Fox to provide news to Clear Channel stations

Tue., Dec. 7, 2004

The Spokesman-Review

SAN ANTONIO — Clear Channel Communications Inc., the nation’s largest radio station operator, has selected Fox News Radio to provide national news for most of its news and talk stations in deal expected to nearly double Fox’s radio presence.

No terms of the five-year cash deal were disclosed Monday. But Fox, a unit of News Corp., says if all options in the agreement are exercised, its radio service could have more than 500 affiliates by the middle of next year.

Fox currently provides one-minute newscasts to 275 stations. Starting next year, it will provide more than 100 Clear Channel stations with a five-minute top-of-the-hour newscast, a nightly news broadcast, and around-the-clock dedicated national news coverage. Fox News will be in many of Clear Channel’s most prominent news/talk stations, including Los Angeles, Phoenix, Atlanta and San Diego.

In return, Fox News Radio will have access to news produced by San Antonio-based Clear Channel’s news network. Fox also expects to hire more news anchors, studios and staff.

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