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(<span class=\"ticker-hover-wrapper\">IHRT<\/span>) Q1 2026 Earnings Call May 11, 2026 4:30 PM EDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"transcript-company-participants\">\n<p class=\"transcript-company-participants-title\"><strong>Company Participants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Andrey Hart<\/span><br \/><span>Bob Pittman &#8211; Chairman &amp; CEO<\/span><br \/><span>Rich Bressler &#8211; President, COO &amp; Director<\/span><br \/><span>Michael McGuinness &#8211; Chief Financial Officer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"transcript-other-participants\">\n<p class=\"transcript-other-participants-title\"><strong>Conference Call Participants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Aaron Watts &#8211; Deutsche Bank AG, Research Division<\/span><br \/><span>Stephen Laszczyk &#8211; Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division<\/span><br \/><span>Sebastiano Petti &#8211; JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co, Research Division<\/span><br \/><span>Patrick Sholl &#8211; Barrington Research Associates, Inc., Research Division<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"transcript-presentation\">\n<p class=\"transcript-presentation-title\"><strong>Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"transcript-presentation-section\" seq=\"0\">\n<p class=\"transcript-presentation-section-title\"><span><strong>Operator<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Good afternoon, and welcome to iHeartMedia&#8217;s First Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Andrey Hart, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. Thank you. Please go ahead.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"transcript-presentation-section\" seq=\"1\">\n<p class=\"transcript-presentation-section-title\"><span><strong>Andrey Hart<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for taking the time to join us for our first quarter 2026 earnings call. <\/p>\n<p>Joining me for today&#8217;s discussion are Bob Pittman, our Chairman and CEO; Rich Bressler, our President and COO; and Mike McGuinness, our CFO. <\/p>\n<p>At the conclusion of our prepared remarks, management will take your questions. In addition to our press release, we have an earnings presentation available on our website that you can use to follow along with our remarks. Please note that this call may include forward-looking statements regarding our financial performance and operating results. These statements are based on management&#8217;s current expectations, and actual results could differ from what is stated as a result of certain factors identified on today&#8217;s call and in the company&#8217;s SEC filings, including our recent 8-K filing. Additionally, during this call, we will refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliations between GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures are included in our earnings release, earnings presentation and our SEC filings, which are available in the Investor Relations section of our website. <\/p>\n<p>And now I&#8217;ll turn<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"border-t border-share-separator-thin py-18 sm:py-24 print:hidden paywall-full-content\" data-test-id=\"post-footer\"\/><\/div>\n<p>#iHeartMedia #IHRT #Earnings #Call #Transcript<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow Play Earnings CallPlay Earnings Call iHeartMedia, Inc. 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