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Bloomberg Radio
Broadcast areaWorldwide
BrandingBloomberg Radio
Programming
FormatFinancial news
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Websitewww.bloombergradio.com
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Michael Bloomberg


Bloomberg Radio is a radio service of Bloomberg L.P. that provides global business news programming 24 hours a day. The format is general and financial news, offering local, national and international news reports along with financial market updates and interviews with corporate executives, economists and industry analysts.[1] On off hours, local stations may preempt with local sports play-by-play coverage such as college basketball, tennis and other sports coverage.

Bloomberg Radio is broadcast on radio stations around the United States, and directly operates four radio stations:

In 1992, Bloomberg purchased the first of these, WBBR (1130 AM) in New York (at the time using the call sign WNEW), for $13.5 million.[2] Bloomberg took over the operation of WXKS (1200 AM) in Newton, Massachusetts (serving Boston), on March 1, 2013.[3] The following year, Bloomberg began programming KNEW (960 AM) in Oakland, California (serving the San Francisco Bay Area), on September 29, 2014.[4] Both stations were owned and operated by iHeartMedia, but were programmed by Bloomberg Radio under a local marketing agreement (LMA).[4] On December 21, 2015, Bloomberg Radio launched a similar arrangement on CBS Radio-owned WNEW-FM (99.1), its first FM radio station.[5] The call letters of WNEW-FM were later changed to WDCH-FM and the station is now owned by Audacy, Inc..

On July 4, 2017, Bloomberg moved its programming in Boston to WRCA (1330 AM), owned by Beasley Broadcast Group.[6] Later that year, it fully acquired WNBP (1450 AM) in Newburyport to serve as a simulcast of WRCA. Both WRCA and WNBP operate translator stations on 106.1 FM.[7] Bloomberg's LMA with WXKS expired on March 1, 2018.[8] On September 3, 2024, Bloomberg Radio moved in Boston from WRCA to another Beasley-owned station, WBOS (92.9 FM); that station's HD2 channel had already simulcast Bloomberg programming from WRCA.[9] The LMA with KNEW expired on September 30, 2024, and was not renewed.[10]

Bloomberg Radio is also heard nationally on Sirius XM satellite radio channel 119. Select programming is also broadcast in London UK on DAB digital radio via the London 3 multiplex (VHF block 11B), with simulcasts of the Bloomberg TV audio at other times.

Programming

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The original Bloomberg Radio news format divided each hour of the day into three 20-minute segments, each of which contained stock market updates, business headlines, traffic, weather, local news/sports, a human interest piece or a general update about cultural happenings.[11] However, by 2010, Bloomberg Radio had shifted from a headline service to a discussion-based format in order to offer more in-depth market and economic analysis. Bloomberg Radio is the world's only global business radio service. Bloomberg Daybreak Asia broadcasts live from New York and Hong Kong, Sunday through Thursday 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. ET (morning drive time in Asian time zones.) It is then followed by Bloomberg Daybreak Europe, originating from London, on Monday to Friday 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. ET (morning drive time GMT). Finally, Bloomberg Daybreak Americas is live until 7:00 a.m. ET from New York, Boston, Washington DC and San Francisco. Through these programs, Bloomberg Radio offers a start to the business day globally, via the Bloomberg Radio+ Mobile App and via its live stream on Bloomberg.com and the Bloomberg Terminal. During each day, the network broadcasts over 20 live interviews with economists, market analysts, and other influential newsmakers on shows such as Bloomberg Surveillance with Tom Keene and Michael McKee which airs weekday mornings from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET.[12]

Programs

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  • Bloomberg Daybreak Asia with Bryan Curtis, David Ingles, Yvonne Man and Doug Krizner
  • Bloomberg Daybreak Europe with Caroline Hepker, Stephen Carroll, Anna Edwards and Tom Mackenzie
  • Bloomberg UK Politics
  • Bloomberg Daybreak Americas with Karen Moskow
  • Bloomberg Surveillance with Tom Keene and Jonathan Ferro
  • Bloomberg Markets with Paul Sweeney and Lisa Abramowicz
  • Bloomberg Businessweek with Carol Massar
  • Bloomberg Daybreak Americas
  • Bloomberg Best with June Grasso and Ed Baxter
  • Bloomberg Style It Out with Emma Willis, Tom Mackenzie and Mark Radang
  • This Week with George Stephanopoulos
  • Face the Nation
  • Meet the Press

Live-to-tape programming

  • Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend
  • Bloomberg Best
  • Masters in Business with Barry Ritholtz
  • Bloomberg Business of Sports with Michael Barr
  • Bloomberg Law and Bloomberg Opinion with June Grasso

Bloomberg Radio Network

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Bloomberg Radio's 24/7 programming is syndicated by Key Networks to local radio stations across the country.[12]

The Bloomberg Radio Network is also the leading provider of short-form business news reports to radio stations around the country. The network provides live, custom business reports to major all-news radio stations including WINS in New York City. The network provides "Bloomberg Money Minute" reports at :20 and :50 past the hour. It also provides daily specialty reports including the "Small Business Report", the "Business of Sports Report", the "Bloomberg Pursuits Report on Luxury", the "Real Estate Report", the "Green Business Report, and the "Black Business Report".

