CBS News Radio to shut down after nearly a century of broadcasting

CBS News announced Friday that CBS News Radio will be shutting down this
spring after nearly 100 years of broadcasting. The company cited
"challenging economic realities" and a shift in radio programming
strategies as reasons behind the decision. 

About 700 affiliated stations nationwide carry CBS News Radio
programming, which will end on May 22. All jobs on the radio team will
be eliminated, the company said. 

"We understand how difficult this news is for our staff and their
colleagues, who have worked side by side with us to cover some of the
most significant stories of our time," CBS News President Tom Cibrowski
and Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss said in a statement. 

They also paid tribute to the historic role of CBS News Radio in
covering major events worldwide since the dawn of the broadcasting era. 

"For nearly 100 years, CBS News Radio has delivered original reporting
to the nation — from Edward R. Murrow's World War II reports in London
to today's daily White House updates," they said. "Our signature
broadcast, 'World News Roundup,' remains the longest-running newscast in
the country. CBS News Radio served as the foundation for everything we
have built since 1927." 

Murrow became a household name as millions of Americans tuned in for
news of the war, and he later became a mainstay on CBS News television
broadcasts. But radio declined in the TV era, and in recent years social
media and podcasts further cut into the audience. 

"This is another part of the landscape that has fallen off into the
sea," Michael Harrison, publisher of Talkers, a trade publication for
radio talk shows, told The Associated Press. "It's a shame. It's a loss
for the country and for the industry." 

Layoffs also took place across other parts of CBS News on Friday; a
total number of job cuts was not announced. 

"It's no secret that the news business is changing radically, and that
we need to change along with it," Cibrowski and Weiss said in an email
to staff. 

CBS is owned by Paramount Skydance, which took ownership last year. 

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