iHeart Cleveland Moving Back Downtown

• iHeartMedia Cleveland announced plans to move their regional operations back into downtown Cleveland. The move, which includes a 10-year agreement lease with K&D Group, will relocate iHeartMedia Cleveland’s nine radio stations, sales, marketing, digital and Total Traffic operations to the new state-of-the-art street level facility at 668 Euclid Avenue, some 10 miles from its current location in suburban Independence, OH.

The new state-of-the-art HQ (artist renderings shown here) is scheduled to open by the end of the year and will house heritage Rock WMMS, Top 40 WAKS (96.5 Kiss FM), Newsradio WTAM 1100 AM & 106.9 FM, Classic Hits WMJI (Majic 105.7), Country 99.5 WGAR, Adult Hits WHLK (106.5 The Lake), Urban Real 106.1 (WAKS-HD2), Sports-Talk WARF-AM (1350 AM The Gambler) and BIN: Black Information Network 99.1 FM (WMMS-HD2) and more than 100 employees.

In a nod to working in a post-pandemic environment, the memo states, “iHeartMedia Cleveland’s new vision for the workplace provides leaders and their teams with the tools they need to adapt to a changing world.” New office features will include five conference rooms, 11 studios featuring cutting-edge technology, eight service booths for news, traffic, and podcast creation, and phone audio sound via Sound+. A marquee broadcast studio and mixed-use podcast content creation room both face street level on Euclid Avenue. Studio designs are by Beneville Studios and AUX1 design.

“We are thrilled to return our broadcast and digital operations to the heart of our city,” said Keith Hotchkiss, President of iHeartMedia Cleveland. “Connecting our influencers, marquee talent and operation staff with the downtown business district will further drive the passion to serve the community we all call home.” No less excited is Joe Marinucci, President & CEO of the Downtown Cleveland Alliance, who said, “We are delighted that iHeartMedia will be locating their regional headquarters in downtown Cleveland, bringing 100 communication and technology jobs to the 668 Building and the Euclid Avenue Historic District.” Doug Price, CEO of K&D Group, added, “We are so excited that iHeartMedia has decided to return to downtown Cleveland after many years, and that they have chosen our 668 Building as their new home.”