Central Brasileira de Notícias, or Rádio CBN for short, is a Brazilian news radio network, jointly owned by Sistema Globo de Rádio (Grupo Globo's radio division). It was created on 1 October 1991 as the first all news project on FM radio in Brazil, and broadcast news 24 hours a day.[1]
Nowadays, Rádio CBN has four owned-and-operated stations in the cities of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Brasília. It also has 40 affiliate stations throughout the country.
Since its creation, CBN's slogan has been "A rádio que toca notícia" (The radio that plays the news). Its anchor journalists are Bianca Santos, Carolina Morand, Carlos Alberto Sardenberg, Carlos Eduardo Éboli, Cássia Godoy, Debora Freitas, Fernando Andrade, Leandro Resende, Milton Jung, Tania Morales, Tatiana Vasconcellos, etc. The company employs more than 200 other journalists.
Programming
CBN broadcasts two- to three-minute summaries, which provides the day's five key news stories and some notable sports stories, every half an hour, under the banner Repórter CBN. Seven standard hard news strands of the current schedule are CBN Madrugada, CBN Primeiras Noticias, Jornal da CBN, CBN Brasil, Estúdio CBN, Ponto Final CBN and CBN Noite Total.