CBS Radio to Cease Operations After Century-Long Run
CBS Radio has ceased production after nearly a century of operation as part of the network's broader restructuring efforts. The news division currently employs approximately 1,100 staff members and is laying off about six percent to reallocate resources within its newscast operations rather than radio broadcasting specifically; however over seven hundred affiliated stations will still face two months before finding replacement networks for their feeds as CBS News Radio shuts down in May following ninety-nine years on the air.
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CBS News Radio will cease production in May after operating for approximately nine to one hundred years.
— [Mar 20] CBS News operated for 99 years and will cease production...The shutdown involves the laying off of about six percent, or dozens given a workforce size around eleven thousand employees. Executives describe these cuts as necessary reallocation newsroom resources rather than an arbitrary decision.
— [Mar 20] CBS News Radio operated for 99 years and will cease production in May...Over seven hundred affiliated stations currently have two months to find a replacement network following the closure of this service. This represents one specific challenge facing local broadcasters who relied on these affiliates.
— [Mar 20] CBS News Radio operated for 99 years and will cease production in May...