CBS News shutters its storied radio news service after nearly a century, ending an era

The change is part of a round of layoffs at CBS News. When the radio service began operation in September 1927, it was a precursor to the entire CBS network. Today its top-of-the-hour news roundups are delivered to about 700 stations across the U.S.

CBS News shutters its storied radio news service after nearly a century, ending an era
Network microphones on the desk as President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation from the White House in Washington on April 28, 1942.

The change is part of a round of layoffs at CBS News. When the radio service began operation in September 1927, it was a precursor to the entire CBS network. Today its top-of-the-hour news roundups are delivered to about 700 stations across the U.S.

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