, reruns of AT40 episodes from the 1980s |
| Casey Kasem's American Top 40: The 70s | N/A | FTP/Download | No | Yes | Part of the American Top 40 franchise, reruns of AT40 episodes from the 1970s |
| The Big Show with John Boy and Billy (Rock) | Mon-Sat | 6A-10A | No | No | Live on weekdays. Saturday show is a best-of compilation. Owned by FOX News Radio. |
| The Big Show with John Boy and Billy (Country) | |||||
| The Bobby Bones Show | Weekdays | 6A-11A | No | ||
| Club Kane Early Edition | Sundays | 7P-10P | No | Yes | |
| Club Kane Late Edition | 10P-midnight | ||||
| Crook & Chase Countdown | Weekends | FTP/Download | No | No | Produced by Jim Owens Entertainment. |
| Delilah | Everyday | 7P-12M | No | Yes | |
| Delilah Gold-based AC | |||||
| Elvis Duran and the Morning Show | Weekdays | 6A-10A | No | Yes | Produced by The Elvis Duran Group. |
| Elvis Duran and the Pre-Morning Show | Weekdays | 5A-6A | Produced by The Elvis Duran Group. For air the following early morning. | ||
| Elvis Duran Weekend | Fridays | 8A-noon | Produced by The Elvis Duran Group. For air Saturday or Sunday mornings. | ||
| Evolution with Pete Tong | Tues-Sat | 6A-noon | Hourly program, airing weekly. | ||
| iHeartRadio Countdown with Romeo | Weekends | FTP/Download | No | No | Airs between 6AM and 12NN local time. |
| The Keith Sweat Hotel | Sun-Fri. | 7P-midnight | No | No | Known as "The Quiet Storm" in some markets. |
| On Air with Ryan Seacrest | Weekdays | FTP/Download | Yes | Yes | For air between 10 AM and 7 PM local time. |
| ON with Mario Lopez | Weekdays | FTP/Download | No | No | For air between 3 PM and midnight local time. |
| Remix Top 30 with Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton | Weekends | For air weekends | |||
| Saturday Night Online Live with Romeo Early Edition | Saturdays | 7P-10P | No | No | Produced by Superadio Network. |
| Saturday Night Online Live with Romeo Late Edition | 10P-midnight | ||||
| Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx and Jenn Marino | Weeknights | FTP/Download | No | Yes | For air 7P-midnight local time. |
| The Side Show Countdown with Nikki Sixx and Jenn Marino (Active Rock) | Weekends | FTP/Download | No | Yes | |
| The Side Show Countdown with Nikki Sixx and Jenn Marino (Alternative Rock) | |||||
| The Steve Harvey Morning Show | Weekdays | 6A-10A | No | No | |
| Weekend Top 30 (CHR version) with Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton | Weekends | For air Saturday or Sunday. | |||
| Weekend Top 30 with Ramiro (Rhythmic version) | Weekends | For air Saturday or Sunday. | |||
| Talk Programs | |||||
| Weekdays | 6P-9P ET | Yes | Yes | ||
| At Home with Gary Sullivan | Weekends | 9A-noon | Yes | Yes | |
| Coast to Coast AM with George Noory | Tues-Sat | 1A-5A | Yes |
Yes | |
| Coast to Coast AM Early Edition | Mon-Fri | 10P-1A | Re-feed of last three hours of previous George Noory hosted show. | ||
| Coast to Coast AM Saturdays | Sunday | 1A-5A | |||
| Coast to Coast AM Sundays | Monday | 1A-5A | Hosting duties rotate between George Noory (first Sunday), George Knapp (third and fourth Sunday), Ian Punnett (second Sunday), ). | ||
| Somewhere in Time with Art Bell | Saturday | 9P-1A | Encore presentations of Coast to Coast AM shows hosted by Art Bell dating back to 1996. | ||
| Coast to Coast AM Best of George Noory | Sunday | 9P-1A | |||
| The Glenn Beck Radio Program | Weekdays | 9A-noon | Yes |
Yes | Produced by Mercury Radio Arts. |
| The Glenn Beck Weekend | Fridays | 1P-4P | Produced by Mercury Radio Arts. For air weekends. | ||
| Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis | Weeknights | 10P-1A | Produced by Alpha Broadcasting. | ||
| Handel on the Law | Saturdays | 9A-noon | Yes | Yes | This show is taped and edited for national distribution, so that it can maintain a locality for its flagship KFI. The time mentioned is the first live feed of the latest program, and is also the time where listeners can call in. |
| The Jesus Christ Show | Sundays | 9A-noon | Yes | Yes | |
| Keep Hope Alive with Jesse Jackson | Sundays | 8A-10A | No | Yes | |
| Leo Laporte, The Tech Guy | Weekends | 2P-5P | Yes | Yes | |
