iHeartRadio

iHeartRadio is a digital radio platform operated by iHeartMedia that provides access to over 800 live broadcast and digital-only radio stations from more than 150 U.S. cities, podcasts, artist-based custom stations, and curated music content. The platform offers REST APIs enabling programmatic access to live station streams, catalog search across stations, podcasts, artists and tracks, and podcast episode retrieval with direct audio stream URLs.

iHeartRadio publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Catalog API, Live Stations API, and Podcasts API. Tagged areas include Radio, Podcasts, Music, Streaming, and Audio.

iHeartRadio’s developer surface includes GitHub presence, pricing, status page, and 9 more developer resources.

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28.3/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 19/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

AccessFreemium

3 APIs

RadioPodcastsMusicStreamingAudioLive RadioDigital Media

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Composite quality — 28.3/100 · thin

Contract Quality 8.1 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

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RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Build 1

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GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 1

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DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Press Release

Help

Status

RateLimits

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

Pricing

Plans

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Tech Blog

Tech Blog

Source (apis.yml)

name: iHeartRadio
description: iHeartRadio is a digital radio platform operated by iHeartMedia that provides access to over 800 live broadcast
  and digital-only radio stations from more than 150 U.S. cities, podcasts, artist-based custom stations, and curated music
  content. The platform offers REST APIs enabling programmatic access to live station streams, catalog search across stations,
  podcasts, artists and tracks, and podcast episode retrieval with direct audio stream URLs.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/iheart-radio.png
tags:
- Radio
- Podcasts
- Music
- Streaming
- Audio
- Live Radio
- Digital Media
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/iheart-radio/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- name: iHeartRadio Catalog API
  description: The iHeartRadio Catalog API provides search and discovery capabilities across the iHeartRadio content catalog,
    including live broadcast radio stations, digital-only stations, podcasts, artists, tracks, and playlists. Results include
    station metadata, stream URLs, podcast episode information, and artist data. The API is accessible without authentication
    for basic catalog queries.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.iheart.com
  baseURL: https://api.iheart.com
  tags:
  - Radio Stations
  - Podcasts
  - Search
  - Catalog
  - Music Discovery
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.iheart.com
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/iheart-radio/refs/heads/main/openapi.yml
  contact:
  - FN: iHeartRadio Developer Support
    url: https://help.iheart.com
    email: ''
- name: iHeartRadio Live Stations API
  description: The iHeartRadio Live Stations API provides access to live broadcast radio station information including station
    metadata, market information, genre classification, and streaming URLs across multiple formats including HLS, Shoutcast,
    RTMP, and StreamTheWorld protocols. Supports retrieval of individual station details by station ID.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.iheart.com
  baseURL: https://api.iheart.com
  tags:
  - Live Radio
  - Streaming
  - Radio Stations
  - HLS
  - Shoutcast
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.iheart.com
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/iheart-radio/refs/heads/main/openapi.yml
  contact:
  - FN: iHeartRadio Developer Support
    url: https://help.iheart.com
    email: ''
- name: iHeartRadio Podcasts API
  description: The iHeartRadio Podcasts API enables search and discovery of podcasts available on the iHeartRadio platform,
    along with retrieval of individual podcast episode listings and direct audio stream URLs for episode playback. Supports
    searching for podcasts by name and retrieving full episode catalogs for any podcast series.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.iheart.com
  baseURL: https://api.iheart.com
  tags:
  - Podcasts
  - Episodes
  - Audio
  - Streaming
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.iheart.com
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/iheart-radio/refs/heads/main/openapi.yml
  contact:
  - FN: iHeartRadio Developer Support
    url: https://help.iheart.com
    email: ''
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/iheart-radio-domain-security.yml
- type: Press Release
  url: https://www.iheartmedia.com/press/clear-channel-radio-launches-developer-program-iheartradio
- type: Website
  url: https://www.iheart.com
- type: Help
  url: https://help.iheart.com
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.iheart.com/content/terms-of-use/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/iheartradio
- type: Tech Blog
  url: https://tech.iheart.com
- type: Pricing
  url: https://help.iheart.com/hc/en-us/articles/20310091985549-iHeart-Plans
- type: Status
  url: https://instatus.com/now/iheart.com
- type: Plans
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/iheart-radio/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/iheart-radio/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/iheart-radio/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

iHeartRadio

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APIs 3

iHeartRadio Catalog API

iHeartRadio Live Stations API

iHeartRadio Podcasts API

Pricing Plans 1