Central Brasileira de Notícias
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| Type | Broadcast radio network |
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| Branding | "CBN" |
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First air date | October 1, 1991 |
| Owner | Sistema Globo de Rádio |
| Parent | Organizações Globo |
Former names | Rádio Mundial, Rádio Excelsior |
Official website | cbn.com.br |
Rádio CBN is a Brazilian news radio network, jointly owned by Sistema Globo de Rádio (Organizações Globo's radio division). CBN means Central Brasileira de Notícias (Brazilian News Center). 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).
Crew
Its anchor journalists are Carolina Morand, Roberto Nonato, Carlos Alberto Sardenberg, Milton Jung and Tania Morales. The company employs more than 200 other journalists.
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