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CBS Radio News Closure: Effects on WBZ and Boston
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I wonder if they'd just audio feed the regional news services they offer on streaming to local stations...
Be interesting to listen to WHAV-LP up here in the Merrimack Valley region. They have local news and then CBS Radio news as well.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Could we perhaps concentrate the discussion on the thread which properly exists under National Radio Topics, rather than have a dozen or more duplicative threads?
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CBS News Radio Closed
Just announced: https://deadline.com/2026/03/cbs-news-radio-to-shut-down-1236761393/ The company had just signed a distribution agreement with Audacy's Infinity Networks in October.
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I wonder if small stations will just give up on national news all together. I hope not.
That is fine by me. Had not seen the other thread. Thank you for sharing.Could we perhaps concentrate the discussion on the thread which properly exists under National Radio Topics, rather than have a dozen or more duplicative threads?
CBS News Radio Closed
Just announced: https://deadline.com/2026/03/cbs-news-radio-to-shut-down-1236761393/ The company had just signed a distribution agreement with Audacy's Infinity Networks in October.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Many of them already have. The station I program in Albuquerque (KRKE) has no news ... just the weather hourly (twice an hour in morning drive) and an hour of public affairs programming on Sunday morning.
I just hope WBZ doesn't decide to replace CBS News Radio with self-styled "NBC News Radio", which is NOT an NBC News offering at all, but rather a shell for iHeart's 24/7 news service. They should now rely more on both ABC News Radio and AP News Radio.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
You speak as if the listeners know the difference, or even care. The answer to both is "they don't".
This is likely what WBZ will do. The choice is carry something from iHeart's national news brands or just do it locally:
Heard from WHAV-LP CEO who states that there will be no local impacts as WHAV-LP decided not to renew its affiliation agreement with CBS back in February.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
How, pray tell, does a four-watt LPFM even get a commercial network affiliation in the first place?
No kidding I know LPFM's are allowed to accept underwriting, but they would be required to carry the CBS News commercials as part of the affiliation agreement. That right there would have to be a violation.
AP has not shut down AP Radio News. Facts matter.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
I bet they will be surprised to learn that.
KM - again I need to ask who appointed you as the board police? This move affects things differently in different places.Could we perhaps concentrate the discussion on the thread which properly exists under National Radio Topics, rather than have a dozen or more duplicative threads?
CBS News Radio Closed
Just announced: https://deadline.com/2026/03/cbs-news-radio-to-shut-down-1236761393/ The company had just signed a distribution agreement with Audacy's Infinity Networks in October.
Sorry about that, my mistake. Maybe they will switch back to AP.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
It was a polite suggestion to concentrate the general discussion into the thread on National Radio Topics and leave these for the market-specific concerns.
What you didn't see was the original topic titles, which David was kind enough to change to show the local focus instead of the previous general titles, which were more broadly worded.
Please stop accusing me of motives not in evidence.