CBS News Radio came to an end after a nearly 100-year run by broadcasting Edward R. Murrow’s iconic sign-off, “Good night, and good luck” one last time.
“CBS News special report, after 99 years, CBS News Radio is going off the air tonight,” Christopher Cruise said. “For this final newscast, the news anchors you’ve been listening to for years wanted to say goodbye.”
Cruise then introduced Steve Nathan, Allison Keyes and Deborah Rodriguez, all of whom expressed gratitude for their peers and listeners over the years. The broadcast then introduced Murrow, playing his “Good night, and good luck” sign-off before the anchor added: “CBS News special report. I’m Christopher Cruise.”
Take a listen to the conclusion below.
This is the final CBS News Radio broadcast, aired between 11 p.m. (the top of the hour is first) and 11:30 p.m. (the final special report).
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) May 23, 2026
After 99 years on the air, CBS Radio News has ended.
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Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss announced that CBS News Radio would end back in March, which came as CBS News laid off 6% of its staff. At the time, she and CBS News president Tom Cibrowski told staffers the cuts were “necessary” due to shifting radio programming strategies and “challenging economic realities.”
Ahead of CBS News Radio shuttering Friday night, Cibrowski and Weiss issued a joint statement, where they honored the radio network’s impressive legacy.
“For nearly 100 years, CBS News Radio has delivered original reporting to the nation — from Edward R. Murrow’s World War II reports in London to today’s daily White House updates,” they said. “Our signature broadcast, ‘World News Roundup,’ remains the longest-running newscast in the country. CBS News Radio served as the foundation for everything we have built since 1927.”
The radio network began in 1927 and was the last of the original three radio networks in operation following the closures of NBC Radio Network and the Mutual Broadcasting System in 1999.
The Writers Guild of America East spoke out against CBS News Radio’s closure earlier on Friday, blasting the decision as a “reckless and shortsighted” one by network leadership.
“Ellison and Weiss at the helm of CBS News has led to a further erosion in the integrity of the free press,” the union wrote. “We are troubled that this trend will continue if Paramount-Skydance is able to merge with Warner Bros. Discovery and acquire CNN.”
They also took a moment to “honor and celebrate the amazing journalists and media workers who made CBS News Radio a pillar of journalism.”
