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35-629: The CBS World News Roundup is the longest-running network radio newscast in the United States. It airs weekday mornings and evenings on the CBS Radio Network . It first went on-air on March 13, 1938, at 8 p.m. ET as a one-time special in response to growing tensions in Europe—specifically the Anschluss , during which Adolf Hitler invaded Austria. When the show first went on the air it

70-412: A 24/7 sports radio network, " CBS Sports Radio ," in fall 2012. It was distributed through Cumulus Media Networks , owned by Cumulus Media . (Cumulus Media Networks was merged into Westwood One in 2013, following Cumulus' acquisition of Westwood One.) In 2017, CBS Sports Radio was sold to Entercom (now Audacy, Inc. ) after it acquired CBS Radio. It now uses the title "Infinity Sports Network." While

105-612: A daily show. As World War II raged in Europe, the Roundup format spawned a weekend edition, The World Today. It was just before one 2:30 p.m. Eastern broadcast, on December 7, 1941, that White and World Today anchor John Charles Daly received word in New York that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor . Daly's report at the top of the show, among the first on any radio station or network,

140-570: A half-interest in what became the Columbia Broadcasting System in 1928, and became its president. (In 1938, CBS bought its former parent, Columbia Records.) For more about the network's history, see CBS . On February 2, 2017, CBS Corporation announced that its shareholders had acquired a majority stake in Entercom (now Audacy, Inc. ), whose corporate management will continue to oversee the company along with CBS's radio assets. The merger

175-545: A morning talk show hosted by Michael Smerconish , based at WPHT Philadelphia , on some of its owned-and-operated stations. CBS handled the syndication of Grayson's show itself, while syndication for Smerconish's show to non-CBS stations had been outsourced to Dial Global (which at that time was not involved with the CBS Radio Network itself). Grayson's show, Overnight America , also entered national syndication via Dial Global on January 30, 2012. Smerconish discontinued

210-425: Is also a local cut-away at four minutes past the hour for the early edition (like the network's other top of the hour newscasts) and five minutes past the hour for the late edition. The longest tenure of one anchor with the Roundup was that of Dallas Townsend , who hosted the morning broadcast for 25 years. Townsend was followed by Reid Collins and then Bill Lynch who anchored from March 25, 1985 until his contract

245-1035: Is now known as WHSQ), and several other all-news and news-talk stations. They include KNX and KNX-FM in Los Angeles, WBBM in Chicago, KCBS in San Francisco, KRLD in Dallas , KYW in Philadelphia , WTOP-FM in Washington , WBZ in Boston , WWJ in Detroit, WCCO in Minneapolis , KXNT in Las Vegas , KMOX in St. Louis , and WTIC in Hartford . ( WINS and WINS-FM in New York do not carry

280-450: Is owned by iHeartMedia , and licenses use of the NBC name and audio from NBC News . CBS News Radio is one of the two national news services distributed by Skyview Networks, which transmits national news, talk, music and special event programs, in addition to local news, weather, video news and other information to radio and television stations, as well as traffic reporting services. The network

315-459: Is produced each Friday and airs on a number of CBS Radio affiliates on Saturdays and Sundays. It includes interviews with CBS News correspondents and other newsmakers. The network's then-news director, Mike Freedman, was the creator and first executive producer of the show. Bill Lynch, former anchor of the morning Roundup, was the first host of the weekend show. It is now anchored by CBS News Corrsepondent Allison Keyes. The longest tenured anchor of

350-1369: Is the Grand Ole Opry , broadcast on WSM in Nashville, Tennessee since November 28, 1925.) All-news affiliates of CBS News Radio, listed by market rank: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NBC News Wall Street Journal Politico MSNBC / CNBC / Telemundo Bloomberg Government Washington Examiner Boston Globe / Washington Blade Fox News CBS News Radio AP Radio / PBS VOA Time Yahoo News Daily Caller / EWTN CBS News Bloomberg News McClatchy NY Post / TheGrio Washington Times Salem Radio / CBN Cheddar News / Hearst TV AP NPR Foreign pool The Hill Regionals Newsmax Gray TV / Spectrum News ABC News Washington Post Agence France-Presse Fox Business / Fox News Radio CSM / Roll Call Al Jazeera Nexstar / Scripps News Reuters NY Times LA Times Univision / AURN RealClearPolitics Daily Beast / Dallas Morning News BBC / Newsweek CNN USA Today ABC News Radio Daily Mail National Journal HuffPost Financial Times / The Guardian Bill Whitney Before joining CBS News , Whitney, who began his career in broadcasting at

385-459: Is the one most often used in audio retrospectives. (For more on that, see John Charles Daly .) The CBS World News Roundup remains an active part of the CBS Radio Network lineup, making it America's longest running network newscast on radio or TV. The 10-minute newscast airs every morning on CBS Radio affiliates nationwide at 8 a.m. Eastern and 7 a.m. Pacific. A late edition airs at 7 p.m. Eastern time and runs for 9 minutes. Skyview Networks handles

