Davenport, Iowa - Friday, August 21, 2015 - iHeartMedia - Quad Cities today announces an exciting new radio format is coming to the market: ALT 104.5: the Quad Cities Alternative. The station officially debuts at 1:04pm today.

ALT104.5, The Quad Cities Alternative, is a new adult rock station merging New Music and Alternative, including such artists as Twenty One Pilots, Mumford & Sons, the Black Keys and Kings of Leon. ALT 104.5 debuts with 100% music, no personalities."We wanted to create a new radio station totally unlike anything else in the Quad Cities, and ALT 104.5 certainly will be!" according to iHeartMedia - Quad Cities SVP Programming, Jim O'Hara. O'Hara also invites listeners to comment on the new format by calling the ALT 104.5 Feedback Line: 563-344-7145.

ALT104-5 will be heard on-air at: 104.5 FM, on FM HD radios at 103.7-HD2, online at www.ALT1045.com and anywhere you go by searching 'ALT104.5' with the iHeartRadio app.

About iHeartMedia

With 245 million monthly listeners in the U.S., 87 million monthly digital uniques, over 75 million social followers and 196 million monthly consumers of its Total Traffic and Weather Network, iHeartMedia has the largest reach of any radio or television outlet in America. It serves over 150 markets through 858 owned radio stations, and the company's radio stations and content can be heard on AM/FM, HD digital radio, satellite radio, on the Internet at iHeartRadio.com and on the company's radio station websites, on the iHeartRadio mobile app, in enhanced auto dashes, on tablets and smartphones, and on gaming consoles.

iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia's digital radio platform, is the No. 1 all-in-one digital audio service with over 600 million downloads; it reached its first 20 million registered users faster than any digital service in Internet history and reached 70 million users faster than any other radio or digital music service and even faster than Facebook. The company's operations include radio broadcasting, online, mobile, digital and social media, live concerts and events, syndication, music research services and independent media representation. iHeartMedia is a segment of iHeartMedia, Inc. (OTCBB: IHRT). Visit iHeartMedia.com for more company information.

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