Iliad Media Group

What Iliad Media Group does

Iliad Media Group is a privately held broadcast radio operator (a "radio cluster") headquartered in Nampa, Idaho. The company was founded in 2007 and operates with an 11-50 employee team. Its core business is the ownership and operation of one or more over-the-air radio stations, monetized through advertising sales to local and regional advertisers seeking audience reach in the Nampa/Boise-adjacent market. The company is led by CEO Darrell Calton, who appears to be the principal executive in the available leadership data.

The source material is materially incomplete. The company's own website (iliadmediagroup.com) returned only a loading/verification page during data collection, providing no substantive disclosure on station count, signal footprint, programming format, advertiser relationships, pricing, or financial performance. Consequently, no product, technology, partnership, awards, funding, or M&A history is available. The only firmographic anchors are the founding year, headcount band, single disclosed location, private ownership status, and a single named executive.

Given the absence of first-party disclosure, the business model is best characterized at the category level: a local-market radio cluster generating revenue from spot advertising, sponsorships, and possibly network/agency buys, with margins exposed to broadcast audience trends and ad-spend cyclicality. No verifiable claims can be made about specific stations, frequencies, audience ratings, or operating geographies beyond the Nampa, ID registered city.

Name

Iliad Media Group

Website

https://iliadmediagroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Iliad Media Group is a privately held broadcast radio cluster headquartered in Nampa, Idaho, founded in 2007. It operates with 11-50 employees under CEO Darrell Calton and serves advertisers in its local market through owned-and-operated radio stations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Radio Broadcasting

NAICS

Radio Broadcasting Stations (51611), Radio Broadcasting Stations (516110)

SIC

Radio Broadcasting Stations (4832)

akta.pro primary industry

Network-Affiliated Local Radio Stations (News/Talk/Sports Syndication Affiliates) (MPABACAF)

Keywords

• Broadcast radio operations
• Radio station cluster
• Local radio advertising
• Terrestrial radio broadcasting
• Radio network group

Headquarters

HQ city

Nampa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Iliad Media Group is a broadcast radio cluster founded in 2007 and headquartered in Nampa, Idaho. The company owns and operates multiple local radio stations that deliver audio programming to regional listeners and sell local advertising airtime to businesses in the southwestern Idaho market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Broadcast radio cluster operations

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Broad incumbents

• Audacy: Major U.S. radio broadcaster (formerly Entercom/CBS Radio) operating local stations plus the Audacy digital streaming and podcast platform; comparable broadcast radio cluster operations.
• iHeartMedia: Dominant U.S. radio operator combining broadcast stations with a national digital audio and podcasting platform — the structural incumbent Iliad must compete against for ad share.
• EMF Broadcasting (K-LOVE / Air1): Owns and operates one of the largest U.S. radio station networks; competes for listener share and ad/underwriting dollars in the same Western markets where Iliad operates.
• Cumulus Media: One of the largest U.S. radio broadcasters with hundreds of stations; overlaps with Iliad's broadcast radio cluster business model at much greater scale.

Direct peers

• Alpha Media: Owns and operates a large number of radio stations across the U.S., with a portfolio strategy similar to an independent radio cluster group.
• Connoisseur Media: Private operator of radio station clusters in mid-size U.S. markets — a near-twin business model to Iliad's regional radio cluster.
• Townsquare Media: Operates a portfolio of local radio stations and complementary digital/marketing services across mid-size U.S. markets — the most direct analog to a multi-station regional radio cluster like Iliad.
• Lotus Communications: Operates radio station clusters primarily in Western U.S. markets including overlapping Idaho/Intermountain geography — directly comparable cluster strategy.
• Bonneville International: Family-owned broadcaster operating radio stations across several Western U.S. markets including markets near Idaho — a closely analogous private regional radio cluster.
• Salem Communications: Operates clusters of radio stations (often with Christian/conservative and talk formats) in regional U.S. markets — a comparable small-to-mid cluster operator with a format focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GroupIliad
• Facebookfacebook.com/iliadmediagroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/iliad-media-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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