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50-603: The brand launched in 2013 with the launch of WNSH (now Classic Hip-Hop formatted WXBK ) in New York City, and has since been adopted by other Cumulus-owned stations carrying country music (typically hot country formats with a focus on current hits and acoustic-leaning pop crossovers ), although those with heritage brands have not always switched to the Nash FM branding (but may still carry programming associated with it). A sub-brand, Nash Icon , covers radio stations and

100-517: A "rip and read" headline service, to stations that include live coverage of news events and long-form public affairs programming. Many stations brand themselves Newsradio but only run news during the morning and afternoon drive times , or in some cases, broadcast talk radio shows with frequent news updates. These stations are properly labeled as "news/talk" stations. Also, some National Public Radio stations identify themselves as News and Information stations, which means that in addition to running

150-459: A 1.4 share. In January 2017, KROI would drop its classic hip-hop format in favor of contemporary hit radio . News radio All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to the discussion and broadcast of news . All-news radio is available in both local and syndicated forms, and is carried on both major US satellite radio networks. All-news stations can run the gamut from simulcasting an all-news television station like CNN , to

200-607: A blend of music, news, and sports to trial the concept of a "newspaper of the air". The call letters reflected the word facts . However, this experiment proved unsuccessful. Broadcasting pioneer Arthur W. Arundel is credited with establishing the first 24-hour all-news station in the United States in January 1961 on his owned-and-operated WAVA in Washington, D.C. The station met with success amongst an audience in

250-584: A brand to acts as the Adult Contemporary equivalent for Country listeners in a world where many of the format's stations are evolving towards a CHR styling." Classic hip hop Classic hip hop is a music radio format focusing primarily on hip hop music from the 1980s, 1990s, and the early to mid-2000s. Although stations with such a format date back as far as 2004, the format was first popularized in October 2014, after Radio One dropped

300-403: A handful of daytime-only stations keeping the feed. CNN also for a time offered a second all-news channel with the hour filled with CNN Radio newscasts on the hour and half-hour and business, sports and feature segments from CNN Radio and Headline News at specific points each hour, plus time segments for local news to be inserted. Many smaller affiliates, however, preferred Headline News audio which

350-575: A long phaseout in 2007. Headline News's audio feed was popular among some all-news stations, particularly after the AP disbanded the format in 2005, until the TV network decided in 2006 to abandon its all-news format and add talk-show programming in prime time , when many smaller stations do not have air staff and rely on a network feed. Most of the Headline News affiliates became talk-radio stations, with

400-549: A national network, then switched to locally anchored area news, filling out the half-hour with updates on weather, sports, business and features. XETRA had no outside reporters and got all of its local news from the AP and UPI wire services. Both stations operated using a 15-minute news cycle with newscasts repeated every 15 minutes. Another early prototypical all-news format operated through WABC-FM in New York City during

450-472: A network of eight FM stations and one AM station in major Canadian cities, all using the base callsign CKO (or CK News ). The effort was similar in some ways to NBC Radio's News and Information Service, mostly national news programming with cut-ins for individual stations to broadcast local news. The network was also the first to offer live broadcasts of Question Time in the Canadian parliament. The network

500-453: A one-minute newscast half-hourly. At its launch, 60 stations participated in the network, with more joining under a deal struck between Fox and Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia ). This allowed many Clear Channel stations to carry Fox News Radio newscasts and allowed Fox News Radio to use and nationally distribute news content produced by Clear Channel, with several of those stations ending decades-long relationships dating back to

550-544: A plane crashed into its tower, knocking the AM station off the air). CBS converted some of its other AM outlets to this WCBS "Newsradio" format over the next several months and years, including WBBM Chicago, KCBS San Francisco, KNX Los Angeles and WEEI /590 Boston (which CBS sold in the 1980s). In 1975 the NBC Radio Network shut down its profitable weekend music- and information-service NBC Monitor to launch

