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WABC launches "Worldwide News Network"

This will come as a big shock to Cats, but people in other countries don't share his view of the president or our country.

If he wants to spread his gospel to other countries, he needs to focus the content on them, not us.

The purpose of the VOA was to promote American culture and democracy around the world, and we all see how successful it was.
 
There's an idea. Since Cats likes to throw money away, maybe he could lease a shortwave frequency or two. Heck, I'm sure he can buy one at the right price–dirt-cheap.
 
the non comm i managed in alaska and still help out with got an email pitching us WWNN.

lol
 
Rollo-Smokes said:
There's an idea. Since Cats likes to throw money away, maybe he could lease a shortwave frequency or two. Heck, I'm sure he can buy one at the right price–dirt-cheap.
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Maybe some person should introduce Mr. Catomadis to one Alan Weiner (can't remember spelling) who owns a 500kW SW outlet in northern Maine that I think he may be ready to sell. If Mr. Catomadis wants the world to hbe able to hear him on the cheap, that might be the ultimate way to do it. I mean, he could bypass all those attempts to purchase all of those little stations in no-name countries that may have government rules he doesn't like and get this big station for pennies on the dollar (his dollars, anyway). As a bonus, according to a recent "on The Media," report from WNYC, Mr. Weiner supports the same person that Mr. Catomadis does. I mean, it's a match made in Heaven (at least until Mr. Catomadis finds out that most people don't listen to SW anymore--but I'm not going to tell him that).
 
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Maybe some person should introduce Mr. Catomadis to one Alan Weiner (can't remember spelling) who owns a 500kW SW outlet in northern Maine that I think he may be ready to sell.
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The problem with that proposal is the 500kw unit is part of the overall WBCQ multi-transmitter license. Allan Weiner would have to sell his entire operation and license. Otherwise Cats would have to apply for, and be granted, a new separate shortwave license if he wanted to cleave the 500kw transmitter away from the rest of the WBCQ operation.
 
RadioInk.com interviewed Chad Lopez (briefly) + Lee Harris (mostly) about this new venture:

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Speed and a 'Unicorn': Behind Red Apple's News Network Launch - Radio Ink

Red Apple Media President Chad Lopez and News Director Lee Harris discuss launching a national news network to replace CBS News Radio, the affiliate model, and plans for international expansion.
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Harris says the goal is to sound like the CBS News Radio model since that's what stations that are losing the service would want in a replacement.
 
Well there is at least one confirmed affiliate of the Worldwide News Network, outside of the Red Apple empire in the Northeast...

KFNX Phoenix, a zero audience conservative talker.

Haven't checked if it's being carried on WABC yet.

UPDATE: WNN is now in place. At :00 is the first three minutes of WNN followed by 4 minutes from the WABC newsroom, with sports and weather included. WNN uses reporters from NewsNation. Would need to listen more to determine if it's politically slanted.
 
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WNN uses reporters from NewsNation.
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That is the main difference between WNN and the other radio networks. CBS and ABC never used reporters from other sources. It was all done internally. I imagine that's also where they're getting the actuality from Trump, Rubio and other news figures.

Truthfully, any major market news station could do the exact same thing. Audacy could easily do this. Of course iHeart is already doing this. It's really a matter of how much you want to devote to this kind of thing.

My take is that I wouldn't compare it to the BBC, since it isn't representing an international view. The stories are all domestic. Is it slanted? My take is they're presenting the views from the administration without countering it with voices from the opposition. That may be just the one example I heard. There are other voices they could present, but those voices may not be available from NewsNation.
 
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RNN Targets Ex-CBS News Radio Affiliates With June Launch - Radio Ink

With CBS News Radio's shutdown set for May 22, Live Channel USA is bringing Radio Network News to US stations for CBS affiliate stations.
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Does anybody know where to look for this one. Theres a story that Radio Network News was going to get some of the former CBS radio affiliates but that got buried with the big one this week like Audacy owned stations like KCBS, KNX, WBBM gets affiliations with ABC News.

 
Y2kTheNewOldies said:
Does anybody know where to look for this one.
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Yes. Already been discussed in detail.

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RNN Targets Ex-CBS News Radio Affiliates With June Launch

https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gear/products/rnn-to-launch-as-radio-news-option-for-u-s-stations https://radioink.com/2026/04/10/rnn-targets-ex-cbs-news-radio-affiliates-with-june-launch/ Note there is no confirmation on this that any Audacy owned stations will join this service. I seen...
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In fact you're the one who started that thread when that story came out last month. Whoops!
 
TheBigA said:
That is the main difference between WNN and the other radio networks. CBS and ABC never used reporters from other sources. It was all done internally. I imagine that's also where they're getting the actuality from Trump, Rubio and other news figures.

Truthfully, any major market news station could do the exact same thing. Audacy could easily do this. Of course iHeart is already doing this. It's really a matter of how much you want to devote to this kind of thing.

My take is that I wouldn't compare it to the BBC, since it isn't representing an international view. The stories are all domestic. Is it slanted? My take is they're presenting the views from the administration without countering it with voices from the opposition. That may be just the one example I heard. There are other voices they could present, but those voices may not be available from NewsNation.
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That's exactly correct. The easiest way to slant the news is simply by omission. No need to bloviate, just don't present the other side. Both sides do it.
 
TheBigA said:
That is the main difference between WNN and the other radio networks. CBS and ABC never used reporters from other sources. It was all done internally. I imagine that's also where they're getting the actuality from Trump, Rubio and other news figures.

Truthfully, any major market news station could do the exact same thing. Audacy could easily do this. Of course iHeart is already doing this. It's really a matter of how much you want to devote to this kind of thing.

My take is that I wouldn't compare it to the BBC, since it isn't representing an international view. The stories are all domestic. Is it slanted? My take is they're presenting the views from the administration without countering it with voices from the opposition. That may be just the one example I heard. There are other voices they could present, but those voices may not be available from NewsNation.
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When I heard WNN, the first three stories were related to the Trump administration. The first was about the "anti-weaponization" controversy, another about green card changes. So you can expect WNN to be more geared towards what's happening in DC, than if it bleeds, it leads, and celebrity news. It was presented as factual reporting. I didn't notice any political slant.

Do you know if CBS had exclusive radio reporters? I know that I would hear reporters from the TV news division file reports. Even using their own resources, they couldn't survive.
 
wadio said:
The easiest way to slant the news is simply by omission. No need to bloviate, just don't present the other side. Both sides do it.
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CBS and ABC always present the president's side. They always grant him any TV time he requests for national addresses. The president's views are always given, even by Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert.

The networks report the president's side even when they are banned from the press room or insulted to their face. He calls them fake news and they still report what he says. That must mean what he says is fake.

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Do you know if CBS had exclusive radio reporters?
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Absolutely. At one time, they had two radio reporters covering the white house: Mark Knoller and Peter Maer. Steve Futterman covered the west coast from LA. There were quite a few.

In the last year or so, many of them were let go.
 
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