| Broadcast area | United States Canada |
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| Branding | Fox News Radio |
| Frequency | Various AM/FM stations |
| First air date | 2003 |
| Format | News Talk |
| Class | Satellite-delivered radio network |
| Owner | Fox News Channel (News Corporation) and Premiere Radio Networks |
| Website | foxnewsradio.com |
Fox News Radio is an American radio network programmed by Fox News Channel.
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In 2003, Fox News began syndicating one minute radio updates to radio stations via syndication service Westwood One. On June 1, 2005, Fox News Radio employed 60 people and provided five minute newscasts at the top of the hour and a one minute newscast at the bottom of the hour. At its launch, 60 stations participated in the network, with more joining under a deal struck between Fox and Clear Channel Communications. This allowed many Clear Channel stations to carry Fox News Radio newscasts and allowed Fox News Radio to use and nationally distribute news content produced by Clear Channel.
Fox also produces Fox News Talk for both satellite radio services, with talk radio programs syndicated by and featuring Fox News personalities.
Fox News Radio also syndicates the following radio programs hosted by its TV personalities:
Three other radio programs hosted by Fox News Channel personalities are or were distributed by other companies. The Radio Factor hosted by Bill O'Reilly was produced by Fox News Radio but syndicated separately by Westwood One. This is because when Fox News started producing O'Reilly's radio show in 2002, it did not have the resources to syndicate, and thus outsourced the distribution to Westwood One. Fox and Westwood One have since renewed the agreement, in 2006 and again in 2007; O'Reilly decided to leave the show in February 2009. (Because The Radio Factor was produced by Fox, it was available on Fox News Talk, Fox's satellite radio channel. Westwood One does not sell its programs to satellite services.)
The talk radio programs hosted by FNC's Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck are syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks. Hannity's show debuted before Fox News Radio had launched (and prior to 2009, was distributed by ABC Radio, later Citadel Media), and Beck did not join the Fox organization until several years after his radio show had been on the air.
Aside from Hannity, the Fox News Channel radio hosts also appear on the Fox News Talk satellite radio channel, along with the satellite-only program Fox Across America hosted by Spencer Hughes. Hannity's program, The Sean Hannity Show, appears on the America Right and Sirius Patriot satellite channels.
On November 12, 2007, Fox News Radio debuted a 3-6 PM (Eastern) show hosted by Tom Sullivan, a long-time California radio talk show host who is an anchor on the company's Fox Business Network. Sullivan's show continues to air live on its original home station, Sacramento's KFBK, and is also now being offered to other stations, usually on tape delay.[1]
On the Fox News Talk satellite channel, the Sullivan show precedes Fox Across America with Spencer Hughes, another former local talk show host for KFBK.
The network also provides around-the-clock newscasts on the hour and on the half-hour. Depending on a station's affiliation, they either receive a five-minute newscast or a one-minute newscast. Breaking news reports (dubbed Fox News Alerts), correspondent and expert interview availabilities, special broadcasts marking historic or newsworthy events, anchored "as-it-happens" coverage, and clean feeds of news events complete the affiliate service package. Affiliates also have access to a web site with a constantly updating selection of newsmaker audio and correspondent reports.
The five minute audio version of the on-the-hour newscast, consisting of two minutes of news, one minute of ads or Fox promotions, and two more minutes of news, is available as a podcast.[2] As of 2011, typically only one MP3 file, the most recent one, is available at any time. The Eastern Time hour number is incorporated into the filename (for example, 5minpodcast21.mp3 for 9PM). However, if there has been exceptional news (a Fox News Alert), the file for that hour's podcast will be retained for a few hours. The current hour's file is usually available within 10 minutes of its broadcast, i.e., by a quarter past the top of the hour.
Newscasts are regularly anchored by Dave Anthony, Lisa Brady, Ron Flatter, Jane Metzler, Chris Stanley, Bill Vitka, Lisa Lacerra, Karyn Regal, Chris Foster, Steve Rappaport, and Sal Giangrasso, with Shepherd Smith at 5PM ET during weekdays. Correspondents include Jeff Monosso, Courtney Kealy and Kirstin McNary (based in New York); in Washington, Mike Majchrowitz (White House), Rich Johnson and Jared Halpern; in Los Angeles, Jessica Rosenthal and Sabrina Sabbagh. Jennifer Keiper reports from Chicago. Eben Brown reports from Miami. Alastair Wanklyn in London, Emily Wither in Jerusalem, Lesley Yeomans in Melbourne and James Blears in Mexico City serve as foreign correspondents. Daily short commentaries are delivered by Todd Starnes.
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