Good Night — And Goodbye, CBS News Radio

Archer's Line Podcast · May 11, 2026 · 7m

CBS Radio News is dying in less than two weeks.

For most people, that won’t mean much. Another media brand disappears. Another corporate restructuring. Another quiet ending in an industry that has spent the past 20 years dismantling itself piece by piece, pushing experienced professionals out along the way.

But for me, and for a lot of radio journalists, this one feels different. It feels more like we’re drawing closer to a dimming campfire as the night settles all around, and we can see that the fire is dying, and soon we’ll all be in the dark.

For 10 years at KNX in Los Angeles, the sound…