CBS World News Round-up Late Edition Ends

[KMan]

Not seeing an press on this, but CBS quietly discontinued this broadcast after 59 years on Friday Dec 19.

Here's the last broadcast:

12/19/2025 | World News Roundup Late Edition

Podcast Episode · CBS News Roundup · 20/12/2025 · 9m

podcasts.apple.com

 

[fullymodulated]

Not sure what you mean. There was an episode today.

 

[fybush]

Not sure what you mean. There was an episode today.

The Late Edition is what was cancelled. The morning version of the Roundup lives on, for now.

 

[KMan]

The Late Edition is what was cancelled. The morning version of the Roundup lives on, for now.

The morning version at least gives the affiliates the option to take the Roundup or the regular 5 minute hourly, preserving the clocks and automation.

The Late Edition has, for decades, been the only newscast at 7PM ET and also for many years had a non-standard clock ("Now this..." and the ad break would come after the first story, often only 1 minute in).

They sync'd the clock up to match the regular hourlies within the last few years when they added the "sponsored by" spot, but I suspect the non-standard newscast wasn't great for some affiliates.

 

[TheBigA]

Also the Weekend News Roundup aired it's final episode on Saturday:

12/20/2025 | Weekend Roundup - CBS News Roundup | iHeart

On the final episode of the 'CBS News Weekend Roundup', host Allison Keyes gets details from CBS’s Tom Hanson on charges filed against the suspect in the mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor. CBS's Caitlin Huey-Burns with the latest on what's happening with the...

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To be honest, there simply aren't enough stations carrying these shows, and not enough money to justify them.

CBS News Radio recently changed distribution to Audacy, and I imagine these changes are coming from them.

CBS News Radio Moves Distribution to Audacy's Infinity Networks

“By bringing together a respected brand like CBS News Radio under the Infinity Networks umbrella, we’re creating a scalable platform that enhances the reach and impact of great local and national content for our advertising partners."

barrettmedia.com

 

[KMan]

Also the Weekend News Roundup aired it's final episode on Saturday:

12/20/2025 | Weekend Roundup - CBS News Roundup | iHeart

On the final episode of the 'CBS News Weekend Roundup', host Allison Keyes gets details from CBS’s Tom Hanson on charges filed against the suspect in the mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor. CBS's Caitlin Huey-Burns with the latest on what's happening with the...

www.iheart.com

To be honest, there simply aren't enough stations carrying these shows, and not enough money to justify them.

CBS News Radio recently changed distribution to Audacy, and I imagine these changes are coming from them.

CBS News Radio Moves Distribution to Audacy's Infinity Networks

“By bringing together a respected brand like CBS News Radio under the Infinity Networks umbrella, we’re creating a scalable platform that enhances the reach and impact of great local and national content for our advertising partners."

barrettmedia.com

The Weekend Roundup was certainly more expensive to CBS as Allison Keyes spent 3-days a week working on it plus a dedicated producer, but also it was the kind of filler product affiliates wanted to plug holes in their weekend schedules. I can't imagine it generated much revenue.

I have no idea if this is coming from Audacy or not, but CBS News Radio was mostly unscathed in the big Paramount layoffs in the fall. These could be residual impacts from those changes (like Dana Jacobson and Michelle Miller staying on at CBS Saturday Morning for 8 weeks after their layoffs were announced).

 

[TheBigA]

I have no idea if this is coming from Audacy or not,

Audacy is handling both affiliate sales and ad sales. So they have a better handle on revenues than CBS News.

If this new deal is like previous ones, Audacy is also paying CBS News a fee for the rights.

 

[KMan]

Also the Weekend News Roundup aired it's final episode on Saturday:

12/20/2025 | Weekend Roundup - CBS News Roundup | iHeart

On the final episode of the 'CBS News Weekend Roundup', host Allison Keyes gets details from CBS’s Tom Hanson on charges filed against the suspect in the mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor. CBS's Caitlin Huey-Burns with the latest on what's happening with the...

www.iheart.com

To be honest, there simply aren't enough stations carrying these shows, and not enough money to justify them.

CBS News Radio recently changed distribution to Audacy, and I imagine these changes are coming from them.

