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CBS News Radio "Dissolved"

Gregg. said:
It's a pretty simple set up for NBC Radio News and iHeart's 24/7 News.

If you are an NBC affiliate, your newscast starts with the NBC sounder and I assume a voice saying "NBC Radio News." Then we hear the anchor give his/her name and starts the lead story.

If you are a 24/7 affiliate, this is a white label service. Nobody ever says "24/7" or "iHeart." The newscast simply begins with anchor saying his/her own name and starting the lead story.
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It’s NBC News Radio. Other than that everything else is spot on.
 
Gregg. said:
It's a pretty simple set up for NBC Radio News and iHeart's 24/7 News.
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Gregg. said:
If you are an NBC affiliate, your newscast starts with the NBC sounder and I assume a voice saying "NBC Radio News." Then we hear the anchor give his/her name and starts the lead story.

If you are a 24/7 affiliate, this is a white label service. Nobody ever says "24/7" or "iHeart." The newscast simply begins with anchor saying his/her own name and starting the lead story.

I know the news department is based in the Phoenix area. I suppose some anchors work from there but others may work from their home or at an iHeart studio in other cities.
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I'm sure some work from home including Lisa Carton who seems to be in Bend, OR.

Many of the reports come from iHeart reporters working out of regional newsrooms. Heck, I heard Daria Albinger with a package the other day. She's WOR's new AM drive anchor in New York.

Given the licensing agreement with NBC, I'm surprised how few repurposed reports from NBC News make it on this product.
 
KMan said:
Given the licensing agreement with NBC, I'm surprised how few repurposed reports from NBC News make it on this product.
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It wouldn't surprise me if their agreement limits the amount of voice work they can use. Some reporters may be bought out. But not everyone.

Someone mentioned the base is in Phoenix. That's the old Metro Networks hub. iHeart bought Metro a while back. Over the years, they've shut down a number of the local bureaus to do more "hub & spoke" stuff. But they have 10-12 offices that are combined with other factifies that give them more local reporters than CBS News Radio had.
 
TheBigA said:
It wouldn't surprise me if their agreement limits the amount of voice work they can use. Some reporters may be bought out. But not everyone.

Someone mentioned the base is in Phoenix. That's the old Metro Networks hub. iHeart bought Metro a while back. Over the years, they've shut down a number of the local bureaus to do more "hub & spoke" stuff. But they have 10-12 offices that are combined with other factifies that give them more local reporters than CBS News Radio had.
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Yes, I agree on the size and scope. They also seem to do a better job of scrubbing the local stories and asking for it to be repackaged for the national newscast than CBS ever did, even before the Audacy divestment. You'll here a good story from a reporter with a great voice, google the name, and he's an iHeart reporter in Florida.

The anchors, however, do seem to be dedicated to this product.
 


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