Editing Mutual Broadcasting System (section)

== Legacy ==
[[File:JimTux.jpg|thumb|Jim Bohannon]]
Westwood One's corporate fate proved almost as complicated as the fate of Mutual itself. Spun off by majority owner [[CBS Corporation]] (one of two successors to [[Viacom (1952–2006)|the first Viacom]], which acquired the first CBS Corporation in 1999<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sims |first=David |date=August 19, 2019 |title=Why Viacom and CBS Had to Merge to Survive |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/08/why-viacom-and-cbs-had-merge-survive/596338/ |access-date=December 18, 2019 |website=The Atlantic |language=en-US |archive-date=October 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015031621/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/08/why-viacom-and-cbs-had-merge-survive/596338/ |url-status=live }}</ref>) to [[The Gores Group]] in 2007, it was merged into Dial Global—a subsidiary of [[Oaktree Capital Management]]'s [[Triton Media Group]] unit—in 2011, ultimately taking that company's name.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kevin |first=Roose |date=August 1, 2011 |title=Westwood One and Dial Global to Merge |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/westwood-one-and-dial-global-to-merge/ |access-date=December 26, 2011 |archive-date=December 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220045317/http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/westwood-one-and-dial-global-to-merge/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Prior to its 2013 merger into [[Cumulus Media Networks]],<ref name="aa-cumulustownsquarepeak">{{cite news |date=August 30, 2013 |title=Official: Cumulus Buys Dial Global, Spins Some Stations To Townsquare; Peak Stations Sold To Townsquare, Fresno Spun To Cumulus |newspaper=All Access |url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/121835/official-cumulus-buys-dial-global-spins-some-stati |access-date=August 30, 2013 |archive-date=September 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901232826/http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/121835/official-cumulus-buys-dial-global-spins-some-stati |url-status=live }}</ref> Dial Global reverted to using the [[Westwood One]] name.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moses |first=Lucia |date=September 4, 2013 |title=Dial Global Brings Back WestwoodOne Name |url=https://www.adweek.com/digital/dial-global-brings-back-westwoodone-name-152195/ |access-date=September 13, 2019 |website=Adweek |language=en-US |archive-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211164435/https://www.adweek.com/digital/dial-global-brings-back-westwoodone-name-152195/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 4, 2013 |title=Dial Global becomes WestwoodOne ahead of Cumulus acquisition |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2013-sep-04-la-et-ct-dial-global-changes-westwoodone-20130904-story.html |access-date=September 13, 2019 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=March 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321220949/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2013-sep-04-la-et-ct-dial-global-changes-westwoodone-20130904-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Even with all these changes, some current programming both on Westwood One (owned by [[Cumulus Media]]) and other syndicators can still trace their lineage directly to Mutual:

Jim Bohannon's interview/call-in show, which debuted on Mutual in 1985 (and was a direct descendant of Larry King and Herb Jepko's shows), continued until his abrupt retirement on October 14, 2022.<ref name="RIJimboRetires">{{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |date=October 10, 2022 |title=Jim Bohannon To Retire From Syndicated Talk Show; Rich Valdes To Take Over |work=RadioInsight |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/243816/jim-bohannon-to-retire-from-syndicated-talk-show-rich-valdes-to-take-over/ |access-date=October 10, 2022 |archive-date=October 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010194841/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/243816/jim-bohannon-to-retire-from-syndicated-talk-show-rich-valdes-to-take-over/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Rich Valdés took over hosting duties for the program, which became ''Rich Valdés America at Night'' in January, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=January 11, 2023 |title=Westwood One Rebrands Late Night Talker As Rich Valdés America at Night |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/247258/westwood-one-rebrands-late-night-talker-as-rich-valdes-america-at-night/ |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US |archive-date=January 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112034855/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/247258/westwood-one-rebrands-late-night-talker-as-rich-valdes-america-at-night/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Bohannon missed much of the summer of 2022 for what were initially unexplained reasons but was later revealed to be a diagnosis of terminal [[Cancer staging|stage 4]] [[esophageal cancer]],{{r|RIJimboRetires}} and died {{age in years and days|2022|10|14|2022|11|12}} after his final show. Bohannon also hosted the morning news magazine ''America in the Morning'' from its 1984 premiere over Mutual until 2015;<ref name="JimboObit">{{Cite web |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=November 12, 2022 |title=Hall Of Fame Talker Jim Bohannon Dies At 78 |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/245031/hall-of-fame-talker-jim-bohannon-dies-at-78/ |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111234945/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/245031/hall-of-fame-talker-jim-bohannon-dies-at-78/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jimbotalk.net/pg/jsp/jimbo/aitmabouttheshow.jsp |title=''America In The Morning''—About The Show |access-date=March 1, 2010 |publisher=The Official Jim Bohannon Site  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810171347/http://www.jimbotalk.net/pg/jsp/jimbo/aitmabouttheshow.jsp |archive-date=August 10, 2009 }}</ref> ''America in the Morning'' continues to this day as a Westwood One program under Bohannon's successor as host, John Trout.{{r|RadOnAITM}}

