Clear Channel Launches Mobile Radio Service

U.S. radio giant Clear Channel Radio has announced the launch of its mobile effort, starting with the streaming of New York station WHTZ-FM Z100 to Cingular cellphones across the country…up to 100 similar programs from other radio stations are planned for launch in the next 12 months.
“Subscribers of Z100 Mobile, the premiere service of Clear Channel Radio’s mobile offering, can interact directly from their phones to listen to streamed and on-demand content including podcasts of celebrity interviews and popular segments. They can also find the title and artist of the last 10 songs played on-air, make a song request directly to Z100 and receive a text message alert 15 minutes before the song is played, get free station wallpapers for their phone, rate listener-submitted photos and obtain real-time reports on local traffic.” It doesn’t say how much the subscription is.
SeattlePI: The service costs $2.99 a month for downloads, with an additional fee of 99 cents a month for streaming. Sponsor announcements also are included.
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