After today, radio listeners will no longer hear this sound on their radios.
CBS News Radio, a 24-hour syndicated radio news network, is closing operations after nearly 100 years in service.
In addition to continuous news coverage, the network also offered hourly news briefs, special breaking news coverage, and more timely audio content to stations that CBS previously owned (that are now a part of Audacy) and non-CBS owned and operated stations across the country. ![]()
CBS News Radio announced it would cease operations on March 20, and the 700 affiliate stations across the country would have to find new sources for news. All of the 60-member staff at the network will lose their jobs when the service ends at 11 pm tonight. The decision is the result of cost-cutting measures implemented by the company’s owner, Paramount Skydance Corp.
“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,” said CBS News President Tom Cibrowski and network Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss in a statement. “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.”
In Atlanta, only news and talk station WSB 750/WSBB 95.5 FM are affiliates of CBS News Radio. The station also has ABC News Radio as a national news source, and it has a news-sharing agreement with WSB-TV, which, like the radio stations, is owned by Cox Media Group.
ABC, NBC, and Fox radio all offer continuous radio news coverage.