iHeartRadio adds eight SBS radio stations
Australian Radio Network’s iHeartRadio Australia added eight SBS radio stations to platform. This now increases access to music, news and current affairs to 74 languages.
Altogether, iHeartRadio has a catalogue of 20 million songs and 850,000 artists.
The eight stations are:
SBS Radio 1, 2 and 3: all the latest Australian news and international current affairs in 74 languages.
SBS Radio 4: featuring SBS special events, BBC World Service programs and home to pop-up radio stations including SBS Eurovision Radio and the FIFA World Cup.
SBS Chill: a relaxing collection of all the coolest and smoothest global tracks and remixes.
SBS PopAsia: Australia’s Asian pop music station with 250,000 streaming requests a month features the hottest hits from across Asia including K-pop, J-pop, C-pop and more. It is currently getting viewers and listeners to vote for the Top 300 Asian pop songs of all time.
SBS PopDesi: it was launched three years ago to explore Indian pop culture, including Bollywood, Bhangra, Indian RnB and urban Desi beats.
SBS PopAraby: the biggest hits in Arabic pop, from artists like: Amr Diab, Myriam Fares, Haifa Wehbe, Elissa, Ayman Zabeeb, Ehab Tawfik, Waleed Al Shami and more.
iHeartRadio Australia’s Content Director Brett “Nozz” Nossiter said: “iHeartRadio is all about giving listeners more of what they love and a big part of that is having diverse music and content to choose from.
“iHeartRadio already offers listeners a huge selection of Australian and international artists and the ability to truly customise their music and listening experience, so I am really pleased we have been able to include content and music from SBS, Australia’s multicultural broadcaster, adding even more depth to our offering.”
Head of iHeartRadio Australia Geraint Davies reiterated: “It has been a huge year for iHeartRadio and as a multi-channel entertainment platform we continually look to expand our music and entertainment offering to our listeners. We have launched over 20 radio stations this year and have added new podcasts as well as running a number of iHeartRadio Australia Live events. Adding all the rich multicultural content produced by SBS Radio’s eight stations really caps off a great year.”
According to Mandi Wicks, Director of SBS Radio, “We are excited to be including SBS Radio’s unique and distinctive content in the iHeartRadio Australia app. With nearly 50% of Australians either born overseas, or having at least one parent born overseas, SBS Radio offers something for everyone with news and information in 74 languages and the hottest music from around the world.”