CBS Radio News Affiliates

[Green Bay Radio News]

Does anyone have an updated list of CBS Radio News affiliates? The list on cbsnews.com hasn't been updated in years.

Thanks

 

[smedge2006]

Their affiliate list seems to have been diminished in recent years. In the past, CBS was often the second choice for news-talkers that couldn't get the ABC information network. Since Fox came along, many of those second-tier stations picked up ABC when the first-tier stations dumped ABC for Fox. Here are some non o-&-o stations that I've heard carrying CBS hourly news recently:

WMLB 1690 Atlanta GA
WHNZ 1250 Tampa FL
WBT 1110 Charlotte NC
WWL 870 New Orleans LA
WRUF 850 Gainesville FL

 

[Green Bay Radio News]

Thanks. You definitely have a point about ABC and FOX. Just a few years ago, in Wisconsin, CBS had WTMJ/Milwaukee and WIBA/Madison as affiliates. Now, WTMJ is with ABC since WISN went to FOX and WIBA is now a FOX affiliate.

Today, WTAQ/Green Bay is the biggest station in WI carrying CBS news.

 

[radiotower40]

The only station in Chicago that is carrying CBS news is WBBM 780AM. The station is owned by CBS. Most of the other
stations carry ABC FOX or CNN, and listening to stations at night on skywave I have noticed a lot more that have been
carrying FOX at the top of the hour than I did just a year or so ago.

 

[oaktree]

The reason for FOX and its growth in affiliates is largely due to Clear Channel's wholesale "partnering" that put FOX on the map with a couple of hundred affiliates essentially overnight from the beginning a couple of years ago. Many of those affiliates were ABC and CBS stations that were dumped and not recovered by other stations in many markets, while other stations went to lengths to pick up the ABC & CBS affiliations ... but not in all markets.

ABC was dumped by a lot of conservative talkers by Clear Channel and others because of a perceived "liberal bias" that FOX was set to fill and reverse. As a result, ABC lost affiliates of its Information Network. With the same reason, especially on top of the Dan Rather fiasco, CBS was dumped as well on many conservative news/talk or talk stations.

Additionally, stations have dumped network affiliations with CNN for much the same reasons, opting for none-at-all in many instances, while Clear Channel has cleared out local newsrooms in other markets of late.

Many stations are opting for cut-away uses of on-the-hour networks now ... getting the first minute or two and the net news, the net spot then dumping out -- recapturing local inventory -- while also cutting back on net feature programming.

Westwood One has become protective of its affiliate list of late because the number of defections and changes ... as well as the number of both CBS and CNN affiliates has been in flux since FOX debuted. (Westwood One also represents NBC News Radio ... a one minute headline service, as well. ABC took the biggest brunt of defections, being on some of the biggest conservative talk stations and has also been pretty protective of its affiliate list of late.)

 

[ajhenderson]

Nice recap, oaktree. CBS is down from when Fox came on the scene. However, for stations in markets of some size, it's hard to carry CBS as far as I'm concerned. Last time I checked, they didn't have a cutaway until :04 past. That makes doing local news and making a couple bucks with a local spot (even a :30) very tight if you're joining a network show.

 

[actioncentral]

The definitve list for CBS Radio News affiliates (and all WW1 nets) is password protected.
Here in NYC, WCBS airs the TOH newscasts and other features. WOR, however, has access to CBS
newsfeeds and incorporates them into their local newscasts with the CBS ID deleted from the reporter's
lockout. WOR probably has access to CBS newsfeeds (but not the actual newscast) because it is clearing WW1 inventory.