All-news radio is a

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devoted entirely to the discussion and broadcast of

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. All-news radio is available in both local and syndicated forms, and is carried on both major US

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networks. All-news stations can run the gamut from simulcasting an all-news television station like CNN, to a "rip and read" headline service, to stations that include live coverage of news events and long-form public affairs programming. Many stations brand themselves ''Newsradio'' but only run news during the morning and afternoon drive times, or in some cases, broadcast

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shows with frequent news updates. These stations are properly labeled as "news/talk" stations. Also, some

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stations identify themselves as ''News and Information'' stations, which means that in addition to running the NPR news magazines such as ''

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'' and ''

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'', they run other information and public affairs programs.

History

In 1960 KJBS radio in

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, became

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and changed formats from a blend of music, news, and sports to trial the concept of a "newspaper of the air". The call letters reflected the word ''facts''. However, this experiment proved unsuccessful. Broadcasting pioneer Arthur W. Arundel is credited with establishing the first 24-hour all-news station in the United States in January 1961 on his owned-and-operated WAVA in Washington, D.C. The station met with success amongst an audience in the capital city then riveted to news of the

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and of the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy. Arundel helped other stations in

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and

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to convert to his "All News, All the Time" format and then met direct competition from ''Washington Post''-owned WTOP/1500 in 1969. Radio programmer

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, who has been credited with pioneering

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, all-sports,

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and telephone talk formats, is also an acknowledged pioneer in the all-news format. ''XTRA News'' went on the air May 5, 1961, from XETRA, a station licensed to

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signal could be heard in

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and

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. Not long after, WNUS debuted in

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(the NUS in the call letters standing for "news"). The format, which can be heard to on many all-news stations, started each half-hour with world and national news, from a national network, then switched to locally anchored area news, filling out the half-hour with updates on weather, sports,

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and features. XETRA had no outside reporters and got all of its local news from the AP and UPI wire services. Both stations operated using a 15-minute news cycle with newscasts repeated every 15 minutes. Another early prototypical all-news format operated through WABC-FM in

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during the 114-day

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which lasted from December 8, 1962, to March 31, 1963. The format only lasted as long as the strike, though, and the station reverted to its regular format of Broadway show tunes and

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ing of its AM sister station afterwards. The following year, ABC's Detroit FM station, WXYZ-FM, made a similar effort during a newspaper strike. Both stations, which previously had simulcast their AM sister stations, carried

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news programs (including those not heard on the AM ''Top 40'' stations), AM local newscasts plus wire service stories read to fill the balance of the time. Group W, the broadcast division of Westinghouse, adopted an all-news format 20-minute cycle that eschewed network newscasts so that local and non-local news could be freely mixed, according to what appeared more interesting or important on any given day. Westinghouse also used field reporters at its all-news stations, which included 1010 WINS New York, KYW Newsradio 1060

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and KFWB News 98

. WINS began broadcasting its all-news format in April 1965. A second New York all-news station, CBS-owned WCBS, began all-news programming on August 28, 1967 (although its first broadcasts were on its FM

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after a plane crashed into its tower, knocking the AM station off the air). CBS converted some of its other AM outlets to this WCBS "Newsradio" format over the next several months and years, including WBBM Chicago, KCBS

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, KNX Los Angeles and WEEI/590

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(which CBS sold in the 1980s). In 1975 the

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shut down its profitable weekend music- and information-service '' NBC Monitor'' to launch the "News & Information Service" (NIS), the first all-news radio network. It closed two years later in a cost-cutting move, though it had strong ratings in some markets. In 1994

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launched an effort similar to NIS. Officially known as AP All-News Radio, it had affiliates from coast to coast. However, it was informally better known by its promotional title of "The News Station". Associated Press discontinued the all-news format in July 2005. However, the Associated Press continue to offer top-of-the-hour updates, which are streamed 24/7 online. In 2003,

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began syndicating one-minute radio updates to radio stations via syndication service Westwood One. Some years later, Fox opted to make a full foray into network radio news services. On June 1, 2005, ''Fox News Radio'' employed 60 people and provided hourly five-minute newscasts and a one-minute newscast half-hourly. At its launch, 60 stations participated in the network, with more joining under a deal struck between Fox and

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). This allowed many Clear Channel stations to carry

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newscasts and allowed Fox News Radio to use and nationally distribute news content produced by Clear Channel, with several of those stations ending decades-long relationships dating back to the

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with

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(now owned by competitor Cumulus Media) and CBS Radio News to carry Fox News Radio. Fox also produces

