Ted Johnson

Radio stations that rely on CBS News Radio programming are now holding discussions with ABC News Radio and Fox News Radio about affiliating with their services once CBS News Radio ends in May. thedesk.net/2026/03/cbs-ne…

@vincempls This is great. I actually have a signed copy of the book, purchased at an estate sale in Minneapolis, so perhaps it is from that signing in 1946.

Eric Sevareid signs copies of his new book at Power's Dept Store in downtown Minneapolis, 1946. Sevareid, born Velva ND, graduate of the University of Minnesota, reporter for the Minneapolis Journal and later CBS Radio News, was first to report the Fall of Paris in 1940.

Journalist @JimAcosta on Ellison family-controlled Paramount Skydance's proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery: "We basically have partisan hacks running CBS News…Imagine those kinds of editorial decisions moving over to CNN."

California And Other States Seek Emergency Order To Stop Nexstar/Tegna Merger deadline.com/2026/03/nexsta…

Salute

Few other radio sounds made you listen and take note.

CBS News radio employed so many great anchors - Christopher Glenn, Dan Raviv, Sam Litzinger, Charles Osgood come immediately to mind. In my case, I remember hearing their top-of-the-hour news breaks late at night driving around. You'd be fiddling with the dial, and then stop.

"The News Is Broken": Ex-CNN Host Warns Of Potential Pro-Trump State Media With Paramount -WBD Merger; Noah Wyle, IATSE Chief & Others Push For Federal Film/TV Tax Credit deadline.com/2026/03/federa…

CBS News Radio To Shutter Amid News Division Cuts deadline.com/2026/03/cbs-ne…

Chuck Norris, the colorful martial arts expert and star of 'Walker, Texas Ranger,' has died aged 86. He passed away suddenly yesterday morning, according to a social media post from his family using his Instagram account. Norris had been hospitalized on Thursday in Hawaii. The action star was a legitimate tough guy, gaining black belts in karate, taekwondo, tang soo bo, Brazilian jiu jitsu and judo over the years. That background set him up for starring roles in the likes of 'Return of the Dragon,' in which he appeared opposite Bruce Lee Read more about his life and career here: deadline.com/2026/03/chuck-… (Photo: Getty)

CBS News Starts Another Round Of Layoffs deadline.com/2026/03/cbs-ne…

"We are going to try to do meaningful work for as long as we can do it, because we know that it matters to the community," @KyleClark adds

States Make A Statement: Big Media Mergers Face Scrutiny Of AGs, But Whether Deals Can Be Stopped Is Another Question deadline.com/2026/03/big-me…

California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office, following FCC and DOJ approval of Nexstar/Tegna, says it is “not a done deal. California will not let the parties merge without a fight.”

FCC Gives Greenlight To Nexstar-Tegna Merger Amid Challenge From California And Other States deadline.com/2026/03/fcc-ap…

My first story for L.A. Material is a behind-the-scenes account of the week that remade the L.A. mayoral race — how the city’s political class scrambled to marshal an alternative to Mayor Karen Bass, and ended up w a challenger no one saw coming. lamaterial.com/p/five-days-th…

A reporter for Russian Today in South Lebanon. Danger very close.

Stars and Stripes was not approved by the Pentagon to attend this press conference. I will be be watching it on a screen instead. Seems a bit odd since the Pentagon published a memo with changes to the newspaper, including content overhaul. ICYMI: #story-21051529-correction" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">stripes.com/theaters/us/20…

Simply put, as CNN's @ddale8 wrote, "there is no evidence that mainstream US media outlets promoted fake videos of the Lincoln on fire, much less that mainstream US outlets 'generated' the story or coordinated with Iran to spread it." cnn.com/2026/03/17/pol…

BREAKING — KEVIN KILEY has lost all committee assignments after leaving the Republican Conference.