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What Losing FM Is Costing KNX News

KNX News has lost nearly 41% of its cume in a year, with another decline in July after the station left 97.1 FM and returned solely to AM 1070.

Meanwhile, the new sports format on 97.1 The Fan remains at a 0.2 share, even as Los Angeles gets a massive sports story: Bob Iger and Josh Kushner’s agreement to buy the Lakers.

Rob looks beyond the topline ratings and asks what the changes at KNX — including fewer reporters, fewer two-anchor shifts and a shared overnight newscast — may tell us about the future of all-news radio.

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