{"id":535344,"date":"2026-03-20T19:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/535344\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T19:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:50:12","slug":"kyw-newsradio-among-stations-impacted-by-cbs-news-radio-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/535344\/","title":{"rendered":"KYW Newsradio among stations impacted by CBS News Radio shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">CBS News is slashing jobs Friday as its parent company, Paramount Skydance, prepares to merge with Warner Bros. Discovery in <a class=\"relative z-1 text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\" data-link-type=\"article-body\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/02\/technology\/paramount-deal-approval.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/02\/technology\/paramount-deal-approval.html\">a $111 billion deal<\/a> making its way through regulators. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">Roughly 6% of the CBS News workforce of about 1,000 staffers are expected to lose their jobs in Friday\u2019s round of layoffs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">\u201cIt\u2019s no secret that the news business is changing radically, and that we need to change along with it,\u201d CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and president Tom Cibrowski said in a memo to staff obtained by The Inquirer. \u201cThat means some parts of our newsroom must get smaller to make room for the things we must build to remain competitive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">It\u2019s unclear if those cuts will trickle down locally to CBS3, which is owned and operated by the company. Several staffers at CBS\u2019s Washington bureau announced their jobs had been cut, including <a class=\"relative z-1 text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\" data-link-type=\"article-body\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HunterMw\/status\/2035012139342041192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HunterMw\/status\/2035012139342041192\">political reporter Hunter Woodall <\/a>and <a class=\"relative z-1 text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\" data-link-type=\"article-body\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KickNurtz\/status\/2035020033118675197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KickNurtz\/status\/2035020033118675197\">assignment editor Nick Kurtz.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">CBS News is also shutting down its storied radio division, but the impact to Philadelphia stations will be limited. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">CBS used to own hundreds of radio stations across the country, including KYW NewsRadio and 94.1 WIP, but sold those to Entercom in 2017, which later merged with Audacy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">CBS News continued to offer newscasts and other content to about 700 affiliated stations across the country, which will end May 22. That includes national CBS News reports and other features currently sprinkled within KYW\u2019s local newscasts. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">The cuts also include World News Roundup, which has aired continuously since 1938 and featured legendary CBS News journalist Edward R. Murrow. It is currently anchored by Steve Kathan. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">\u201cWhile this was a necessary decision, it was not an easy one,\u201d the company said in a separate memo. \u201cA shift in radio station programming strategies, coupled with challenging economic realities, has made it impossible to continue the service.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">This is a developing story. 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