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Top 25 Commercial radio stations based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 173 commercial radio stations headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 9,836 professional contacts across them, including 2,611 with verified work emails. Phoenix is the largest hub.
This list covers commercial radio stations headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest commercial radio stations based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,946 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cumulus Media is an audio-first media company delivering premium content to a quarter billion people every month, wherever and whenever they want it.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,012 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re ambitious.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 927 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Beasley Media Group, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 393 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Saga Communications, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 335 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 239 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are more than broadcasters.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 220 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Stephens Media Group is a family owned company that consists of 75 radio stations in over fifteen markets, in the states of Oklahoma, Louisiana, New York, California, Oregon, &…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 130 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “American General Media (AGM) is a multi-market media company delivering high-impact radio, digital marketing, and community engagement solutions across California, New Mexico, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 130 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Lotus Communications Corp.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “El Dorado Broadcasters owns and operates 10 broadcast radio stations in Victor Valley, CA (DMA #114) and Yuma, AZ (unrated).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 60 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are a locally owned radio group that operates five stations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 52 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Lilly Broadcasting, LLC is a privately owned American broadcasting company owned and operated by the Lilly Brothers’ Brian Lilly and Kevin Lilly.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cox Media Group Orlando is a media company in Orlando, FL.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Big Radio owns and operates 10 local radio stations from it's offices in Beloit (WI), Freeport (IL), Janesville (WI) and Monroe (WI).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Home of the tri-states top radio stations!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Kindred Communications is a locally owned and operated radio group based in Huntington, WV.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “With a charismatic group of eleven stations (8 FM & 3 AM), located in the northwest markets of Astoria, OR, Anchorage, AK and Wasilla, AK; Ohana Media Group strives to create…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Digital Media and Radio broadcasting company with 12 radio stations located in Forest City, Britt, Mason City, Charles City, New Hampton, Cedar Falls and Manchester.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “iHeartMedia owns and operates 858 broadcast radio stations, serving more than 150 markets throughout the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Asheville Media Group is Western North Carolina’s live, local, and leading radio advertising company, getting your brand to tens of thousands of listeners every week with creative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The mission of My Town Media is to serve our communities by creating the largest audience possible through broadcast and digital marketing My Town Media has 17 radio stations…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “WTMX Chicago (101.9fm THE MIX) is an Adult Top 40 Radio Station, a subsidiary of family-run and operated Minneapolis - St.Paul, MN based Hubbard Radio, LLC.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “With five radio stations, including the county’s leading Spanish language outlet, EXITOS, and the legendary TripleA/Rock station The Krush, we reach across cultural and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting, a division of Lorain County Printing and Publishing, owns 4 radio stations; WEOL, WKFM, WLKR-FM and WLKR-AM, covering a broad spectrum of Northern Ohio…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: commercial radio stations. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names commercial radio stations.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of commercial radio stations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name commercial radio stations. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Commercial radio stations based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 173 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among commercial radio stations, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “commercial radio stations”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names commercial radio stations), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among commercial radio stations, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,611 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names commercial radio stations, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many commercial radio stations are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 173 commercial radio stations headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Cumulus Media, headquartered in Atlanta, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most commercial radio stations?
Phoenix leads with 5 headquartered companies, followed by Atlanta (4) and Dallas (4).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,611 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 173 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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