CBS News Radio Signs Off Friday Night After Nearly 100 Years of Broadcasting: "An American Institution"
Audacy moved 17 stations to ABC News a day early as CBS News Radio prepared to end its nearly 100-year run.
- On Friday, CBS News Radio concludes nearly 100 years of operation, ending service to 700 affiliate stations. Audacy-owned CBS News Radio affiliates, including WBBM-AM, preemptively switched to ABC News Radio on Thursday to ensure smooth transition.
- Paramount leadership announced the shutdown in March, citing challenging economic conditions. Executives claimed the decision was purely financial as audiences migrate toward on-demand digital platforms rather than traditional radio.
- Edward Murrow and other legendary broadcasters helped build the service 99 years ago, documenting events from the Blitz to 9/11. The network served as a foundational element of American journalism.
- Seventeen Audacy-owned affiliates shifted their national news provider to ABC News Radio, replacing CBS content. Company sources confirmed the transition does not impact local newsroom staffing or existing programming commitments.
- As advertising revenues migrate to online platforms, radio stations face difficult choices regarding resource allocation. This transition reflects a continued contraction of traditional broadcast formats like CBS News Radio.
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I heard it for the first time in the back of my mom’s green 1974 Chevy Impala station wagon. Jimmy Carter was president. I was probably four years old. I was almost certainly the only preschooler in my neighborhood who knew who Jimmy Carter was. A tone. Then this clunky, twangy electronic sequence, pulsing and repeating, like nothing else on the radio. It sounded important. It sounded like the world was about to tell you something. Then a voice …
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