Pride Radio
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| Type | Radio network |
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| Country | United States |
| Availability | National, through online and HD Radio affiliates (see stations) |
| Slogan | The Pulse of Gay America[1] |
| Owner | iHeartMedia, Inc. |
Launch date | 2006 |
| Webcast | Listen Live (via iHeartRadio) |
Official website | prideradio.com |
Pride Radio is a dance top 40 radio network launched by Clear Channel Communications and their online division, CCRD (Clear Channel Radio Digital) in 2006. The radio division is now known as iHeartMedia, Inc. as of September 16, 2014. This service targets listeners in the LGBT community. It is one of several Dance music channels that are available through iHeartMedia, Inc.'s iheartradio.
Network Information
Pride Radio is iHeartMedia's entertainment destination for the LGBT community. The online portal acts as an interactive hub, hosting a variety of user-generated content. In addition, Pride Radio is a 24/7 streaming dance/pop hits (with dance remixes of most pop hits) channel with a gay sensibility, which is also carried on the HD Radio channels of selected radio stations. The channel and accompanying online portal provides the LGBT audience with programming that aims to be entertaining, informative, and uniting. Pride Radio introduced personalities to their continuous-music programming format in May 2013.
Personalities
All Times Eastern Time Zone
- Ricky - Mornings 6am-10am
- Delana - Middays 10am-2pm
- Houston - Afternoons 2pm-6pm
- Pacey - Evenings 6pm-10pm
- Christie - Nights 10pm-2am
Stations
These FM stations currently carry Pride Radio on their HD2 (or HD3) digital subchannels:
- WIHT: Washington, DC
- WSRS: Worcester, MA
- WKTU: New York, NY
- KBIG: Los Angeles, CA
- KIOI: San Francisco, CA
- KHKS: Dallas, TX (Previously an affiliate from 2006 to 2008; returned in June 2011.)
- KHTS-FM: San Diego, CA
- KPLV: Las Vegas, NV
- KQQL: Minneapolis, MN
- WYYY: Syracuse, New York
- WRDA: Atlanta, GA
- WKSS: Hartford, CT
Former Affiliates
- KDMX: Dallas, TX (switched to Oldies/Gold AC format known as "Sunny 102.9 HD2" in early Spring of 2011, now broadcasting Delilah)
- KHFI: Austin, TX (Switched to "Hot Spot" programming)
- KPTT: Denver, CO (Switched to Evolution)
- KXXM: San Antonio, TX (Discontinued programming)
- KYLD: San Francisco, CA (Switched to "FuZic" programming in 2011)
- KZZP: Phoenix, AZ (Switched to "Verizon New Music Channel" sometime in 2013)
- WMTX HD2: Tampa, FL (discontinued broadcast of Pride Radio on 100.7 HD-2 in early spring of 2011)
- WDTW-FM: Detroit, MI (switched to "The Alternative Project", a modern rock format, in November 2011)
- WKSL: Raleigh, NC (Switched to Christian music)
- WHYI-FM: Miami, FL (Switched to "Evolution Radio" programming)
- WXXL: Orlando, FL (Switched to New Country format)
- WIOQ: Philadelphia, PA (Switched to "Evolution Radio" programming)
- WXKS-FM: Boston, MA (Switched to WEDX simulcast)
- WLDI: West Palm Beach, FL (Discontinued programming)
- WHYN-FM: Springfield, MA (Switched to "Verizon New Music Channel" programming)
- WXXM: Madison, WI (Discontinued programming)
References
External links
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