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CBS News Ending CBS News Radio

• UPDATED: CBS News is shuttering its nearly century-old CBS News Radio division, part of 6% staff cuts as announced

• After four decades of soundtracking childhoods across the region and beyond as host of the Peabody Award-winning show Kids

• Focus 360 LLC has appointed Becky Pettersen as Director of Sales Planning as part of the company’s enhanced campaign

• Saga’s 5 Star Media Group in Clarksville, TN announces Dave Russell as the new Program Director and morning host

• A contract has been signed and an application is being filed with the FCC, as WRIG, Inc., an affiliate

• Lots of activity in the hallways of iHeartMedia Country 99.1 WQIK/Jacksonville, with the appointment of Casey Carter as Program

• It’s only appropriate that during CRS week, iHeartRadio announced the launch of Bob Kingsley’s Countdown Classics, a new streaming

• We’ve lost another legend — popular longtime radio and record industry veteran Cliff Blake died Monday, March 16 after

• Against the backdrop of CRS 2026, Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio, Inc. (MIW) announced the opening of applications

• The Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters (PAB) will present its 2026 Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting on Friday, April 10