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600-421: A poorly performing news radio format from its Houston station KROI in favor of classic hip-hop. After attracting a dramatic increase in ratings, Radio One began to emulate the station's format and branding in other markets . At the same time, other major radio broadcasters began to introduce classic hip-hop stations in selected markets. Doug Abernethy, general manager of Radio One's Houston stations, described

650-517: A record label oriented towards acts associated with the 1990s and early 2000s. In May 2014, Westwood One announced a spin-off of the Nash brand known as Nash Icon (previously announced as Nash Icons). The Nash Icon brand encompasses radio stations, content, and events oriented towards the "biggest country artists of the last two decades, who are still recording and touring but not getting enough exposure today"; Westwood One CEO Lew Dickey felt that there

700-438: A sister Country station ( KYKZ ). Venta later stated "Does this mean Nash Icon is destined for failure? Not at all. Cumulus is putting resources behind the Nash and Nash Icon brands that puts other formats to shame. This launch though has felt disjointed, rushed, and not what Cumulus and Big Machine first hyped it to be. Once the brand is fleshed out and additional features/shows are added, there could easily be additional demand for

750-597: Is a companion channel to the audio simulcasts of the Fox News Channel on SiriusXM 114 and Fox Business on SiriusXM 113. The channel draws heavily from the newsgathering resources of Fox News Radio's two terrestrial radio networks. TuneIn offers audio simulcasts of several television networks, including CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, and Fox News, along with 'commercial-free' feeds (in reality, extra network features overlaid over commercial advertising) through its Premium tier. Many all-news stations only operate as such during

800-615: Is also an acknowledged pioneer in the all-news format. XTRA News went on the air May 5, 1961, from XETRA , a station licensed to Tijuana , Mexico, whose 50,000- watt signal could be heard in San Diego and Los Angeles . Not long after, WNUS debuted in Chicago (the NUS in the call letters standing for "news"). The format, which can be heard to this day on many all-news stations, started each half-hour with world and national news, from

850-510: The Golden Age of Radio with ABC News Radio (now owned by competitor Cumulus Media ) and CBS Radio News to carry Fox News Radio. Fox also produces Fox News Talk , with talk radio programs featuring Fox News personalities. The programs are broadcast on terrestrial radio stations in the U.S. as well as a dedicated channel on SiriusXM Satellite Radio's digital platform on Channel 450. The national audio feed of CNN Headline News , began

900-463: The Meruelo Group , owners of Spanish-language television station KWHY-TV , it was speculated that the station would drop hip-hop and revert to a Spanish-language format to complement KWHY-TV. Following the establishment of a "Save KDAY" campaign on Facebook led by Dr. Dre (who was among the artists popularized by the original KDAY), the station's new owners confirmed that they would maintain

950-655: The Ruby Tower in Manila. Starting out on the AM band, FM started to become a successful nationwide prospective trend in 2009. Almost all AM stations in large broadcast markets of the Philippines are all-news stations while smaller markets employ a full-service format. The stations listed are flagship stations based in Manila. Prior to 2009, the format was experimental on independent provincial FM stations and were mostly operated via time-brokerage until key stations in

1000-434: The "News & Information Service" (NIS), the first all-news radio network. It closed two years later in a cost-cutting move, though it had strong ratings in some markets. In 1994 Associated Press launched an effort similar to NIS. Officially known as AP All-News Radio, it had affiliates from coast to coast. However, it was informally better known by its promotional title of "The News Station". Associated Press discontinued

1050-539: The 114-day 1962 New York City newspaper strike which lasted from December 8, 1962, to March 31, 1963. The format only lasted as long as the strike, though, and the station reverted to its regular format of Broadway show tunes and simulcasting of its AM sister station afterwards. The following year, ABC's Detroit FM station, WXYZ-FM , made a similar effort during a newspaper strike. Both stations, which previously had simulcast their AM sister stations, carried ABC Radio Network news programs (including those not heard on

