Premiere Networks

For the UK based Christian radio network, see Premier Christian Radio.
Premiere Networks, Inc.
Subsidiary
Industry Radio broadcasting, advertising
Founded 1987
Headquarters Sherman Oaks, California
Owner iHeartMedia
Website premierenetworks.com

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, Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton, Bobby Bones, Cody Alan, Johnjay & Rich, Jay Mohr, Pete Tong, 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.

History

Premiere was founded in 1987 with an investment of $30,000. Founders included Steve Lehman, Tim Kelly, Louise Palanker and Ed Mann. The network produced 3 programs with approximately 250 affiliates. In 1992, Premiere entered the agreement with Mediabase, and later acquired the said company in 1994.

In 1997, Jacor Communications acquired both Premiere and EFM Media (producer of the successful talk program The Rush Limbaugh Show), which in turn, Clear Channel Communications ultimately bought Jacor. Following the merger with AMFM Inc. in 2000, its syndication arm AMFM Radio Networks and its radio shows, were folded into Premiere's operations.

Premiere entered a long-term agreement with Fox Sports to launch Fox Sports Radio, with Premiere handles distribution of the network to radio affiliates.

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 Sirius/XM 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
Big Boy's Neighborhood Weekdays 6A-10A No No
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 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 No No Hourly program, airing weekly. Also known as the "Evolution Beatport Show".
iHeartRadio Countdown (CHR) with Romeo Weekends FTP/download No No Airs between 6AM and 12 noon local time.
iHeartRadio Countdown (Hot AC) with Mario Lopez Weekends FTP/download No No Airs between 6AM and 12 noon local time.
The Keith Sweat Hotel Sun-Fri. 7P-midnight No No Known as "The Quiet Storm" in some markets.
Most Requested Live with Romeo Early Edition Saturdays 7P-10P No No Produced by Superadio Network.
Most Requested Live with Romeo Late Edition 10P-midnight
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
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 Pup Dawg (Rhythmic version) Weekends For air Saturday or Sunday.
Talk Programs

America Now with Meghan McCain

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 midnight Saturday local time.
The Weekend with Joe Pags Saturday noon-3P No Yes
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 6P-9P No Yes

See also List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia.

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Former programs

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References

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