CBS Will Sell Radio Group Including the Sports Hub and WBZ
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016
GoLocalWorcester Business Team
CBS has announced it will sell-off one of the most storied media assets in America — CBS Radio.
In New England, the radio group includes both all-news WBZ and the SportsHub.
The legacy of CBS radio goes back Edward R. Murrow and Bing Crosby.
CBS owns 117 radio stations in 26 markets including four stations in Hartford and five station in Boston, MA.
The Sports Hub is the Flagship Station for the New England Patriots, The Boston Bruins, The Boston Celtics and The New England Revolution,
It is unclear who CBS expects to buy the assets as the two leading radio groups in the country — iHeart and Cumulus are both in financial distress.
In 2013, CBS Sports Radio was launched and it offers around-the-clock national sports coverage and programming to more than 330 stations across the country, including stations in all of the Top 10 markets.
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