CBS News Radio stops broadcasts May 22

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Here are some tributes to CBS News Radio as it shuts down.

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Here are local stations not owned by Audacy announcing their affiliation changes as CBS News Radio shuts down.

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Here is CBS News most notable radio airchecks.

[jakeroot]

KIRO-FM (owned by Bonneville International) here in Seattle is still broadcasting top of the hour news from CBS. I have no idea if the switch will be after the final top of the hour broadcast at 20:00 local time today, or during a random point during the day.

They announced they are switching to ABC News.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

WCCO-AM 830 in MSP also brought on ABC News.

[ClassicHasClass]

KNX seems to have switched as well, but KCBS running ABC news is ... well, they aren't allowed to keep the CBS trademark indefinitely anyway.

[KeithE4Phx]

KNX seems to have switched as well, but KCBS running ABC news is ... well, they aren't allowed to keep the CBS trademark indefinitely anyway.

When CBS sold its radio stations to Entercomm (now Audacy) in 2016, they agreed to allow KCBS/740 San Francisco and WCBS/880 New York to keep those call letters for 20 years.  WCBS has already become WHSQ, but KCBS will remain as-is for the next decade.

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Sirius XM POTUS is the other one to find CBS Radio News for the final time.

Well, at 7 p.m. ET Friday, POTUS is running the ABC News top-of-the-hour news.

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Here is an aircheck to get the final episode of the CBS World News Roundup Yes this is given that some of the local OTA affiliates have changed affiliations and are no longer with CBS News Radio.

 

[KeithE4Phx]

As of about 10 minutes ago, at 11:31 PM EDT, after one final update, The CBS Radio Network, in all its forms, has ceased to exist. 

I hope its content has been archived and is available for download somewhere, but it's years past time for it to be retired.  No affiliates have gone off the air, and CBS as a broadcasting entity has not gone out of business.  The world moves on, so does broadcasting, and Paramount/CBS has to live in 2026, not 1941, 1963, 1974, or even 2001.

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[gonealookin]

^^^^^

And one final screw-up there, at about 8:15, as Christopher Cruise steps on the pre-recorded good-byes.

[jakeroot]

KIRO-FM (owned by Bonneville International) here in Seattle is still broadcasting top of the hour news from CBS. I have no idea if the switch will be after the final top of the hour broadcast at 20:00 local time today, or during a random point during the day.

They announced they are switching to ABC News.

By 7pm local time, it was ABC news at the top of the hour. Not sure when they switched.

[ClassicHasClass]

KNX seems to have switched as well, but KCBS running ABC news is ... well, they aren't allowed to keep the CBS trademark indefinitely anyway.

When CBS sold its radio stations to Entercomm (now Audacy) in 2016, they agreed to allow KCBS/740 San Francisco and WCBS/880 New York to keep those call letters for 20 years.  WCBS has already become WHSQ, but KCBS will remain as-is for the next decade.

How does that contradict what I said?

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Here is when KNX moved from CBS news to ABC News.

https://barrettmedia.com/2026/05/27/cbs-news-radio-deserved-better-audacy/

Here is more on when Audacy left CBS Radio News.