Since April 30, 2018, Bloomberg Radio content has been syndicated in Canada by Bloomberg's local partner Bell Media Radio. The company operated two business news stations branded as BNN Bloomberg Radio, which featured audio simulcasts of programs from Bell's BNN Bloomberg cable network, and other Bloomberg Radio programs.[13] CFTE (1410 AM) in Vancouver was the first Canadian station to carry the format.[13] It was joined in 2021 by CKOC (1150 AM) in Hamilton, Ontario.[14] CFTE was closed by Bell Media Radio in June 2023;[15] while CKOC was sold and dropped Bloomberg programming in August 2024.[16]

These lists may not be complete.

Full time affiliates

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The following stations carry the Bloomberg Radio Network all day long.

Station call letters Frequency City of license Broadcast area Station owner Notes
WBOS 92.9 FM Brookline, Massachusetts Greater Boston Beasley Broadcast Group[a]
WDCH-FM 99.1 FM Bowie, Maryland Washington–Baltimore metropolitan area Audacy, Inc.[a]
WJZ-FM-HD2 105.7 FM HD2 Catonsville, Maryland Baltimore metropolitan area Audacy, Inc.[a] Simulcast of WDCH-FM
KONO-FM-HD2 101.1 FM HD2 Helotes, Texas San Antonio metropolitan area Cox Media Group Simulcast of KONO
KHYZ-HD3 99.7 FM HD3 Mountain Pass, California Las Vegas Richard Heftel (Heftel Broadcasting Company LLC)
WNBP 1450 AM Newburyport, Massachusetts Greater Boston Bloomberg, L.P. Simulcast of WBOS
WBBR 1130 AM New York, New York New York metropolitan area Bloomberg, L.P.
KONO[17] 860 AM San Antonio, Texas San Antonio metropolitan area Cox Media Group

Part time affiliates

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The following stations carry select Bloomberg full-length programs.

Station call letters Frequency City of license Broadcast area Station owner Notes
WPSE[18] 1450 AM Erie, Pennsylvania Erie metropolitan area Penn State Erie, The Behrend College (Board of Trustees of the Pennsylvania State University)
KYCR 1440 AM Golden Valley, Minnesota Twin Cities Salem Media Group
K287BX 105.3 FM Mesa, Arizona Phoenix metropolitan area CRC Broadcasting Simulcast of KFNN
KFNN[19] 1510 AM Mesa, Arizona Phoenix metropolitan area CRC Broadcasting
KDOW[20] 1220 AM Palo Alto, California San Francisco Bay Area Salem Media Group

Short form reports

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The following stations carry Bloomberg's short-form business reports.[21]