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, began a long phaseout in 2007. Headline News's audio feed was popular among some all-news stations, particularly after the AP disbanded the format in 2005, until the TV network decided in 2006 to abandon its all-news format and add

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programming in

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, when many smaller stations do not have air staff and rely on a network feed. Most of the Headline News affiliates became

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stations, with a handful of daytime-only stations keeping the feed. CNN also for a time offered a second all-news channel with the hour filled with CNN Radio newscasts on the hour and half-hour and business, sports and feature segments from CNN Radio and Headline News at specific points each hour, plus time segments for local news to be inserted. Many smaller affiliates, however, preferred Headline News audio which was more suited to turn-key (or unattended, automated) operation. CNN Radio ceased operations April 1, 2012, although CNN continues to stream an advertisement-supported audio simulcast of CNN on

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. While not a full-time NIS, the

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provides significant content for most all-news radio stations in the United States. WestwoodOne offers two morning news magazines ('' First Light'' and '' America in the Morning'') on weekdays, which many talk radio stations air at 4 a.m. or 5 a.m. The network's

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also contains a 24/7 stream featuring rolling news and features on a set schedule, along with breaking news coverage. All-news has for years been a top-rated radio format in New York, Washington, D.C., and other cities, but as big-city traffic worsens and people work longer hours that increase the urgency of planning their day ahead, the focus of such stations has increasingly turned to traffic and to weather, updated every 10 minutes. Attempts at long-form commercial all-news stations, such as Washington Post Radio, have been largely unsuccessful. A newcomer to all-news in the early 2010s, Randy Michaels, acquired FM stations in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia (through his Merlin Media company) in preparation for all-news formats in those cities (the Philadelphia station never made the switch and instead aired talk shows). Michaels gave up on the format after approximately one year (after an attempt to add 'conversational breaks' discussing the news), and changed formats on both the New York and Chicago stations to music, later selling the stations. Talk Radio Network launched ''America's Radio News Network'', a 15-hour weekday block of news, in January 2011; the company had been launching three-hour news blocks in specific dayparts since January 2009. The network was syndicated mostly to smaller stations in need of turnkey news operations during the day; the network never produced programming for overnights or weekends. The service shut down in September 2013. In 2012 Cumulus Media added more all-news hours on KGO in San Francisco and KLIF in

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under the branding "News & Information", but both stations have since changed to a news-talk format due to audience and talk staff rejection of the all-news programming as presented on the stations, accompanied by staff reductions due to budget cuts. In 2016 "24/7 News" on the iHeart app was renamed NBC Newsradio. It also carries a second all-news network, AP Radio News. In late 2015, Fox News Radio began offering ''Fox News Headlines 24/7'' exclusively to SiriusXM subscribers on Channel 115. The program is a live-anchored all-news radio channel offering news, sports, entertainment and social media discussion in fifteen-minute blocks. It is a companion channel to the audio simulcasts of the Fox News Channel on SiriusXM 114 and

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Stations

For a near-complete list of News/Talk radio stations, see '' News and talk radio stations'' Many all-news stations only operate as such during the daytime, or may preempt news with live sports coverage. To be included in this list, a station must broadcast all-news programming during a majority of a normal broadcast day.

All-news stations and networks in the United States

* WBZ: Boston, Massachusetts ( CBS News Radio) ''(all-news 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. only)'' * WXIS:

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( CBS News Radio) * WBBM and WCFS-FM:

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( CBS News Radio) * KRLD:

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( CBS News Radio) ''(all-news weekdays and weekend mornings only)'' * WWJ:

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( CBS News Radio) * WGL:

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( CBS News Radio) * WNUZ-LP:

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(

) * KNX and

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( CBS News Radio) * WCBS:

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( CBS News Radio) * WINS and WINS-FM:

(

) * KYW and WPHI-FM:

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( CBS News Radio) * KCBS and

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( CBS News Radio) * KNWN and KNWN-FM:

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: Washington, D.C. ( CBS News Radio) *

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All-news stations in Australia

* ABC NewsRadio – national (

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All-news stations in Brazil

* BandNews FM – news every 20 minutes * CBN and Radio Bandeirantes – two stations broadcast news 24/7 * Jovem Pan News – news for Brasilia * Rádio Itatiaia – regional news for Belo Horizonte * Rádio Jornal – regional news for Recife * Rádio Gaúcha, Rádio Guaíba and Pampa FM – regional news for Porto Alegre