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420-515: Is the second-oldest unit of Paramount Global after Paramount Pictures . CBS Radio traces its roots to CBS's predecessor, United Independent Broadcasters, founded in 1927 with 47 network affiliates . The next year, Columbia Records invested in the radio network, which was named the Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System. Eventually, the record company pulled its backing from the struggling web. William S. Paley bought

455-463: The CBS Radio Network , is a radio network that provides news to more than 1,000 radio stations throughout the United States. The network is owned by Paramount Global . It is the last of the three original national U.S. radio networks (CBS, NBC Radio Network and Mutual Broadcasting System ) still operating and still owned by its original parent company, even though CBS sold its owned and operated radio stations in 2017. The current NBC Radio Network

490-594: The Internet Archive . Most broadcast references credit either CBS President William S. Paley or News Director Paul White as coming up with the idea for the show, as a way to trump Max Jordan 's NBC coverage of the Anschluss. The previous day, Shirer had flown from Vienna to London at the request of Murrow (the CBS European chief) to give the first uncensored eyewitness account of Germany's takeover of Austria. It

525-452: The Murrow Boys , broadcast from around Europe throughout the war. The program was a 35-minute special report from multiple locations around the world as the pre-war crisis mounts. It was the first time that on-the-scene European field correspondents were linked with a central anchor in New York for a national broadcast. A recording of the first episode, as well as some others, is available at

560-798: The World News Roundup. Around the same time as Glenn's departure to the flagship morning broadcast, The World Tonight was rebranded as the World News Roundup Late Edition. The late edition was hosted by Bill Whitney and produced by Greg Armstrong. Whitney anchored the program until his departure from CBS in December 2016, a run of 17 years. From 1966 until 2016, The World Tonight / World News Roundup Late Edition had only three anchors. Since Bill Whitney's retirement in 2016, turnover has increased. Dave Barrett succeeded Whitney until his sudden death on September 19, 2018. Jim Chenevey,

595-756: The age of 17, worked his way up through the ranks at a variety of local radio stations including WKEN in Dover, Delaware; WGSM in Huntington, New York ; WLIX in Islip, New York ; and WGBB in Freeport, New York . From 1979 to 1982, Whitney worked as anchor/news director at WCBS-FM in New York City . He began his employ with the national CBS Radio unit in the early 1980s as one of the original anchors for CBS' young-adult oriented news service, RadioRadio. Whitney moved full-time to

630-500: The day. He also served as a substitute anchor for the morning edition of the Roundup. Whitney did his final broadcast for CBS on December 1, 2016. A number of executives and on-air personnel (including Whitney) had taken buyouts in the face of a wave of layoffs. Whitney lives in Wyckoff, New Jersey with his wife Peg and glorious Labrador, Ernie. The Whitneys have four daughters: Maggie, Alice, Grace and Mary. This article about

665-418: The distribution. Despite the name of the broadcast, it no longer emphasizes world news and often is devoted to the same national, political and lifestyle stories as the shorter top of the hour news broadcasts. The morning edition of the World News Roundup is anchored by Steve Kathan, and produced by Paul Farry. The full show runs for 10 minutes, although many stations take only the first eight minutes. There

700-707: The longtime overnight anchor for CBS, moved to daytime and the Late Edition , but was let go in June 2020. Subsequently, Pam Coulter anchored the broadcast until her departure from CBS in September 2020. Peter King replaced her until April 2021 when Jennifer Keiper became the latest anchor of the World News Roundup Late Edition . In 2000, CBS Radio developed a weekly show based on the original Roundup format. The CBS News Weekend Roundup , designed for an hour-long time slot (40 minutes plus slots for commercials and affiliate cut-ins),

735-692: The main CBS Radio Network in 1984. During that time he filled in for Charles Osgood on The Osgood File and did commentaries under the Sidebar title. He covered a number of major news stories, including Pope John Paul II 's U.S. tour and the Balkan peace talks in Dayton, Ohio which led to the Dayton Accord . Whitney anchored the CBS World News Roundup - Late Edition as well as hourly news broadcasts throughout

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770-631: The morning show in 2011 and Grayson's show ended its national distribution a few years later. Three of CBS's television programs are currently simulcast over CBS News Radio affiliates; those are Face the Nation , 60 Minutes , and the CBS Evening News . Some stations, including WCBS in New York and WBZ in Boston, aired the entire Evening News . In addition, the Late Show with David Letterman Top Ten List

805-587: The morning show, which airs at 8 am ET and 7 am PT, while Jennifer Keiper hosts the evening edition at 7 pm ET. Each Friday afternoon, the network also distributes the CBS News Weekend Roundup , an hour-long look at the top stories of the week, hosted by correspondent Allison Keyes. CBS News Radio has an impressive list of reporters around the world including Jim Krasula, Peter King, Linda Kenyon, Cami McCormick , Vicki Barker, Elaine Cobbe, Sabina Castelfranco and Robert Berger. Mark Knoller

