Pride Radio (HD)
Encyclopedia
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. This service targets listeners in the LGBT
community. It is one of four Dance music channels that are available through Clear Channel Radio's iheartradio
, alongside the more Pure Dance formatted Club Phusion
, the retro flavored Classic Dance and DJ-mix-driven Spin*Cycle.
. In addition, Pride Radio is a 24/7 streaming dance/pop hits channel with a gay sensibility, which is also carried on the HD Radio
channels of selected radio station
s. The channel and accompanying online portal provides the LGBT audience with programming that aims to be entertaining, informative, and uniting.
s:
Dance radio
Dance radio is a format that consists of current and recent dance/electronic music.While the format is popular in Europe and Asia, it has yet to make an impact in North America, although there are several Top 40 and Rhythmic radio stations which include current Dance product in their playlists...
radio network
Radio network
There are two types of radio networks currently in use around the world: the one-to-many broadcast type commonly used for public information and mass media entertainment; and the two-way type used more commonly for public safety and public services such as police, fire, taxicabs, and delivery...
launched by Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
and their online division, CCRD (Clear Channel Radio Digital) in 2006. This service targets listeners in the LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
community. It is one of four Dance music channels that are available through Clear Channel Radio's iheartradio
Iheartradio
iHeartRadio is a Clear Channel Radio network to aggregate local radio brands, personalities and on-demand content. It is best known as a mobile application...
, alongside the more Pure Dance formatted Club Phusion
Club Phusion
Club Phusion is a HD2 Dance Top 40 station, one of three Dance-formatted HD2 stations programmed by Clear Channel Communications through their Format Lab, a new division set up to expand music formats over their HD2 subcarriers...
, the retro flavored Classic Dance and DJ-mix-driven Spin*Cycle.
History
Pride Radio is Clear Channel Radio’s entertainment destination for the LGBT community. The online portal acts as an interactive hub, hosting a variety of user-generated contentUser-generated content
User generated content covers a range of media content available in a range of modern communications technologies. It entered mainstream usage during 2005 having arisen in web publishing and new media content production circles...
. In addition, Pride Radio is a 24/7 streaming dance/pop hits channel with a gay sensibility, which is also carried on the HD Radio
HD Radio
HD Radio, which originally stood for "Hybrid Digital", is the trademark for iBiquity's in-band on-channel digital radio technology used by AM and FM radio stations to transmit audio and data via a digital signal in conjunction with their analog signals...
channels of selected radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
s. The channel and accompanying online portal provides the LGBT audience with programming that aims to be entertaining, informative, and uniting.
Stations
These stations currently carry Pride Radio on their HD2 and HD3 digital subchannelDigital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual...
s:
- WXXMWXXMWXXM is a radio station owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications and serving the Madison, Wisconsin metropolitan area. The station airs a progressive talk format, and is noted for surviving a planned 2007 format change from that format to all-sports radio after an organized outpouring...
FM / Madison, WI - WKSSWKSSWKSS is a Top 40 Mainstream station based in Hartford, Connecticut.The city of license is Hartford-Meriden, Connecticut, a unique two-city legal identifier.The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications Their motto is All the Hits....
FM / Hartford, CT - WKTUWKTUWKTU is a radio station based in New York City that plays an upbeat, gold-based CHR format. The station's broadcast transmitter is located on the top of the Empire State Building and its city of license is Lake Success, New York, with offices formerly in the "Newport" section of Jersey City, New...
FM / New York, NY - KBIG FM / Los Angeles, CA
- KZZPKZZPKZZP, 104.7 KISS-FM, is a Top 40 radio outlet serving the Phoenix, Arizona area. The Clear Channel Communications station broadcasts at 104.7 MHz with an Effective radiated power of 100 kW and is licensed in Mesa, Arizona. Due to its 100 kW tower located atop South Mountain, the station can...
FM / Phoenix, AZ - KYLD FM / San Francisco, CA
- KHKS FM / Dallas, TX (Previously an affiliate from 2006 to 2008)
- KPTT FM / Denver, CO
- KHTS-FMKHTS-FMKHTS-FM, also known as "Channel 933" or simply "nine-three-three", is a Contemporary Hit Radio station in San Diego, California, broadcasting in analog and digital HD Radio...
/ San Diego, CA - KHFI FM / Austin, TX
- KPLV FM / Las Vegas, NV
- KXXMKXXMKXXM San Antonio, "Mix 96.1" is a Top 40 station owned by Clear Channel Communications.-History:September 3, 1998 at 5:00 pm Urban Adult Contemporary 961 KSJL becomes the all new Mix 96.1 KSJL FM as a rock-based CHR a couple of weeks later the call letter would change to KXXM. The first song...
FM / San Antonio, TX - WKSC-FM / Chicago, IL
- WIHTWIHTWIHT is a Top 40 formatted radio station that serves the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area. The station broadcasts 24 hours a day. WIHT is licensed to and owned by Clear Channel Communications...
FM / Washington, DC - WHYIWHYIWHYI-FM, better known as Y-100, is a heritage FM Top 40 contemporary hit radio station that broadcasts at 100.7 MHz. Its city of license is Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Y-100 broadcasts at an effective radiated power of 98,000 watts from its 1,005 foot transmitter, which is located on the...
FM / Miami, FL - WXXLWXXLWXXL, also known as XL1067, is a contemporary hit radio station licensed to Tavares, Florida, United States, and is owned by Clear Channel Communications. Its studio is located at Clear Channel Orlando's headquarters in Maitland. WXXL primarily serves the Greater Orlando metropolitan area...
FM / Orlando, FL - WIOQWIOQWIOQ, known as "Q102", is a CHR/Pop radio station which is broadcast in the Philadelphia area. The station appeals to a generally young demographic. WIOQ is owned by Clear Channel Communications. Its transmitter is located in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia.-WFIL-FM/Popular 102:The...
FM / Philadelphia, PA - WDTW-FMWDTW-FMWDTW-FM is a classic rock formatted radio station in Detroit, Michigan. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications. WDTW-FM is licensed for HD Radio operations; its secondary channel carries Clear Channel's "Pride Radio" format, which features music geared toward the LGBT audience...
/ Detroit, MI - WXKS-FMWXKS-FMWXKS-FM, better known as Kiss 108, is a radio station in Boston, Massachusetts, licensed to nearby Medford broadcasting a Top 40 format...
/ Boston, MA - WLDI FM / West Palm Beach, FL
- WHYN-FMWHYN-FMWHYN-FM is a hot adult contemporary radio station broadcasting from Springfield, Massachusetts. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications. WHYN-FM broadcasts from Mount Tom in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and can be heard as far south as south central Connecticut...
/ Springfield, MA - KOBW FM / New Orleans, LA
- WKSL FM / Raleigh, NC
- WWVA-FMWWVA-FMWWVA-FM is an Atlanta radio station broadcasting a Rhythmic contemporary radio format which features R&B, Pop and Dance hits. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications and is licensed to serve Canton, Georgia...
/ Atlanta, GA
Former Affiliates
- KDMX FM / Dallas, TX (switched to Oldies/Gold AC format known as "Sunny 102.9 HD2" in early Spring of 2011)
- WMTXWMTXWMTX is a Hot AC radio station in Tampa, Florida known as "Mix 100.7". It plays a variety of current hits along with some hit music from the past, as far back as the 1980s.-Station history:...
FM / Tampa, FL (discontinued broadcast of Pride Radio on 100.7 HD-2 in early spring of 2011)