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Reporters heard on multiple radio stations.

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johnbasalla

I notice that there are some reporters that are heard on multiple stations or news services. I've heard Mark Mayfield doing national news story reports on a couple, or more, stations. Then there's Charles Philadesma (sp?) who provides international news stories. I hear him on more than one station/news service ... (AP radio news, SRN).

Who do they actually work for and get paid by?
Do they make one report that gets uploaded to all news services or do they custom-make reports for each station/news service?
 
Most likely, they are freelancers (or the newspaper term of art, "stringers"). They get paid when one of their stories gets picked up, or sometimes they will be given a short-term assignment to cover something specific.

There is a chance Mark Mayfield could work for one of the major radio chains (e.g. iHeart) or a consortium like the Georgia News Network. It's a common name, so he's hard to track down.

Charles de Ledesma, btw, is listed as an AP Correspondent based in London on some of his stories: Yemen's Houthi rebels detain 11 UN staffers as well as aid workers in sudden crackdown
SRN may be picking up AP reports rather than paying Mr. de Ledesma separately.
 
PTBoardOp93 said:
There is a chance Mark Mayfield could work for one of the major radio chains (e.g. iHeart) or a consortium like the Georgia News Network. It's a common name, so he's hard to track down.
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Mark does, in fact, work for iHeart's NBC Radio Network/24-7 News service. His reports are heard on iHeart stations as well as stations with other owners who contract with iHeart for their news coverage.

It was the same way for me when I worked for iHeart (2012-2020) and when I was at Capital Public Radio in Sacramento (2020 until I retired this past January), where my stories were routinely carried by public radio stations across California, and sometimes on NPR itself.
 
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johnbasalla said:
Who do they actually work for and get paid by?
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In both Mark's case and mine, it was iHeart.

johnbasalla said:
Do they make one report that gets uploaded to all news services or do they custom-make reports for each station/news service?
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Usually one version, but if a station asks for a custom piece (perhaps there's a local focus for them that they're interested in), that can be done.

A greater number of stations are looking for custom lockouts. Instead of "I'm Mark Mayfield reporting", they want "Mark Mayfield (station name) news".

A nice bonus when I went to CapRadio was that KQED chose not to participate in our Capital Public Radio News network, so any requests for a piece from our people was something they'd pay for. Same with NPR. Not monster money, usually $50-$100, more for an in-depth piece.
 
I've seen something similar like whenever KCBS Radio San Francisco needs a report from Los Angeles they simply get someone from KNX Radio to do a report for them and remove the KNX references for KCBS listeners. It's because both KCBS and KNX are Audacy owned stations and reusing reporters is a common practice.

On the TV side the Late Sam Rubin is mainly credited as a part of the KTLA News team but his segments went to Nexstar owned stations, Nine Network Australia and ITV Britain entertainment updates. Yes when Sam Rubin died we paid attention to how much of a legend he was in Los Angeles but it turned out his segments were big in Australia and UK too that they even written an obit on him.


www.9news.com.au

'A beautiful man': Stefanovic pays tribute to Today correspondent Sam Rubin after unexpected death

Long-time Today entertainment correspondent Sam Rubin has died at 64 years old.
www.9news.com.au www.9news.com.au
 
michael hagerty said:
Mark does, in fact, work for iHeart's NBC Radio Network/24-7 News service. His reports are heard on iHeart stations as well as stations with other owners who contract with iHeart for their news coverage.

It was the same way for me when I worked for iHeart (2012-2020) and when I was at Capital Public Radio in Sacramento (2020 until I retired this past January), where my stories were routinely carried by public radio stations across California, and sometimes on NPR itself.
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And let's remember that, on most of its affiliates, iHeart's NBC Network doesn't self-identify. Most stations take the top of the hour newscasts and the reporters' field stories without anyone ever saying "NBC Radio News."

It's possible in NYC, you might hear someone on NBC Radio News, a subsidiary of iHeart, heard on multiple stations. Could be on WOR, could be on WBBR. For a while it could also be WABC and WNYM, although they don't subscribe currently.
 
PTBoardOp93 said:
Charles de Ledesma, btw, is listed as an AP Correspondent based in London on some of his stories: Yemen's Houthi rebels detain 11 UN staffers as well as aid workers in sudden crackdown
SRN may be picking up AP reports rather than paying Mr. de Ledesma separately.
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He files a lot of stories but doesn't have a great delivery. After AP drastically downsized their radio news operation in 2019 (dropping overnight and weekend newscasts, releasing most of their dedicated reporters), he was one of the voices left and thus has an overly prominent role in their product.
 
i thought the correct moniker was "NBC NewsRadio", not "NBC Radio News", since, per my understanding, the NBC News has little to do with "NBC NewsRadio", which is actually an iHeart Media operation.
 
nowradioguy said:
i thought the correct moniker was "NBC NewsRadio", not "NBC Radio News", since, per my understanding, the NBC News has little to do with "NBC NewsRadio", which is actually an iHeart Media operation.
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I'm the guy who got it wrong, but what I said was:


iHeart's NBC Radio Network/24-7 News service


I wasn't trying to get the brand name right, I was just referring to the service itself.

Neither of us had it right. It's "NBC News Radio" (leaving "News" and "Radio" as separate words):

www.iheart.com

24/7 News | iHeart

24/7 News Headlines from iHeartRadio
www.iheart.com www.iheart.com


And looking at it, I got the 24/7 part wrong, too---using a dash instead of a slash.

Of course, I did that when I worked there, too, so...
 
www.iheart.com

Associated Press Radio | iHeart

Your Definitive Source for News
www.iheart.com www.iheart.com

tunein.com

Reuters World News | Listen to Podcasts On Demand Free | TuneIn

Reuters World News podcast on demand - Everything you need to know about your world in 10 minutes. Go straight to the source with a ten-minute news briefing by Reuters frontline journalists. Join host Kim Vinnell as she takes you around the world every weekday.
tunein.com tunein.com

I knew of this one some of the reporters that report for multiple outlets may be coming from either AP or Reuters when it's national, international and business stories.
 
michael hagerty said:
I'm the guy who got it wrong, but what I said was:


iHeart's NBC Radio Network/24-7 News service


I wasn't trying to get the brand name right, I was just referring to the service itself.

Neither of us had it right. It's "NBC News Radio" (leaving "News" and "Radio" as separate words):

www.iheart.com

24/7 News | iHeart

24/7 News Headlines from iHeartRadio
www.iheart.com www.iheart.com


And looking at it, I got the 24/7 part wrong, too---using a dash instead of a slash.

Of course, I did that when I worked there, too, so...
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Other than the FORMER CBS O&O all-news stations, I don't even know if any stations broadcast the TOH CBS News cast, assuming CBS News even produces one. We know damn well NBC News doesn't produce one, and ABC News does produce live feeds for breaking stories, but as for TOH broadcasts, we here in Boston can't be sure. On weekends, WRKO sometimes carries/carried TOH ABC News; that merits a plus.

NBC began to fall apart when GE snatched up and all but obliterated RCA. And now a pox has settled on GE's house.

NBC, CBS, ABC were all decent radio networks. And a few of their parent corporations knew how to run radio stations, too. As did Westinghouse Broadcasting (Group W).
 
nowradioguy said:
Other than the FORMER CBS O&O all-news stations, I don't even know if any stations broadcast the TOH CBS News cast, assuming CBS News even produces one.
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They do. WTOP in Washington, for sure. I think WBZ in Boston in off-hours. They claim 400+ affiliates nationwide, though not all would necessarily carry the TOH casts.
 


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