STAFF REPORT
Glasgow News 1
WCLU listeners will hear a new source for national and international news this weekend, moving from CBS News Radio to a new affiliation with ABC News Radio as CBS winds down its radio news division. The change follows CBS’s decision earlier this year to shut down its long-running radio news service, which has supplied top-of-the-hour updates and special reports to radio stations across the country for nearly a century.
For WCLU, the shift marks the end of a long partnership with CBS at the top of the hour. While CBS Radio dates back to 1927, WCLU’s connection began in 1988. According to former owner and now mayor Henry Royce, when he purchased WKAY and changed the call letters to WCLU, he also acquired the rights to carry CBS News after WKAY had previously used the UPI Radio Network.
After 38 years, WCLU now begins a new relationship with ABC News Radio for national and international coverage. Under the new agreement, ABC will provide top-of-the-hour national newscasts, along with special reports, breaking news coverage, and access to national correspondents reporting on major events.
WCLU listeners will notice that the familiar CBS newscasts at the top of the hour are replaced by ABC’s reporting, but station leaders emphasize that the core of WCLU’s news service remains local.
“WCLU has always focused first on serving our local communities with trusted news and information,” General Manager Chris Houchens said. “As the national radio news landscape changes, our priority is making sure listeners continue to receive reliable, timely national coverage while keeping local news at the center of what we do.”
Local news, weather, sports and community coverage on WCLU will continue as before, with GlasgowNews1.com remaining the primary source for local reporting in Glasgow and Barren County.
Key facts:
– WCLU Radio will switch its national news affiliation from CBS News Radio to ABC News Radio
– CBS News Radio is discontinuing its radio news operations after decades of service to affiliates
– ABC will provide top-of-hour national and international newscasts on WCLU
– Local news on WCLU will continue to be powered by Glasgow News 1
– General Manager Chris Houchens says the focus remains on trusted local coverage with reliable national news
Below is a retrospective story on CBS Radio News by CBS Sunday Morning
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