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1100-407: The 1980s was the first radio station in the United States to play hip-hop music on a full-time basis. After the station's sale to Fred Sands in 1991, the station dropped hip-hop and switched to business news. The new KDAY originally focused primarily on classic hip-hop music: over the following years, it backtracked on its gold-based format, before reinstating it in 2009. The station's initial success

1150-875: The AM Top 40 stations), AM local newscasts plus wire service stories read to fill the balance of the time. Group W , the broadcast division of Westinghouse , adopted an all-news format 20-minute cycle that eschewed network newscasts so that local and non-local news could be freely mixed, according to what appeared more interesting or important on any given day. Westinghouse also used field reporters at its all-news stations, which included 1010 WINS New York, KYW Newsradio 1060 Philadelphia and KFWB News 98 Los Angeles . WINS began broadcasting its all-news format in April 1965. A second New York all-news station, CBS -owned WCBS, began all-news programming on August 28, 1967 (although its first broadcasts were on its FM sister station after

1200-569: The Boom format and brand, including Philadelphia's WPHI-FM and Dallas' KSOC . At the same time, other station groups, including iHeartMedia , Cumulus Media , Univision Radio , and Cox Media Group , began to slowly introduce classic hip-hop formats of their own. In November 2014, WTZA became the first station in the Atlanta market to adopt classic hip-hop; a few days later, both Cumulus Media's W250BC and Radio One's W275BK flipped as well, with

1250-617: The FM band. Most all news stations in Germany are operated by the local public broadcasters in the different states. All of these stations carry ARD-Infonacht produced by NDR Info during the overnight hours. And 29 April 2024 all of these stations (except Antenne Saar and WDR 5) carry ARD-Infoabend produced by BR24, NDR Info and rbb24 Inforadio during the news, discussion debates and live sport coverage. Between 1977 and 1989 Canada All News Limited operated Canada's first attempt at all news radio with

1300-517: The Morning ) on weekdays, which many talk radio stations air at 4 a.m. or 5 a.m. The network's mobile app also contains a 24/7 stream featuring rolling news and features on a set schedule, along with breaking news coverage. All-news has for years been a top-rated radio format in New York, Washington, D.C., and other cities, but as big-city traffic worsens and people work longer hours that increase

1350-616: The NPR news magazines such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered , they run other information and public affairs programs. In 1956, Chronicle Broadcasting Network (now ABS-CBN ) began an attempt to provide a 24-hour news program in the Philippines with its radio station DZXL (now DZMM ), despite CBN sales director Nitoy Escano noting that audiences at the time were "not too news-conscious". In 1960 KJBS radio in San Francisco, California , became KFAX and changed formats from

1400-449: The ages of 25 and 44; Tommy Boy Records founder Tom Silverman explained that hip hop had "entered the realm of credible nostalgia", going on to say that "I'm sure there are kids now who think 3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul is a rite of passage, just like Led Zeppelin is". The format also appeals to listeners who may not enjoy contemporary hip-hop: iHeartMedia senior vice president Doc Wynter explained that "hip-hop back then

1450-561: The all-news format in July 2005. However, the Associated Press continue to offer top-of-the-hour updates, which are streamed 24/7 online. In 2003, Fox News began syndicating one-minute radio updates to radio stations via syndication service Westwood One . Some years later, Fox opted to make a full foray into network radio news services. On June 1, 2005, Fox News Radio employed 60 people and provided hourly five-minute newscasts and

1500-503: The all-news programming as presented on the stations, accompanied by staff reductions due to budget cuts. In 2016 "24/7 News" on the iHeart app was renamed NBC Newsradio. It also carries a second all-news network, AP Radio News. In late 2015, Fox News Radio began offering Fox News Headlines 24/7 exclusively to SiriusXM subscribers on Channel 115. The program is a live-anchored all-news radio channel offering news, sports, entertainment and social media discussion in fifteen-minute blocks. It