All-news stations in Canada

Between 1977 and 1989 Canada All News Limited operated Canada's first attempt at all news radio with a network of eight FM stations and one AM station in major Canadian cities, all using the base callsign CKO (or ''CK News''). The effort was similar in some ways to NBC Radio's News and Information Service, mostly national news programming with cut-ins for individual stations to broadcast local news. The network was also the first to offer live broadcasts of ''Question Time'' in the Canadian parliament. The network was plagued by low ratings and poor advertising sales (similar to problems faced by all-news radio networks operated by NBC, CNN and AP in the US). Ironically, many of the stations listed below operate in cities which ''CKO News'' had served previously. News-talk radio stations 570 News in Kitchener/ Waterloo,

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, News 95.7 in Halifax (also Rogers Broadcasting-owned stations) use an all-news wheel for their morning and afternoon shows, simulating their sister station,

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in Toronto. In February 2001,

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launched an all-news sister station to Vancouver news-talk station

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. All news NW2 (CJNW AM730, formerly CKLG) was branded as "24 hour news radio, powered by CKNW." NW2 shared newsroom resources with CKNW, including several anchors and reporters. However, NW2 did not achieve broad appeal, and was shut down in May 2002. The station currently airs an all-traffic format under the call sign CHMJ. That same year, Corus acquired two all-news stations in Montreal, CINW ("940 News") at 940 AM in English and CINF ("Info 690") at 690 AM in French, which had launched in late 1999. These frequencies were previously operated by the

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's English and French radio services respectively before the public broadcaster switched to the FM dial. But as AM radio listenership in Montreal declined sharply in recent years – only longtime talk-radio stations

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in English and

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in French (now an all-traffic station) remained popular – neither CINW nor CINF were able to make a profit (even after several format changes on CINW), and Corus finally shut down both stations on January 29, 2010.

All-news stations in China

* Beijing Newsradio FM100.6 AM828 (Beijing) * Zhejiang Newsradio FM98.8 AM1530 (Hangzhou) * Dong Guang Newsradio FM 90.9 AM 1296 (Shanghai) * Tianjin Newsradio FM97.2 AM909 (Tianjin)

All-news stations in Cuba

* Radio Reloj – the world's oldest all news station, broadcasting live news and information 24/7 with continuous clock ticks in the background and a beep every minute

All-news stations in France

* France Info * BFM Business – business information *Euronews Radio

All-news stations in Germany

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*SWR Aktuell (Formerly: SWR cont.ra, SWR info) in Baden-Württemberg an Rhineland-Palatinat broadcast by

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* Inforadio from Broadcasting Berlin/Brandenburg Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg * BR24 (formerly: B5 aktuell (B5 up-to-date)) from Bavarian Broadcasting Bayerischer Rundfunk * hr-info from Hessian Broadcasting

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*MDR Aktuell (formerly: MDR Info) from Central German Broadcasting

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*NDR Info from North German Broadcasting

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*Euronews Radio

All-news stations in Ireland

* RTÉ Radio 1 is a Mixed Genre service but it provides the most comprehensive news and current affairs coverage in the country. *

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is an independent national all news radio service operated by Communicorp.

All-news stations in Israel

* Reshet Bet — currently operated by the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation * Galey Tzahal – operated by The

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All-news stations in Italy

* Radio 24 – the main Italian private all-news radio, owned by the economical newspaper ''

Il Sole 24 Ore ''Il Sole 24 Ore'' () is an Italian national daily business newspaper owned by Confindustria, the Italian employers' federation. History and profile ''Il Sole 24 Ore'' was first published on 9 November 1965 as a merger between ''Il Sole'' ("the ...

'' * Babboleo News – first local Italian all-news radio in

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of ...

Liguria Liguria (; lij, Ligûria ; french: Ligurie) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is ...

. *Euronews Radio

All-news stations in Malaysia

* Radio24 (Malaysia) – all news station operated by state news agency, BERNAMA

All-news stations in Mexico

* XEDA-FM - Imagen Radio 90.5 FM

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

* XEW-FM - W Radio 96.9 FM in

* XHDL-FM - Heraldo Radio 98.5 FM in

* XHMVS-FM - MVS 102.5 FM in

* XERFR-FM - Radio Fórmula 103.3 FM in

* XEDF-FM/XEDF-AM - Radio Fórmula 104.1 FM / 1500 AM in

* XEAI-AM - Radio Fórmula 1470 AM in

* XHBI-FM - BI Noticias 88.7 FM in

Aguascalientes City (''Virtue in the Water, Fidelity in the Heart'') , image_skyline = AGUASCALIENTES CITY.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = Clockwise from top: San Antonio de Padua Church, La Exedra (main square), Aguascal ...

Aguascalientes Aguascalientes (; ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguascalientes), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and with an average altitude of a ...

