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2 unusual facts about all-news radio


Nick Arundel

The founder of Arundel Communications (now ArCom) based near Dulles Airport, he originated in American journalism the concept of 24-hour news cycle All-news radio format at Washington radio station WAVA in 1960.

WLGC

WLGC (AM), a local All-news radio station (1520 AM) licensed to Greenup, Kentucky, United States


Arkansas Radio Network

ARN began their broadcasting activities in 1967 and has since then provided affiliates in Arkansas top news headlines, agriculture business news, sports, and specialty programming.

Illinois State Lottery

CT (during WGN's 9 p.m. newscast); the numbers are also immediately relayed minutes later on Chicago area all-news radio station WBBM (780 AM/105.9 FM), which formerly also broadcast the drawings until 2006 when the radio broadcasts of the drawings were discontinued in order for WBBM to maintain its "news wheel" schedule.

News Radio

ABC NewsRadio, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio service

Texas Public Radio

The group consists of four stations on the lower end of the FM dial: all-news station KSTX (89.1 MHz, San Antonio), all-classical music KPAC (88.3 MHz, San Antonio) news/classical KTXI (90.1 MHz, Ingram; serving the Hill Country), and all-news KTPR (89.9 MHz, Snyder; serving the Big Country).

WGY-FM

WGY-FM is a news-talk radio station licensed to Albany, New York that broadcasts at 103.1 FM; the station broadcasts 24 hours a day at 5,600 watts ERP from a non-directional antenna in North Greenbush, New York located near U.S. Route 4.

WJKR

On June 14, 2012, WTDA flipped to an all-news format, changing their call letters to WMNI-FM, simulcasting with WMNI, which had previously had an adult standards format.


see also

Royal F. Oakes

Royal Forest Oakes, a longtime partner at the Los Angeles-based law firm Barger and Wolen, is best known for his work as a legal analyst, nationally for ABC News and the syndicated programs Inside Edition and Access Hollywood, and in Los Angeles, as NBC4 Legal Analyst for KNBC Television, and KFWB All-News Radio.