1550-410: The attention that Nash FM got, adding that the stations that flipped to the format are in markets with more than 2 Country outlets (or in the case of Kansas City , 3 and Toledo, Ohio , 4) that have better ratings and more established, while others (like KQLK at Lake Charles, Louisiana ) flipped from a format that had good ratings in order to cut into the ratings of a competitor ( KNGT ) and to protect

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1600-720: The capital city then riveted to news of the Vietnam War and of the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy. Arundel helped other stations in New York and Chicago to convert to his "All News, All the Time" format and then met direct competition from Washington Post -owned WTOP /1500 in 1969. Radio programmer Gordon McLendon , who has been credited with pioneering top 40 , all-sports , beautiful music and telephone talk formats,

1650-481: The classic hip hop format as a parallel to the classic rock and classic country formats: these stations focus primarily on hip hop music from the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, featuring artists such as 2Pac , De La Soul , Mike Jones , LL Cool J , Ludacris , The Notorious B.I.G. , Queen Latifah , and Salt-N-Pepa . Some stations may include small amounts of R&B in their playlists as well. Classic hip-hop stations are aimed primarily at listeners between

1700-482: The country began a trend on operating all-news radio networks on FM, though the earlier practice still has considerable extent in smaller radio markets. This foray has a major advantage from the long-standing "news-intensive AM" because of high-quality broadcasting and penetrates all locations, unlike the older AM transmissions that are prone to electrical and other signal interference. As of December 2018, six major network operators have their distinction of this format on

1750-425: The day. In January 2015, Westwood One began to syndicate Nash Icon to non-Westwood One stations. The Nash Icon brand also includes a vanity label for veteran country artists operated in partnership with Big Machine Records . On October 21, 2014, it was announced that Reba McEntire would be the first artist to be part of the label. Shortly after McEntire's announcement, Ronnie Dunn began to tease that he would be

1800-461: The daytime, or may preempt news. To be included in this list, a station must broadcast news programming during a majority of a normal broadcast day. Chronicle Broadcasting Network (now ABS-CBN ) first attempted to produce a 24-hour news program with its radio station DZXL (now DZMM ) in 1956. The all-news radio format in the country is largely credited as having started in 1968 at the height of that year's Casiguran earthquake that notably toppled

1850-473: The format was the first of its kind among major-market stations in the United States, and would serve to complement its other urban-oriented music stations in the market. Listenership of the new format saw a dramatic improvement over its previous all-news format: the following month, KROI improved its audience share of 0.9, 26th place among Houston stations, to 3.2, 14th place in the market. In response to its success, Radio One began to flip further stations to

1900-557: The hip-hop format, citing the "value" of the KDAY brand, along with plans to broaden the station's audience to include Hispanic listeners. On October 13, 2014, after having dropped a low-rated all-news radio format five days prior in favor of all- Beyoncé music as a stunt , the Houston radio station KROI , owned by the urban-oriented radio group Radio One , launched a classic hip-hop format branded as "Boom 92". Radio One stated that

1950-440: The latter using the Boom branding. Some stations, over the 2014 holiday season, shifted towards classic hip-hop as a temporary format. Edison Research analyst Sean Ross compared the growth of classic hip-hop to the emergence of classic rock , which came during a similar youth-oriented shift in mainstream rock towards glam metal bands and grunge . KROI's success was short-lived; by December 2016, it had fallen back towards

2000-416: The next artist to sign. Dunn officially confirmed on December 1, 2014, that he was indeed the second artist to sign with the label. Martina McBride announced that she had signed with the label on December 29, 2014. On April 29, 2015, Hank Williams Jr. announced that he had signed with the label. The airstaff of Nashville's WSM-FM serves as the network's 24/7 airstaff, although individual stations reserve