| Live on Sunday Night, it's Bill Cunningham | Sunday | 10P-1A | Yes | Yes | Produced by DirecTV. Premiere handles sales and distribution. |
| The Rush Limbaugh Show | Weekdays | noon-3P | Yes |
No | |
| The Rush Limbaugh Week in Review | Fridays | 1P-4P | For air weekends. | ||
| The Sean Hannity Show | Weekdays | 3P-6P | No | Yes | Premiere Radio handles distribution and sales only. |
| The Sean Hannity Weekend | Friday | 4P-7P | For air weekends after 12 AM Saturday local time. | ||
| The Weekend with Joe Pagliarulo | Saturday | noon-3P | No | Yes | This program features a different host each week. |
| The Rush Limbaugh Morning Update | Weekdays | 10:00:30 PM | No | No | |
| The Sean Hannity Morning Minute | Weekdays | 10:03:30 PM | No | Yes | |
| Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest | Weekdays | 3:01:00 AM | No | No | For morning drive. |
| 4:01:00 AM | No | No | For afternoon drive. | ||
| The Dr. Dean Medical Minute | Weekdays | 4:01:20 PM | No | Yes | For morning drive. |
| 4:03:35 PM | No | Yes | Optional second featurette for afternoon drive. Does not contain network spots. | ||
| Dan Patrick's Above the Noise | Weekdays | 10:01:30 AM | No | Yes | |
| Fox News and Commentary with Todd Starnes | Weekdays | 6:15 AM | No | Yes | Three different commentaries air per day. |
| 10:15 AM | |||||
| 3:15 PM | |||||
| 2:01:00 PM | No | Yes | For afternoon drive. | ||
| Fox Sports Radio Programs | |||||
| Fox Sports Daybreak with Andy Furman and Artrell Hawkins | Weekdays | 6A-9A | Yes | Yes | |
| Saturday | 4P-7P | ||||
| The Dan Patrick Show | Weekdays | 9A-noon | Yes | Yes | DIRECTV Sports Group owns and produces the show while Premiere handles distribution and sales. |
| Jay Mohr Sports | Weekdays | noon-3P | Yes | ||
| Steve Gorman Sports | Weekdays | 3P-6P | Yes | Yes | |
| J.T. The Brick | Weekdays | 6P-10P | Yes | Yes | |
| The Jason Smith Show | Weekdays | 10P-2A | Yes | Yes | |
| Ben Maller | Weekdays | 2A-6A | Yes | Yes | |
| Fox NFL Sunday with Terry Bradshaw, Jimmy Johnson, Howie Long, Curt Menefee, and Michael Strahan | Sunday | noon-1P | No | Yes | Television audio simulcast from FOX. Premiere Radio Networks distributes the show to radio. The program only broadcasts from September through February. |
| Big Ten Football and Beyond with Dave Revsine, Gerry DiNardo, and Chris Martin | Thursday | 6P-7P | No | No | This program is only broadcasts from September through April. It is fed separate from the main network, and intended for playback on weekends. |
| PAC-12 Crackback with Petros Papdakis & Steve Physioc | Wednesday | 6P-7P | No | No | This program is only broadcasts from September through April. It is fed separate from the main network, and intended for playback on weekends. |
| The Mike North Show | Saturday | 9A-noon | No | Yes | |
| Sunday | 10P-1A | ||||
| Fox Gametime with Anthony Gargano & Lincoln Kennedy | Saturday | noon-4P | No | Yes | |
| Race Day on Fox with Rob D’Amico | Sunday | 7A-9A | No | Yes | |
| NFL Central with Mike North | Sunday | 9A-10A | No | Yes | |
| Fox Fantasy Football with Nate Lundy, Peter Burns and Mike Harmon | Sunday | 10A-noon | No | Yes | |
| The Fox Blitz with Ben Maller & Tomm Looney | Sunday | 1P-7P | No | Yes | |
| Fox Gametime React with Andy Furman & Lincoln Kennedy | Sunday | 7P-10P | No | Yes | |
| UFC Pre-Show with Larry Pepe | TBD | TBD | No | Yes | Hour long pre-show that only airs before UFC on Fox simulcasts. |
| UFC on Fox | TBD | TBD | No | Yes | Live simulcast of Fox Sports' UFC fights. Airs only when scheduled. |
| UFC Post-Show with Larry Pepe | TBD | TBD | No | Yes | Post-show that airs before UFC on Fox. Length of show to be determined. |
| Fox News Radio Programs All content is produced by Fox News Radio and Premiere Radio handles distribution and sales only. | |||||
| Kilmeade and Friends | Weekdays | 9A-noon | No | Yes | |
| The John Gibson Show | Weekdays | noon-3P | No | Yes | |
| The Tom Sullivan Show | Weekdays | 3P-6P | No | Yes | |
| The Alan Colmes Show | Weekdays | 10P-1A | No | Yes | |
See also List of programming syndicated by Clear Channel.