* XEF-AM - Activa 1420 AM in

Ciudad Juárez Ciudad Juárez ( ; ''Juarez City''. ) is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is commonly referred to as Juárez and was known as El Paso del Norte (''The Pass of the North'') until 1888. Juárez is the seat of the Ju� ...

Chihuahua Chihuahua may refer to: Places * Chihuahua (state), a Mexican state **Chihuahua (dog), a breed of dog named after the state **Chihuahua cheese, a type of cheese originating in the state **Chihuahua City, the capital city of the state **Chihuahua Mu ...

* XEYC-AM - Radio Fórmula Juárez 1460 AM in

* XECJC-AM - Radio Net 1490 AM in

* XEJPV-AM- W Radio 1560 AM in

XHACE-FM XHACE-FM 91.3/XEACE-AM 1470 is a combo radio station in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. It is owned by Grupo Fórmula and carries its talk radio Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or ...

/XEACE-AM - Radio Fórmula Mazatlán 91.3 FM / 1470 AM in

Mazatlán Mazatlán () is a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding '' municipio'', known as the Mazatlán Municipality. It is located at on the Pacific coast, across from the southernmost tip ...

Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities and ...

XESTN-AM XESTN-AM ( 1540 AM, "Universal") is a Spanish-language radio station in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. It relays programming from XHRED-FM 88.1 in Mexico City. 1540 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency. History The first concession ...

- Universal y La Octava - 1540 AM in

Monterrey Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is ancho ...

Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. Wit ...

XEOR-AM XEOR-AM (branded as Notigape 1390 AM) is a Spanish news/talk radio station that serves the McAllen, Texas (USA) / Reynosa, Tamaulipas Reynosa () is a border city in the northern part of the state of Tamaulipas, in Mexico. It is also the munic ...

- NotiGape 1390 AM in Reynosa,

Tamaulipas Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in the northeast region of Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entiti ...

* XERCN-AM - RCN 1470 AM in

Tijuana Tijuana ( ,"Tijuana"
(US) and < ...

Baja California Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...

XEPE-AM XEPE-AM ( 1700 AM) is a radio station in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico, serving the San Diego–Tijuana area. XEPE is owned and operated by Media Sports de México, a company of businessman and former Baja California governor Jaime Bonilla Valde ...

- Heraldo Radio 1700 AM in

Tijuana Tijuana ( ,"Tijuana"
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All-news stations in Nepal

* Image News FM – "All news. Always news."

All-news stations in the Netherlands

* BNR Nieuwsradio – non-stop live news and info *

NPO Radio 1 NPO Radio 1 is a public-service radio channel in the Netherlands, broadcasting mainly news and sport. It is part of the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system, NPO. History The channel originated in 1947 as "Hilversum 2", and transmitted using ...

– news, sports and events

All-news stations in Norway

* NRK Alltid nyheter - NRK's All-News Station

All-news stations in the Philippines

The all-news radio format in the country is largely credited as having started in 1968 at the height of that year's Casiguran earthquake that notably toppled the Ruby Tower in Manila. Starting out on the AM band, FM started to become a successful nationwide prospective trend in 2009.

AM Band

Almost all AM stations in large broadcast markets of the Philippines are all-news stations while smaller markets employ a full-service format. The stations listed are flagship stations based in Manila. * DWIZ 882 * GMA Super Radyo DZBB 594 * RMN DZXL 558 kHz *

DZRH DZRH (666 AM) is a radio station owned and operated by Manila Broadcasting Company, which serves as the flagship station. The station's studio is located at the MBC Building, Star City, Vicente Sotto St., CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Pas ...

– The oldest radio station. * ABS-CBN DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 (Currently Suspended due to a government-ordered shut-down but is airing its programs live via the internet) * Radyo Pilipinas 1 738 * Radyo Agila DZEC 1062 * DZRJ 810 AM Radyo Bandido * Aksyon Radyo (10 originating provincial stations in large radio markets) * Sonshine Radio 1026 AM * DZAS 702 AM * Radyo Veritas 846 * GV AM 792 Pampanga *

Bombo Radyo Bombo Radyo Holdings, Inc. (d/b/a Bombo Radyo Philippines) is a Philippine radio network of the ''Florete Group of Companies'', which also manages banking and pawnshop operations. Its main office and headquarters are located at Florete Bldg., 24 ...

