CBS News Radio marks the 85th anniversary of the groundbreaking radio program World News Roundup with special programming throughout the day. World News Roundup is the nation’s longest-running news broadcast, launching March 13, 1938.
World News Roundup was the first radio program featuring multiple correspondents around the globe reporting on one live broadcast. The first broadcast was anchored by Robert Trout and featured reporting by Edward R. Murrow, then a CBS executive, covering Hitler’s invasion of Austria from Vienna.
Radio Ink reached out to CBS News Radio Network VP and General Manager Craig N. Swagler about the significance of the program’s significance to radio history. “The World News Roundup is at the core of what CBS News represents and CBS News Radio is part of our DNA.”
“The program is just as relevant and impactful as it was on that fateful day 85 years ago. We have been at the forefront of observing and reporting on history, from the first broadcast as Nazis marched on Austria, to the Jan 6 attack on The Capitol, to the Uvalde tragedy, to the ongoing war in Ukraine. CBS News Radio brings our listeners the most impactful stories that shape the world.”
World News Roundup is still broadcast on 156 CBS News Radio affiliates and SiriusXM. As part of the anniversary celebration, CBS News Audio is launching the new CBS News Roundup podcast and releasing a remastered World News Roundup broadcast from 1938.