840-817: The nation's capital. During the overnight hours, the CBS News 24/7 streaming service carries a simulcast of CBS News Radio's top-of-the-hour reports. In March 2021, CBS News Radio hired John Batchelor to host a nightly newsmagazine, Eye on the World . Batchelor had previously hosted an eponymous show that was syndicated through Westwood One and, before that, through ABC Radio Networks . CBS News Radio offers several weekly one-hour programs to its affiliates for airing on Saturdays and Sundays. They include The CBS News Weekend Roundup with Allison Keyes, CBS Eye on Travel with Peter Greenberg , Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger and The Takeout with Major Garrett . Historically,

875-563: The network's World News Roundup is the longest-running news show on radio or TV in the U.S., the title of longest-running network radio show of any kind goes to another CBS Radio program— Music and the Spoken Word , a half-hour of music and inspirational thought featuring the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square . It began on July 15, 1929, and currently airs each Sunday morning at 11:30 Eastern Time. (The longest running radio show of any kind

910-574: The network's Newsfeed service. Many of the aforementioned outlets make heavy use of the CBS network feed material throughout their broadcast day. The network is home to the morning and evening editions of the CBS World News Roundup , U.S. broadcasting's oldest news series. The Roundup dates back to a special network broadcast on March 13, 1938, featuring live reports from Europe on Germany's annexation of Austria . Since 2010, Steve Kathan has anchored

945-403: The newscasts but make use of voicers and actualities from CBS News Radio.) CBS News Radio offers hourly News-on-the-Hour newscasts (available in three- and six-minute versions) and a one-minute newscast at 31 minutes past the hour. They are sent to member stations 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In addition to the over-the-air product, reports and actualities are made available to affiliates via

980-517: The program was Former CBS News National Correspondent Dan Raviv in Washington. Correspondent Howard Arenstein , the Washington radio bureau chief, was also the executive producer. Raviv's last show as host was broadcast on January 20, 2017. After Raviv's departure, the broadcast was anchored by Steve Dorsey until Keyes assumed the role in late 2019. CBS Radio Network CBS News Radio , formerly known as CBS Radio News and historically known as

1015-501: The sports coverage now produced by Westwood One was branded as CBS Radio Sports and, like the news features, was associated with the CBS Radio Network. However, after CBS began managing the original Westwood One in the mid-1990s, the sports broadcasts came under the Westwood One banner (with both identities used in the late 1990s. It was a practice that would continue even after CBS stopped managing Westwood One in 2007. CBS launched

1050-594: Was White who relayed the order to Murrow and Shirer for the first Roundup . The two, Murrow in Vienna and Shirer in London , then had the responsibility of linking up reporters and circuits that same day...a Sunday, when many of the key people would be mostly unreachable. The format was so successful that it was repeated the following evening, and then revived later that year during the Sudetenland crisis. Eventually, it evolved into

1085-459: Was also broadcast by the network in a short-form-feature format until the show's conclusion with David Letterman's retirement in 2015. Other public-affairs features include CBS Healthwatch with Dr. Emily Senay, Raising Our Kids (formerly suffixed with in the 90s during that decade) with former WCBS morning anchor Pat Carroll, What's in the News, and "Eye on Washington," a daily look at goings on in

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1120-581: Was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on the 17th. The CBS News Radio network service will continue to be managed by CBS News. On August 2, 2017, CBS announced that it had signed a contract with Skyview Networks for distribution of CBS News Radio. This went into effect January 1, 2018. Today, CBS News Radio is best known for its news and public affairs programming distributed to more than 500 affiliates, including flagship station WCBS in New York (which ended their all-news format in August 2024 and

1155-447: Was hosted by veteran radio personality Robert Trout . The first show gave the world the voices of Edward R. Murrow and William L. Shirer . In fact, it was the first time Murrow had ever delivered a news report. During the early years of the war, Murrow's reports from London and Shirer's reports from Berlin were essential listening to anyone trying to keep informed on events unfolding in Europe. War correspondents, including members of

1190-436: Was not renewed in 1999. Christopher Glenn's long career at CBS was punctuated with a stint on the Roundup from 1999 until 2006. After Glenn's retirement, Nick Young had a short tenure on the Roundup until he retired in 2010. Originally titled The World Tonight , the evening show was anchored by Douglas Edwards from 1966 until 1988. After Edwards retired, Glenn settled in as nighttime anchor until 1999, when he moved to

1225-501: Was the network's long-time White House correspondent. Knoller often made additional appearances on CBS Television, especially if he was the day's pool reporter for the White House Press Corps. Knoller no longer filed radio reports after about 2011, transitioning to report mostly on twitter. He left CBS in 2020. In 2009, CBS launched a long-form late night talk program hosted by Jon Grayson, based at KMOX St. Louis , and

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