iHeartRadio Launches Bob Kingsley’s Classic Country Top 40 Digital Station Featuring Classic Episodes of the Legendary Countdown Show

iHeartRadio Launches Bob Kingsley's Classic Country Top 40 Digital Station Featuring Classic Episodes of the Legendary Countdown Show

NEW YORK, NY - March 19, 2026 -- iHeartRadio announced today the launch of Bob Kingsley's Countdown Classics, a new streaming station dedicated to the legendary countdown show hosted by one of country radio's most beloved voices, Bob Kingsley.

Kingsley, a member of both the National Radio Hall of Fame and the Country Radio Hall of Fame, passed away in 2019, and the station launches today in celebration of what would have been the legend's 86th birthday.

The station features the original Bob Kingsley Country Top 40 countdown shows, giving listeners the chance to relive the biggest country hits exactly as fans heard them on the radio. Each episode captures the songs, stories and artist insights that made Kingsley a trusted voice in country music for decades. Fans can listen anytime by opening the iHeartRadio app and searching "Bob Kingsley."

"I am so pleased that Bob's Country Top 40 programs will be available to a generation of listeners with the help of our friends at iHeartRadio. What a wonderful birthday present to honor him," said Nan Kingsley. "Bob wanted the countdown show to represent the best of Country music, and he worked tirelessly with his team to ensure the highest quality content was produced. I know you'll hear that dedication when you rediscover these shows."

The channel - a partnership with iHeartRadio, The Kingsley Estate and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, where the Kingsley audio archives are housed - will also feature specials including Bob Kingsley's Christmas In America during the holidays.

"Bob Kingsley was one of the most recognizable and respected voices in country radio history," said Jon Zellner, President of Programming Operations and Digital Music for iHeartMedia. "His countdowns didn't just play the biggest country songs of the week -- he told the stories behind them and helped deepen the connection between the music and the fans. With this new iHeartRadio station, fans can once again experience the magic of those shows and reconnect with the music and artists and songwriters that shaped country radio."

Bob Kingsley's Classic Country Top 40 joins iHeartRadio's lineup of hundreds of digital stations and thousands of live broadcast stations available on the iHeartRadio app, iHeartMedia's free all-in-one digital music, podcasting and live streaming radio service - available across more than 500 platforms and over 2,000 devices including smart speakers, digital auto dashes, tablets, wearables, smartphones, virtual assistants, televisions and gaming consoles.

About Bob Kingsley

Bob Kingsley's voice has been heard on radio across eight decades. At 18, Kingsley joined the Air Force and served in Keflavik, Iceland, where he jumped at a chance to become an announcer on Armed Forces Radio. That experience and his love of Country music would carry him to legendary stations like KFOX, KGBS, KFI, and KLAC in Los Angeles, and to his role as the voice of Drake-Chenault's Great American Country format, used by hundreds of Country radio stations. In 1974 Bob Kingsley signed on as producer of American Country Countdown with Don Bowman (1974-1978), taking over as host and executive producer of American Country Countdown with Bob Kingsley from 1978-2005. Daily short-form features-America's Music Makers with Bob Kingsley and Country's Hit Makers with Bob Kingsley-aired from 1988-2006, with a collection of more than 75 specials airing from 1978-2019. Between 2006-2019 Kingsley hosted and produced his own syndicated Country Top 40 with Bob Kingsley countdown, which continues today, hosted by Fitz. The Bob Kingsley Estate's multi-year partnership with Nashville Songwriters Association International features Bob Kingsley's NSAI Top 40 quarterly spotlights of the best songs from unsigned songwriters. The Estate's partnership with The Bluebird Cafe includes a series of Bob Kingsley Presents performances spotlighting hitmaking songwriters alongside audio snippets from Bob's archives. Country Radio Seminar annually salutes Bob's impact on the genre, with Bob Kingsley's Acoustic Alley event. Bob's impact on Country music and Country radio was documented in a 2021 print and audio book Bob Kingsley's Book Of Records, available here. Bob's widow and business partner, Nan Kingsley, donated Bluestem Studios in Texas, where Kingsley recorded his shows, to Weatherford College in 2021 as part of a larger gift under the banner of The Nan & Bob Kingsley Center. Her philanthropic efforts on behalf of the Estate have also included The Bob Kingsley Living Legend Award benefiting the Grand Ole Opry Trust Fund, which has raised more than $400,000 since its inception. In 2019 and 2021, selections from Bob's audio archives were gifted to the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum, preserving Kingsley's legacy for future generations. .

About iHeartMedia, Inc.

iHeartMedia, Inc. [Nasdaq: IHRT] is the leading audio media company in America, with nine out of ten Americans listening to iHeart broadcast radio in every month. iHeart's broadcast radio assets alone have a larger audience in the U.S. than any other media outlet and over four times the ad-enabled audience of the largest digital only audio service. iHeart is the largest podcast publisher according to both Podtrac and Triton, with more downloads than the next two podcast publishers combined, has the most recognizable live events across all genres of music, has the number one social footprint among audio players, has the highest-reach and most engaged influencers, and is the only fully integrated audio ad tech solution across broadcast, streaming and podcasts. The company continues to leverage its strong audience connection and unparalleled consumer reach to build new platforms, products and services. Visit iHeartMedia.com for more company information.