CBS News Radio to shutter after nearly 100 years

Launched in 1927, the long-running news service is a victim of budget cuts by the Paramount-owned network In a stunning decision, Paramount’s CBS News announced Friday that it was closing its radio division after 99 years, leaving nearly 700 radio stations affiliated with the network scrambling for replacements. The news impacts Audacy-owned WBBM-AM here in Chicago; the station has been […]

CBS Mornings expands to three hours – in some places

And one of those places is Chicago, as CBS Chicago sacrifices 9 a.m. newscast on linear [Editor’s Note: This post was updated on September 27.] Tony Dokoupil and Adriana Diaz were named anchors of CBS’ new third-hour extension of CBS Mornings called CBS Morning Plus, airing live weekday mornings at 9 a.m. beginning September 30. But instead of airing the […]