Westwood One

Westwood One, Inc. (NYSE:WON) is the largest radio network in the United States. It is based in the city of New York, and it is managed by Infinity Broadcasting, the radio arm of Viacom.

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The company is one of the largest producers and distributors of radio programming in the United States. It broadcasts entertainment, news, weather, sports, talk, and traffic programming to about 7,700 radio stations across the USA. The company is America's top provider of local traffic reports through its subsidiaries, Metro Networks, Shadow Broadcast Services and SmartRoute Systems.

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Commentators employed by Westwood One include Dan Rather, Don Imus, Bill O'Reilly, and Larry King. Westwood One distributes the radio news operations of CNN and NBC as well as its corporate cousin, the CBS Radio Network.

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The company broadcasts live concerts, college football and NHL hockey games, and also holds exclusive national radio rights for the National Football League, the Olympic Games, the NCAA Basketball Tournament, the Masters golf and Wimbledon tennis tournaments, and the Grammy Awards.

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College football - NHL - National Football League - Olympic Games - NCAA Basketball Tournament - Masters - Wimbledon - Grammy Award

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Westwood One also owned the Mutual Broadcasting System. Purchased in 1985 and continued to operate Mutual as a separate network program service into the 1990s. However, by the early 1990's Mutual ended up simply being a brand name for programming provided by Westwood One. The top-of-the-hour newscasts were written and read by CBS Radio News reporters and anchors in Mutual's final years. Westwood One discontinued using the Mutual name in favor of CNN Radio in 1999 and the Mutual name passed permanently from use on the air.

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