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Westwood One News Secures 4 Major-Market Renewals, 70 New Affiliates
November 27, 2017 at 5:57 AM (PT)
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WESTWOOD ONE NEWS has signed renewals from ENTERCOM News WINS-A/NEW YORK, KYW-A/PHILADELPHIA, WBZ-A/BOSTON and WWJ-A/DETROIT, and has added 70 new stations, including CUMULUS News-Talk KKOB-A-K233CG/ALBUQUERQUE, HERNANDO BROADCASTING CO. Country WWJB-A-W222CI (103.9 THE BOOT)/TAMPA, CUMULUS News-Talk KMJ-A-F/FRESNO, TYLER MEDIA News-Talk KOKC-A/OKLAHOMA CITY and RADIO ONE BUFFALO Adult Standards-Oldies WECK-A-W275BB/BUFFALO, raising its total affiliate count to 830 stations nationwide.
“WESTWOOD ONE NEWS is on the map as a leading network news provider that constantly innovates,” WESTWOOD ONE Pres. and CUMULUS MEDIA EVP/Corporate Marketing SUZANNE GRIMES said. “Our award-winning news team delivers timely, precise, and trustworthy coverage of breaking stories as they unfold. This year alone, WESTWOOD ONE NEWS covered everything from the TRUMP administration to the country’s reckoning with sexual harassment, with thousands of custom reports for our affiliate partners who enjoy best-in-class content, seamless operations, and the flexibility to locally brand our news content. The feedback is overwhelmingly positive.”
New to the WESTWOOD ONE NEWS team is former WBAP-A and KLIF-A/DALLAS journalist CLAYTON NEVILLE, who will be TEXAS/SOUTHEAST correspondent.