CBS Ends Radio Service as Newsroom Restructures

CBS News has announced that it will end its radio news service on May 22, 2026. The unit supplies material to about 700 stations and has been a radio presence for nearly a century. Although audiences have moved to podcasts and streaming, the network kept top-of-the-hour roundups for many affiliates.

Editor-in-chief Bari Weiss told staff about the change, and CBS said it would cut about 6% of its workforce, or more than 60 people. The move follows ownership changes under David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance and a strategy that emphasizes digital platforms. While some weekend and late programs were already reduced, the full service will be discontinued. Therefore affiliates will have to arrange new news feeds after the May date. Furthermore, the long-running World News Roundup, which first aired in 1938, will no longer be produced for stations.