iHeartPodcasts and NBA Team Up With Emmy-Award Winning Sports Analyst Sarah Kustok to Launch “NBA Pulse with Sarah Kustok”

The new podcast will offer an inside look at basketball’s biggest news stories from the perspective of the game’s most prolific writers and analysts

Listen to the trailer HERE

WHAT: iHeartPodcasts and the National Basketball Association (NBA) will debut on December 12 “NBA Pulse with Sarah Kustok”, a new thrice-weekly podcast hosted by Emmy-Award winning sports analyst, host and reporter Sarah Kustok. Throughout the season, Kustok will meet with a rotating group of the most respected NBA App writers to discuss recent articles and feature stories and hear their perspectives on big news around the league.

WHO: Holding the distinction of becoming the first female solo analyst for an NBA team, Sarah Kustok has consistently made groundbreaking moves in the world of sports media. As YES Network’s Brooklyn Nets game analyst, Kustok also became the first female to win a New York Emmy as an analyst, doing so in back-to-back years. Kustok began her career in Chicago as a host and reporter for NBC Sports Chicago, covering every professional sports team in the city. She attended DePaul University where she played basketball for the Blue Demons as team captain. Kustok was inducted into the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame in 2012, The Illinois Basketball Coaches’ Association Hall of Fame in 2021 and the Carl Sandburg High School Hall of Fame in 2018. Currently, Kustok hosts programs on SiriusXM NBA Radio, Fox Sports, NFL on FOX and CBS Sports’ "We Need To Talk."

WHEN: “NBA Pulse with Sarah Kustok” premieres December 12, with new shows airing three days a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Listen to the trailer now.

WHERE: “NBA Pulse with Sarah Kustok” is distributed by iHeartPodcasts and will be available on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere podcasts are heard.

About iHeartMedia, Inc.

iHeartMedia (NASDAQ: IHRT) is the number one audio company in the United States, reaching nine out of 10 Americans every month. It consists of three business groups.

With its quarter of a billion monthly listeners, the iHeartMedia Multiplatform Group has a greater reach than any other media company in the U.S. Its leadership position in audio extends across multiple platforms, including more than 860 live broadcast stations in over 160 markets nationwide; its National Sales organization; and the company’s live and virtual events business. It also includes Premiere Networks, the industry’s largest Networks business, with its Total Traffic and Weather Network (TTWN); and BIN: Black Information Network, the first and only 24/7 national and local all news audio service for the Black community. iHeartMedia also leads the audio industry in analytics, targeting and attribution for its marketing partners with its SmartAudio suite of data targeting and attribution products using data from its massive consumer base.

The iHeartMedia Digital Audio Group includes the company’s fast-growing podcasting business -- iHeartMedia is the number one podcast publisher in downloads, unique listeners, revenue and earnings -- as well as its industry-leading iHeartRadio digital service, available across more than 500 platforms and 2,000 devices; the company’s digital sites, newsletters, digital services and programs; its digital advertising technology companies; and its audio industry-leading social media footprint.

The company’s Audio & Media Services reportable segment includes Katz Media Group, the nation’s largest media representation company, and RCS, the world's leading provider of broadcast and webcast software.

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