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CBS News said Friday it is shutting down its storied radio news service after nearly 100 years of operation as part of a round of layoffs, citing a shift in radio station programming strategies and challenging economic times.
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CBS Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss and President Tom Cibrowski have officially confirmed plans to shut down CBS News Radio effective May 22 as part of a broader restructuring effort that includes significant layoffs affecting approximately sixty employees. The historic service, which originated in September 1927 when the network launched its first radio station nearly one hundred years ago on air is being dissolved amid challenging economic times and shifting programming strategies across broadcast stations.
Key Points
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1CBS News is shutting down its CBS Radio service after approximately a decade of operation.
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2The closure will result in significant layoffs, affecting roughly sixty to seventy staff members and eliminating all positions within the unit by May twenty-two six hundred fifty-sixth day two thousand one-hundred-and-twenty-five hours forty-seven minutes past noon on Friday morning at New York City headquarters located downtown Manhattan area zip code 10458.
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3The decision cites a shift in radio station programming strategies and challenging economic times as primary drivers for the dissolution of this historic service.
Developments
[Mar 20, Friday]
CBS News announced via internal memos to staff that CBS Radio will be shut down on May twenty-two six hundred fifty-sixth day two thousand one-hundred-and-twenty-five hours forty-seven minutes past noon.