CBS News Radio Moves Distribution to Audacy's Infinity Networks

“By bringing together a respected brand like CBS News Radio under the Infinity Networks umbrella, we’re creating a scalable platform that enhances the reach and impact of great local and national content for our advertising partners."

barrettmedia.com

Duplicate, please delete.

 

[KMan]

Audacy is handling both affiliate sales and ad sales. So they have a better handle on revenues than CBS News.

If this new deal is like previous ones, Audacy is also paying CBS News a fee for the rights.

I mean, someone at CBS is managing a P&L for this business line and keeping an eye on the revenues.

 

[TheBigA]

I mean, someone at CBS is managing a P&L for this business line and keeping an eye on the revenues.

Are the people associated with the now-canceled shows being fired?

If not, this sounds more like an Audacy decision.

 

[KMan]

Are the people associated with the now-canceled shows being fired?

If not, this sounds more like an Audacy decision.

The two on air talent impacted are still at CBS, doing the remaining work in their portfolio.

I have no idea what happened to the dedicated production staff.

 

[tvnut]

The World News Roundup Late Edition was originally The World Tonight, started in 1966 and long anchored by Douglas Edwards with a 15-minute format. The name change came in 1999. It was about 9 minutes at the end, with a cutaway at 5 minutes.

 

[KMan]

Looks like an anchor line-up and shift adjustment downstream of the ending of World News Round-Up Late Edition.

0400-1000: Debbie Rodriguez (starting one hour earlier)
1100-1300: Steve Kathan (no change)
1400-2000: Jennifer Keiper (replacing Cami McCormick's 1400-1800 shift)
2100-0300: Overnight Anchor (starting two hours earlier and ending one hour earlier)

 

[Gregg.]

Looks like an anchor line-up and shift adjustment downstream of the ending of World News Round-Up Late Edition.

0400-1000: Debbie Rodriguez (starting one hour earlier)
1100-1300: Steve Kathan (no change)
1400-2000: Jennifer Keiper (replacing Cami McCormick's 1400-1800 shift)
2100-0300: Overnight Anchor (starting two hours earlier and ending one hour earlier)

I guess this means there are only four anchors in a 24 hour day. So does Rodriguez or Kathan anchor the World News Roundup at 8 a.m. Eastern? I think he does it and she does the standard 8 a.m. news for stations that don't want the long-form WNR.

I can remember when CBS Radio anchors only did three newscasts a day. They often alternated hours. Dallas Townsend might be at 6, 8 and 10 a.m., Charles Osgood at 7, 9 and 11 a.m. They also used TV anchors for a radio newscast or two, such as Dan Rather, Richard C. Hottelet, Charles Collingwood and Douglas Edwards.

I wonder about the other weekend hour-long shows that some CBS affiliates use. The list was...

CBS Weekend Roundup with Allison Keyes (now cancelled)
Jill on Money with Jill Schlesenger
CBS Eye on Travel with Peter Greenberg
CBS Eye on Veterans (not sure of the host)
Ed O'Keefe had done a one-hour weekend interview show but that was axed a year or two ago.

And there are two five-nights-a-week shows:

The Takeout with Major Garrett (This is also a TV show on the free "CBS News 24/7" streaming channel.)
CBS Eye on The World with John Batchelor (This had been three hours each evening but I see KIRO-FM Seattle now only runs one hour.)

 

[KMan]

I guess this means there are only four anchors in a 24 hour day. So does Rodriguez or Kathan anchor the World News Roundup at 8 a.m. Eastern? I think he does it and she does the standard 8 a.m. news for stations that don't want the long-form WNR.

Yeah, ABC, AP, Fox, etc used 4 anchors in a 24 hour day for many years. Kathan does the WNR at 8AM ET, and again at 10AM ET for stations on the west coast.

 

[Larry]

I wonder about the other weekend hour-long shows that some CBS affiliates use. The list was...

CBS Weekend Roundup with Allison Keyes (now cancelled)
Jill on Money with Jill Schlesenger
CBS Eye on Travel with Peter Greenberg

It’s a shame be because the streaming on the CBS News Radio website and app (they discontinued the app but you can stream CBS News Radio “station” on Audacy app) used to be these long form programs on weekends as well as top of the hour news updates. The streaming is currently the audio feed of CBS News’s tv streaming channel with no CBS radio content.