Rádio CBN
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| Type | Radio Broadcasting |
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| Genre | All-news |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Founder(s) | Roberto Marinho |
| Headquarters | São Paulo, São Paulo (state), BRA |
| Number of locations | São Paulo 780 AM / 90,5 FM Rio de Janeiro - 860 AM / 92,5 FM Belo Horizonte - 106,1 FM Brasília - 95,3 FM 25 affiliates |
| Area served | Brazil |
| Owner(s) | Organizações Globo |
| Website | cbn.com.br |
Rádio CBN is a Brazilian news radio network, property of Sistema Globo de Rádio (Organizações Globo's radio division). CBN means Central Brasileira de Notícias (Brazilian News Centre). It was created on October 1, 1991 as an all-news project (i.e. broadcasting news 24 hours a day). Nowadays, Rádio CBN has four owned-and-operated stations in the cities of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Brasília. It also has 25 affiliate stations throughout the country.
Since its creation, CBN's slogan has been "A rádio que toca notícia" (The radio that plays the news).
[edit] Crew
Its anchor journalists are Sidney Rezende, Carlos Alberto Sardenberg, Milton Jung and Adalberto Piotto. The company employs more than 200 other journalists.
[edit] Owned-and-operated stations
- São Paulo: ZYK695 - AM 780 kHz (flagship) / ZYD800 - FM 90.5 MHz
- Rio de Janeiro: ZYJ459 - AM 860 kHz / ZYD464 - FM 92.5 MHz
- Belo Horizonte: ZYC733 - FM 106.1 MHz (licensed to Caeté)
- Brasília: ZYC480 - FM 95.3 MHz
