All-news radio
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- For the television series NewsRadio, see NewsRadio.
All-news radio is available in both local and syndicated forms, and is carried in some form on both major US satellite radio networks. Some all-news stations, like KFWB and WCBS, carry sports, and all-news stations may occasionally carry public affairs programs, simulcasts of TV news magazine or political affairs shows like 60 Minutes and Face the Nation. Some former all news stations, like KNX and WBZ, now run talk radio programs on weekends and during off peak hours. Most of these stations are owned by CBS Radio, and therefore are affiliated with the CBS radio network.
Many stations brand themselves Newsradio but only run continuous news during the morning and afternoon drive times. These stations are properly labeled as "news/talk" talk radio stations. Also, some National Public Radio stations identify themselves as News and Information stations, which means that in addition to running the NPR news magazines like Morning Edition and All Things Considered, they run other information programs such as Day to Day, Talk of the Nation, and the BBC World Service.
History
WINS became New York's first all-news station in April, 1965. WCBS began all-news programming on August 28, 1967, although its first broadcasts were on its sister FM station after a plane crashed into its tower, knocking the AM station off the air.
All-news stations in the USA
(Note: All stations listed here are owned by CBS unless otherwise noticed)
- KCBS - San Francisco, California
- KFWB - Los Angeles, California (since March 11, 1968)
- KNX - Los Angeles, California
- KOMO - Seattle, Washington (Fisher Communications)
- KYW - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- WBBM - Chicago, Illinois
- WBZ - Boston, Massachusetts
- WCBS - New York City (since August 28, 1967)
- WINS - New York City (since April, 1965)
- WTOP - Washington, D.C. (Bonneville International)
- WWJ - Detroit, Michigan
All-news and News/Talk stations outside the USA
- CFFR ("660 News") - Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- CFTR ("680 News") - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- CFRB ("Newstalk 1010") - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- CKGL ("570 News") - Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
- CKWX ("News 1130") - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- CJNI ("News 95.7") - Halifax, Nova Scotia
- CKNI ("News 91.9") - Moncton, New Brunswick
- CHNI ("News 88.9") - Saint John, New Brunswick
- LBC News 1152 AM - London, United Kingdom
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