(does not have an AM station in Manila but maintains its

Makati Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration ...

newscenter and 20 originating provincial stations in large radio markets) * Radyo Ukay (6 originating Mindanao stations in large radio markets) * Radyo Ronda (13 originating provincial stations in large radio markets) * Radyo Asenso (15 originating provincial stations in large radio markets)

FM Band

Prior to 2009, the format was experimental on independent provincial FM stations and were mostly operated via time-brokerage until key stations in the country began a trend on operating all-news radio networks on FM, though the earlier practice still has considerable extent in smaller radio markets. This foray has a major advantage from the long-standing "news-intensive AM" because of high-quality broadcasting and penetrates all locations, unlike the older AM transmissions that are prone to electrical and other signal interference. As of December 2018, six major network operators have their distinction of this format on the FM band. * TV5 Network, Inc. (November 8, 2010–present) ** Radyo Singko News FM (three originating stations and four relay stations in large radio markets) * Brigada Mass Media Corporation (October 18, 2009 – present) ** Brigada News FM (50 provincial originating stations and 10 provincial relay stations of Palawan Province (including: Brooke's Point, Coron, Narra,

Quezon Quezon, officially the Province of Quezon ( tl, Lalawigan ng Quezon), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region on Luzon. Kalilayan was the first known name of the province. It was later renamed Tayabas. In honor of the ...

, Roxas and Taytay),

Zambales Zambales, officially the Province of Zambales ( fil, Lalawigan ng Zambales; ilo, Probinsia ti Zambales; Pangasinan: ''Luyag/Probinsia na Zambales''; xsb, Probinsya nin Zambales), is a province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon re ...

(including Iba and Palauig),

Camarines Sur Camarines Sur ( bcl, Habagatan na Camarines; tl, Timog Camarines), officially the Province of Camarines Sur, is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region on Luzon. Its capital is Pili and the province borders Camarines Norte a ...

(including Goa), and Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat in large and mid-sized radio markets) * Radyo Bandera News Philippines (2015–present) ** Radyo Bandera News FM/Radyo Bandera Sweet FM (32 owned and operated stations and 20 affiliates in mid-sized markets) * Sagay Broadcasting Corporation (2011–present) ** Muews Radio (10 stations in various large and mid-sized radio markets) *

Philippine Collective Media Corporation Philippine Collective Media Corporation (PCMC; officially known in their documents as Philippine CollectiveMedia Corporation) is a Philippine broadcast media company. Its headquarters are located in Makati, with offices in Fairview, Quezon Ci ...

(2020–present) ** FMR Philippines (50 provincial originating stations (example: 100.7 Tacloban) and 6 relay stations in

Eastern Visayas Eastern Visayas ( war, Sinirangan Kabisay-an; ceb, Sidlakang Kabisay-an; tl, Silangang Kabisayaan or ''Silangang Visayas'') is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region VIII. It consists of three main islands, Samar, ...

(including 101.7 Borongan, 91.7 Catarman, 106.9 Catbalogan, 100.7 Ormoc, 88.5 Calbayog and 96.5 Maasin) in various large and mid-sized radio markets) * Yes2Health Advertising, Inc. (2022–present) ** XFM Philippines (32 owned and operated stations and affiliates in mid-sized markets)

All-news stations in Poland

* Polskie Radio Info - Polskie Radio's All-News station from 1993 to 1994 *

Polskie Radio 24 Polskie Radio 24 (Polish Radio 24) is the news radio station established by Polskie Radio, the Polish national public-service radio broadcaster. History Essentially (since 2010) the program was available exclusively in Internet, but since 1 Oc ...

- Polskie Radio's All-News station from 2010 * Tok FM - commercial All-News station

All-news stations in Russia

* Kommersant FM – all-news station from newspaper

Kommersant ''Kommersant'' (russian: Коммерсантъ, , ''The Businessman'' or Commerce Man, often shortened to Ъ) is a nationally distributed daily newspaper published in Russia mostly devoted to politics and business. The TNS Media and NRS Russia ...

* Business FM

All-news stations in South Korea

* YTN News FM 94.5

All-news stations in Spain

* Radio 5 Todo Noticias – National news station from the Spanish public broadcaster * Catalunya Informació –

Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...

news station for

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the no ...

* Radio Andalucía Información- Regional news station for

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The ...

All-news stations in the United Kingdom

LBC News LBC News is a rolling news radio station based in the United Kingdom. It broadcasts in Greater London on AM and UK wide on DAB and online. History The 1152 AM frequency in London has a complicated history of format and ownership. Continuous ne ...

– rolling news for UK from 24/7 every 20 minutes. * News Radio UK – the UK's only 24/7 headline news station, providing news, sports, travel, business, showbiz and weather updates every 10 minutes. This station was launched in 10/10/2016, at 10am

History

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All-news stations in the Philippines

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All-news stations in Poland

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All-news stations in South Korea

All-news stations in Spain

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All-news stations in Ukraine

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