2050-522: The right to use local personalities. Some Nash Icon stations also carry Westwood One's Ty, Kelly, and Chuck morning show, which primarily serves Nash FM stations. While there has been some good feedback on the launching of the Nash FM brand, it was a different story involving the Nash Icons' launching. In a commentary from Radio Insight, Lance Venta notes that Nash Icon's soft launch did not generate

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2100-493: The switch and instead aired talk shows). Michaels gave up on the format after approximately one year (after an attempt to add 'conversational breaks' discussing the news), and changed formats on both the New York and Chicago stations to music, later selling the stations. Talk Radio Network launched America's Radio News Network , a 15-hour weekday block of news, in January 2011; the company had been launching three-hour news blocks in specific dayparts since January 2009. The network

2150-620: The urgency of planning their day ahead, the focus of such stations has increasingly turned to traffic and to weather, updated every 10 minutes. Attempts at long-form commercial all-news stations, such as Washington Post Radio , have been largely unsuccessful. A newcomer to all-news in the early 2010s, Randy Michaels , acquired FM stations in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia (through his Merlin Media company) in preparation for all-news formats in those cities (the Philadelphia station never made

2200-491: Was about telling a story about your struggle and your family's struggle. Now the reigning hip-hop king is a multiracial guy from Toronto who did not struggle." The classic hip-hop format dates back to 2004, when KZAB, a Spanish-language FM station serving the Los Angeles area, was re-launched as KDAY . The re-launched station served to capitalize on the heritage of the original KDAY on the AM dial (now KBLA ), which in

2250-730: Was branded as "24 hour news radio, powered by CKNW." NW2 shared newsroom resources with CKNW, including several anchors and reporters. However, NW2 did not achieve broad appeal, and was shut down in May 2002. The station currently airs an all-traffic format under the call sign CHMJ . That same year, Corus acquired two all-news stations in Montreal, CINW ("940 News") at 940 AM in English and CINF ("Info 690") at 690 AM in French, which had launched in late 1999. These frequencies were previously operated by

2300-463: Was hampered primarily by its signal, which did not cover all of Greater Los Angeles (a rebroadcaster, KDEY-FM , was also established to improve the station's reach in the Inland Empire ), along with the music itself, as hip-hop music from the 1990s was not yet nostalgic to listeners. However, the new KDAY still enjoyed a cult following: after it was announced that KDAY would be acquired by

2350-491: Was more suited to turn-key (or unattended, automated) operation. CNN Radio ceased operations April 1, 2012, although CNN continues to stream an advertisement-supported audio simulcast of CNN on TuneIn . While not a full-time NIS, the CBS Radio Network provides significant content for most all-news radio stations in the United States. WestwoodOne offers two morning news magazines ( First Light and America in

2400-512: Was not yet a "middle ground" between modern and classic country similarly to that of the Adult contemporary format (which lies between Contemporary hit radio and classic hits ). The first Nash Icon stations were launched at 12:00 p.m. ET on August 15, 2014, with the flips of W255CJ in Atlanta and WZAT in Savannah, Georgia , followed by a number of other Westwood One stations throughout

2450-880: Was plagued by low ratings and poor advertising sales (similar to problems faced by all-news radio networks operated by NBC, CNN and AP in the US). Ironically, many of the stations listed below operate in cities which CKO News had served previously. News-talk radio stations 570 News in Kitchener / Waterloo , Ontario , News 95.7 in Halifax (also Rogers Broadcasting-owned stations) use an all-news wheel for their morning and afternoon shows, simulating their sister station, 680News in Toronto. In February 2001, Corus Entertainment launched an all-news sister station to Vancouver news-talk station CKNW . All news NW2 (CJNW AM730, formerly CKLG)

2500-621: Was syndicated mostly to smaller stations in need of turnkey news operations during the day; the network never produced programming for overnights or weekends. The service shut down in September 2013. In 2012 Cumulus Media added more all-news hours on KGO in San Francisco and KLIF in Dallas under the branding "News & Information", but both stations have since changed to a news-talk format due to audience and talk staff rejection of

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