Big News From Westwood One
Westwood One News continues to expands its reach across America — after just two years on the air, the company has built a robust, full-service news network of over 700 affiliates nationwide, and yesterday announced the renewal of Top 10 CBS Radio stations WINS/New York, KYW/Philadelphia, WBZ/Boston, and the addition of WWJ/Detroit. Westwood One News can now also be heard across Bloomberg major market affiliates WBBR-AM/New York, WDCH-FM/Washington, WXKS-AM/Boston and KNEW-AM/San Francisco. And beginning this week, Westwood One News can now be heard on SiriusXM’s POTUS and Progress channels.
“We are very pleased to extend our relationship with CBS Radio and to welcome our new partners at Bloomberg and SiriusXM to Westwood One News,” said Bart Tessler, EVP News & Talk, Westwood One. “This is a significant expansion of the distribution of our news product and testament to the resources we have committed to our breaking news; special reports; custom Q/As; and particularly our newscasts, which are extremely important to our stations and carried throughout the country on our top market Cumulus and Bloomberg affiliates, among others, and nationwide on SiriusXM.”
Suzanne Grimes, EVP of Corporate Marketing, Cumulus Media and President of Westwood One, added, “We spend a lot of time evaluating marketplace demand and there is a substantial thirst for compelling and credible news content. The high demand Westwood One News service allows stations to leverage customized news content with greater flexibility and local branding opportunities and we are honored to partner with CBS Radio, Bloomberg, and SiriusXM, the most innovative and trusted brands in radio news.” Stations interested in learning more about Westwood One News can contact Jim Jones at 202-895-2339 or jimjones@westwoodone.com.
