Present: Yahoo! Music Radio Powered By IHeartRadio
On June 28, 2012, Yahoo! Music severed ties with CBS Radio and formed a new alliance with Clear Channel's iHeartRadio. Much of the pre-programmed stations on Yahoo! Music's roster has been eliminated and replaced by over 1,000 live broadcast and digital-only stations. For a couple examples: the "Indie Rock" station has been redirected to Los Angeles-based KCRW's Eclectic24 station, and "Today's Big Hits" has been redirected to WHYI-FM in Miami, Florida or any suggested Top 40/KISS-FM station. Unlike Yahoo! Radio's previous 2 services, listeners use the "Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down" rating to rate the songs they like or don't. The new deal also gives users to create personalized stations based on their favorite artist or song. Users have the option to turn off explicit lyrics, but that would disable customization altogether.
This also makes Yahoo! the exclusive web and mobile destination for fans looking forward to the 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival, scheduled to take place Sept. 21-22 at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Additionally, Yahoo! will be Clear Channel's web and mobile live webcast partner for 11 more live events in the coming year.
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