CBS News Radio, which provided news programming to approximately 700 stations across the United States, will sign off the air Friday night after nearly a century since its 1927 launch. The network featured legendary journalists like Edward R. Murrow and Dan Rather, with Steve Kathan calling its closure "the loss of an American institution."

The shutdown decision, announced in March citing "challenging economic realities," ends a service that covered major events from the 1938 World Series to 9/11 attacks. CBS News President Tom Cibrowski noted their signature broadcast, "World News Roundup," remains the longest-running newscast in the country.

Dan Rather emphasized CBS News Radio's role in holding the country together, while Allison Keyes reflected on the "huge gap" its closure creates. The network's shutdown marks the end of an era when real-time information without filter reached millions through radio broadcasting.