Clear Channel

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So Clear Channel canned Howard Stern. Who are they?
Lowry Mays and Red McCombs form San Antonio Broadcasting Company to acquire KEEZ-FM (now KAJA-FM) in San Antonio, Texas for $125,000.

The Music Group currently owns, operates and/or exclusively books 135 live entertainment venues, including 41 amphitheaters in the U.S. and 30 venues in Europe. In 2001 the Music Group generated approximately 70 percent of concert ticket revenue in the U.S., and has grown considerably since.

Clear Channel Entertainment is a leading producer of Broadway and West End theater, and also presents Broadway subscription shows in nearly 60 North American markets. Clear Channel Entertainment also owns or operates 16 theatrical stages in North America and 23 in the UK.

Clear Channel Entertainment is the leading producer and promoter of specialized motor sports events

CCE Television's programming and production units produce programming for and maintain relationships with all the major broadcast and cable networks, and are equipped to handle all aspects of production, from initial treatment development to budget and programming consultation to final post production management and client follow-up.

SFX Sports Group, a leading talent management and marketing agency, represents over 500 of the world's elite professional athletes

Clear Channel Entertainment-Exhibitions (formerly BBH Exhibits and SFX Exhibitions), based in San Antonio, Texas, is the world leader in providing high quality, state-of-the-art, educational family experiences, and serves as a major development partner with more than 200 leading museums and research institutions.

Clear Channel Outdoor owns over half a million outdoor displays around the world. No one else can even begin to match our strength in numbers.

Premiere Radio Networks, Inc., a subsidiary of Clear Channel Worldwide (NYSE:CCU), syndicates 70 radio programs and services to more than 7,800 radio affiliations and reaches over 180 million listeners weekly.

Clear Channel is the #1 “out of home” media company in the world, and owns largest radio station group of over 1,200 stations in the US.

Clear Channel possesses certain rights with regards to the station's programming pursuant to a local marketing agreement with the station's licensee at 36 TV stations.

They are the 800 lb Gorilla, That's who.