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Premiere Radio Networks, Inc.
Type	Wholly owned subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications
Founded	1987
Headquarters	Sherman Oaks, California
Key people	Kraig Kitchin, President and COO
Industry	Radio broadcasting, advertising
Website	www.premiereradio.com

Premiere Radio Networks is a US-based radio network. It is the largest syndication company in the United States based on popularity of programming. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications and was headed until recently by Kraig Kitchin who is currently transitioning out, handing the reins over to CC Executive Charlie Rahilly.

Premiere programs are heard on over 5000 radio stations worldwide, primarily in the United States and Canada and through streaming audio over the Internet on their system called Streamlink. Several programs are heard on XM Satellite Radio, of which XM is the exclusive satellite provider for Premiere.

All times are Eastern. Programs are organized alphabetically, and display their date, time, if they're available for online download, if they broadcast on XM Radio, and additional information.

See also Clear Channel Syndication.

• - An asterik indicates that the show requires a paid subscription to download.

• Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 (moved to Dial Global/X Radio)
• Carson Daly Most Requested (Daly left the show in 2007)
• Last Night on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (moved to Westwood One, January 2007)
• The Phil Hendrie Show (Hendrie left in 2006 to pursue a career in television, he later announced a return, but on Talk Radio Network)
• The Ken Hamblin Show (Hamblin left the show mid-90s)
• The Group Room (changed networks)
• After Hours with Glenn Hollis (cancelled in 2005)
• Boot Scootin' Partyin' Nights with Bo Reynolds (later Hollywood Harrison)-- cancelled mid-90s, Reynolds hosts a similar show on another network now
• Star & Buc Wild Morning Show (immediately cancelled in 2006 after DJ Star threatened the daughter of a rival jock)
• Michael Reagan (moved to Radio America in 2003)
• Lionel (cancelled in 2001, revived and moved to WOR Radio Network and later Air America Radio)
• Dreamland with Art Bell, later Whitley Strieber (replaced by Matt Drudge and Ian Punnett)
• Jeff Rense (left in 1998, now at Genesis Communications Network)
• Sex with Dr. Natasha - Ended in Spring 2004 as a response to the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show and the FCC crackdown that followed. Even though the show had never been cited or fined by the FCC, it was canceled by Premiere out of fear of one.
• After Midnite Weekends
  • This weekend version of the overnight program was hosted by various hosts, among the most notable being Whitney Allen (who later spun off her own program, The Big Time, which airs to this day) and Larry Morgan (the last host; he is now Premiere's vice president of programming as of 2007). Reruns of Blair Garner's weeknight show have taken its place.
• Matt Drudge. Drudge voluntarily ended his show on September 30, 2007; Drudge would keep with this Drudge Report Web site and continue hosting as a guest host on various shows, most notably Clear Channel radio shows.
• Wake Up With Whoopi - canceled in November 2007.

• Fox News Radio - Premiere feeds this network thanks to a programming agreement between Fox News and Clear Channel.
• Fox Sports Radio - Premiere completely owns and operates this network and distributes it to AM, FM, Worldspace, and XM.
• ReachMD - Exclusively on XM Satellite Radio
• National Lampoon Comedy Radio - Handles sales and distribution of the network, which is currently only planned for digital radio platforms.

• Premiere Radio Networks official site
• Premiere Radio Networks satellite feed schedule