CBS Radio signs off after nearly 100 years of broadcasting
gscott
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May 22, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
866-RON-0-FEZ
With everyone hating on AM radio (HN included) and thinking the EV automakers were right for eliminating it from cars, this was the inevitable result.
classichasclass
News Roundup podcasts are still up, for those who never heard them. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cbs-news-roundup/id172...
pstuart
"It, for many, many years, was a part, and I would argue not a small part, of what held the country together." Indeed! A shared news source with known, manageable bias (don't rock the boat, bite the hands, and ostensibly just deliver events of the times as they happen). A common, shared reality is a good thing for unity.