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Former programs
- The Jim Rome Show (Moved to CBS Sports Radio when the network launched in January 2013)
- Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 (moved to Dial Global/Triton Radio in 2006, Citadel Media in 2009, and Westwood One/Dial Global in 2011)
- Carson Daly Most Requested (Show ended when 5-year contract was up in 2006)
- Last Night on Tonight with Jay Leno (moved to Westwood One, January 2007)
- The Phil Hendrie Show (Hendrie left in 2006 to pursue a career in television, he later announced a return, but on Talk Radio Network)
- The Ken Hamblin Show (Hamblin left the show mid-90s)
- After Hours with Glenn Hollis (cancelled in 2005)
- Boot Scootin' Partyin' Nights with Bo Reynolds (later Hollywood Harrison)-- cancelled mid-90s, Reynolds hosts a similar show on another network now
- Star & Buc Wild Morning Show (immediately cancelled in 2006 after DJ Star threatened the daughter of a rival jock. Later moved to Pulse 87, currently out of radio)
- Michael Reagan (moved to Radio America in 2003, then to American Family Radio in 2009, currently out of radio)
- Rockline (moved to Crystal Media Networks in 2003, then to Dial Global in 2008)
- "Live From the 60's with the Real Don Steele". Syndicated 3 hour radio program marketed to radio stations with an Oldies format. It launched in early 1988 and ended production in 1993. Some stations aired reruns until late 1996. Steele died in August 1997 from lung cancer; producer M. G. Kelly took over the show, retooled it into American Hit List, and distributed the new version of the show himself through 2008.
- Lionel (cancelled in 2001, revived and moved to WOR Radio Network and later Air America Radio)
- Dreamland with Art Bell, later Whitley Strieber (replaced by Matt Drudge and Ian Punnett; now heard online exclusivley.)
- Jeff Rense (left in 1998, went to Genesis Communications Network, now at Republic Broadcasting Network)
- Sex with Dr. Natasha - Ended in Spring 2004 as a response to the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show and the FCC crackdown that followed. Even though the show had never been cited or fined by the FCC, it was canceled by Premiere out of fear of one.
- After Midnite - 1993 to 2013, country music show hosted by Blair Garner. Garner departed for Cumulus Media Networks. The After Midnite name is, as of late 2013, being used for various guest hosts in the time slot.
- Matt Drudge. Drudge voluntarily ended his show on September 30, 2007; Drudge would keep with this Drudge Report Web site and continue hosting as a guest host on various shows, most notably Clear Channel radio shows.
- Wake Up With Whoopi - canceled in November 2007.
- Kidd Kraddick in the Morning (moved to ABC Radio, February 2008)
- Mid-day with Mike McConnell - Reverted to a local show in February 2008.
- Radio Kandy - Hot AC countdown show hosted by John Candy. Lasted from 1988 to 1990.
- Costas on the Radio - show ended May 31, 2009 so that Bob Costas could concentrate on his other projects.
- American Top 20 and American Top 10 with Casey Kasem - Ended July 5, 2009.
- Premiere also syndicated the Cutler Comedy Networks, a series of sketches and parody songs for morning drive time radio programs produced and written by Gil Christner.
- Dr. Laura - moved to satellite radio in 2011.
- Big D and Bubba - moved to Compass Media Networks ca. 2014.
24/7 radio networks
- Fox News Radio - Premiere feeds this network thanks to a programming agreement between Fox News and Clear Channel.
- Fox Sports Radio - Premiere completely owns and operates this network and distributes it to AM, FM, Worldspace, and XM.
- ReachMD - Exclusively on XM Satellite Radio
- 24/7 Comedy Radio - Handles sales and distribution of the network.
References
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