Station call letters Frequency City of license Broadcast area Station owner Notes
WGY-FM 103.1 FM Albany, New York Capital District iHeartMedia Simulcast of WGY (AM)
KJCE 1370 AM Austin, Texas Greater Austin Audacy, Inc.
KWON 1400 AM Bartlesville, Oklahoma Tulsa metropolitan area KCD Enterprises, Inc.
WBZ 1030 AM Boston, Massachusetts Greater Boston iHeartMedia
K231AA 94.1 FM Boulder, Colorado Denver metropolitan area iHeartMedia Simulcast of KOA
WTLP 103.9 FM Braddock Heights, Maryland Washington metropolitan area Hubbard Broadcasting Simulcast of WTOP-FM
WBBM 780 AM Chicago, Illinois Chicago metropolitan area Audacy, Inc.
WCFS-FM 105.9 FM Chicago, Illinois Chicago metropolitan area Audacy, Inc. Simulcast of WBBM
WLW 700 AM Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati metropolitan area iHeartMedia
WTAM 1100 AM Cleveland, Ohio Greater Cleveland iHeartMedia
WTVN 610 AM Columbus, Ohio Columbus metropolitan area iHeartMedia
KRLD 1080 AM Dallas, Texas Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex Audacy, Inc.
KOA 850 AM Denver, Colorado Denver metropolitan area iHeartMedia
WWJ 950 AM Detroit, Michigan Metro Detroit Audacy, Inc.
KTSM 690 AM El Paso, Texas El Paso–Juárez iHeartMedia
K231BQ 94.1 FM Golden, Colorado Denver metropolitan area iHeartMedia Simulcast of KOA
WTIC 1080 AM Hartford, Connecticut Greater Hartford Audacy, Inc.
KTRH 740 AM Houston, Texas Greater Houston iHeartMedia
WPHI-FM 103.9 FM Jenkintown, Pennsylvania Delaware Valley Audacy, Inc. Simulcast of KYW
WTKK 106.1 FM Knightdale, North Carolina Raleigh–Durham iHeartMedia
WHAS 840 AM Louisville, Kentucky Louisville metropolitan area iHeartMedia
KNX 1070 AM Los Angeles, California Greater Los Angeles Audacy, Inc.
KNX-FM 97.1 FM Los Angeles, California Greater Los Angeles Audacy, Inc. Simulcast of KNX
WWWT-FM 107.7 FM Manassas, Virginia Washington metropolitan area Hubbard Broadcasting Simulcast of WTOP-FM
WIOD 610 AM Miami, Florida Miami metropolitan area iHeartMedia
WINS 1010 AM New York, New York New York metropolitan area Audacy, Inc.
KXNT 840 AM North Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas Valley Audacy, Inc.
KFAB 1110 AM Omaha, Nebraska Omaha–Council Bluffs iHeartMedia
W273CA 102.5 FM Orlando, Florida Greater Orlando Central Florida Educational Foundation, Inc. Simulcast of WFLF
KYW 1060 AM Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Delaware Valley Audacy, Inc.
WPHT 1210 AM Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Delaware Valley Audacy, Inc.
WFLF 540 AM Pine Hills, Florida Greater Orlando iHeartMedia
KFBK-FM 93.1 FM Pollock Pines, California Sacramento metropolitan area iHeartMedia Simulcast of KFBK (AM)
WRVA 1140 AM Richmond, Virginia Greater Richmond Audacy, Inc.
WHAM 1180 AM Rochester, New York Rochester metropolitan area iHeartMedia
KFBK 1530 AM Sacramento, California Sacramento metropolitan area iHeartMedia
WOAI 1200 AM San Antonio, Texas Greater San Antonio iHeartMedia
KOGO 600 AM San Diego, California San Diego–Tijuana iHeartMedia
KCBS 740 AM San Francisco, California San Francisco Bay Area Audacy, Inc.
KFRC-FM 106.9 FM San Francisco, California San Francisco Bay Area Audacy, Inc. Simulcast of KCBS
WGY 810 AM Schenectady, New York Capital Region iHeartMedia
KMOX 1120 AM St. Louis, Missouri Greater St. Louis Audacy, Inc.
WFLA 970 AM Tampa, Florida Tampa Bay Area iHeartMedia
WTOP-FM 103.5 FM Washington, D.C. Washington metropolitan area Hubbard Broadcasting

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Programmed by Bloomberg, L.P., under a local marketing agreement.

References

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  1. ^ Blair, Jayson (October 30, 2000). "Bloomberg Radio Station to Go to General News From Finance". The New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
  2. ^ Fabrikant, Geraldine (August 15, 1992). "Company News; Bloomberg to Pay $13 Million for WNEW-AM". The New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
  3. ^ Venta, Lance (February 27, 2013). "Bloomberg Usurps Comedy In Boston". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Bloomberg Radio To Debut On 960 KNEW San Francisco". RadioInsight. September 23, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  5. ^ Venta, Lance (December 18, 2015). "DC All News Battle Comes To End As CBS Leases 99.1 WNEW To Bloomberg". Radio Insight. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  6. ^ Venta, Lance (July 3, 2017). "Bloomberg Moving To 1330/106.1 In Boston". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  7. ^ Venta, Lance (August 1, 2017). "Bloomberg Acquires WNBP Newburyport MA". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  8. ^ Venta, Lance (March 1, 2018). "iHeartMedia Relaunches Talk 1200 & Rumba 1430 Boston". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  9. ^ Venta, Lance (August 20, 2024). "Bloomberg To Take Over Rock 92.9 Boston". RadioInsight. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
  10. ^ Venta, Lance (September 10, 2024). "Bloomberg To End KNEW LMA". RadioInsight. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  11. ^ "Bloomberg.com : Bloomberg Radio". Bloomberg News. November 27, 1999. Archived from the original on November 27, 1999. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Business News on the Radio". News on News. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
  13. ^ a b Johnson, Patrick (April 18, 2018). "TSN 1410 is ditching sports, rebranding as business radio". The Province. Postmedia. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  14. ^ "Bell cancels all-sports radio format on channels in Vancouver, Winnipeg and Hamilton". CBC News. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  15. ^ Venta, Lance (June 14, 2023). "Bell Media Shuts 6 AMs, To Sell 3 Others As Part Of Companywide Cuts". RadioInsight. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  16. ^ Venta, Lance (August 19, 2024). "CKOC & CKWW Relaunch With Classic Hits". RadioInsight. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  17. ^ Neaves, Alicia (August 30, 2024). "Bloomberg News replaces iconic SA radio station that played oldies with local flavor for 97 years". kens5.com. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  18. ^ "Program Schedule". WPSE. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  19. ^ "Program schedule". Money Radio 1510 AM/105.3 FM. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  20. ^ "Program guide: Saturday". KDOW. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  21. ^ "Where to hear us". Bloomberg Radio. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
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