Clear Channel Radio Goes Podcast Happy

By Nino Marchetti
June 23, 2005

Radio empire to debut nearly 20 new podcast feeds from various radio stations, with 10 more to follow shortly.

Radio giant Clear Channel Radio seems ready to fully embrace the podcast revolution as today they announced they were setting up multiple podcasts tied to various stations across their empire. This greater rollout is based on the successful podcast debut of WHTZ-FM Z100's "Phone Tap" which received over 20,500 accesses over a two week period.

Clear Channel is specifically expanding their station-created, short form content to provide nearly 20 new feeds from 12 more stations, with an additional 10 to launch later this week.

Here is a list, with links, of the newly available podcasts:

-- WHTZ-FM New York, NY

Z-Morning Zoo Phone Tap and celebrity/musician interviews

Podcasting Page: http://www.z100.com/podcast.html

-- WAQX-FM New York, NY

Interviews of classic rock stars and local undiscovered bands

Podcasting Page: http://www.q1043.com/cc-common/podcast.html

-- WKTU-FM New York, NY

"War of the Roses" relationship tests and prank calls to friends

Podcasting Page: http://www.ktu.com/cc-common/podcast.html

-- KYSR-FM Los Angeles, CA

"Jamie & Danny" interview national and local celebrities