Since 2004, the current incarnation of ''[[Meet the Press]]'', first broadcast over Mutual in 1945, has had an audio simulcast over Westwood One.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=May 14, 2004 |title=Newsbreakers: National Radio |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2004/RR-2004-05-14.pdf |magazine=Radio & Records |issue=1555 |page=13 |access-date=February 12, 2023 |via=World Radio History |archive-date=January 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131023328/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2004/RR-2004-05-14.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dial-global.com/index.php/programming/talk-radio/weekend-talk/meet-the-press |title=Meet the Press |access-date=April 11, 2012 |publisher=Dial Global  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315094745/http://www.dial-global.com/index.php/programming/talk-radio/weekend-talk/meet-the-press |archive-date=March 15, 2012 }}</ref> ''[[Country Countdown USA]]'', founded in 1992 as a Mutual-branded program after the Westwood One purchase, continues to air in its original format but moved to [[Compass Media Networks]] in August 2022.<ref name="CCUSACompass">{{unbulleted list citebundle|{{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |date=June 30, 2022 |title=Westwood One Makes Distribution & Staff Cuts |work=RadioInsight |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/230819/westwood-one-makes-distribution-staff-cuts/ |access-date=July 1, 2022 |archive-date=June 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630233659/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/230819/westwood-one-makes-distribution-staff-cuts/ |url-status=live }}|{{cite web |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=July 20, 2022 |title=Country Countdown USA Moves To Compass Media Networks |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/234043/country-countdown-usa-moves-to-compass-media-networks/ |access-date=July 20, 2022 |website=Radioinsight |language=en-US |archive-date=July 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720224750/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/234043/country-countdown-usa-moves-to-compass-media-networks/ |url-status=live }}|{{cite web|url=http://www.countrycountdownusa.com/|title=Welcome to Country Countdown USA|access-date=October 27, 2010|publisher=Country Countdown USA|archive-date=November 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111193755/http://www.countrycountdownusa.com/|url-status=live}}}}</ref> Radio broadcasts of [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football]] were eventually re-branded as from Westwood One a few years before the end of the Mutual network itself.{{r|ND19990913}} At the conclusion of the 2007 football season, Notre Dame ended its relationship with Westwood One, citing financial reasons,<ref name="Chicag20070627p 4-2">{{Cite news |last=Greenstein |first=Teddy |date=June 27, 2007 |title=If Roberts has anything to say, he'll rejoin Irish |page=4-Section 2 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |location=Chicago, Illinois |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118814286/if-roberts-has-anything-to-say-hell/ |access-date=February 17, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=February 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217043603/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118814286/if-roberts-has-anything-to-say-hell/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and subsequently announced a deal with [[ISP Sports]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Notre Dame And ISP Join To Produce Football Radio Network |publisher=und.cstv.com |url=http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/022208aaa.html |access-date=April 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419082857/http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/022208aaa.html |archive-date=April 19, 2008}}</ref>

After taking over Westwood One in 2013, Cumulus Media launched a [[White-label product|white-label]] news service, [[Westwood One News]] under a content-sharing deal with CNN.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=July 31, 2014 |title=Cumulus/WestwoodOne To Establish CNN Powered News Service |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/89589/cumuluswestwoodone-to-establish-cnn-powered-news-service/ |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US |archive-date=October 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004025201/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/89589/cumuluswestwoodone-to-establish-cnn-powered-news-service/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Launching on January 1, 2015, as a replacement service among Cumulus's radio stations that previously affiliated with [[ABC News Radio]], CBS News Radio and [[NBC Radio Network|NBC News Radio]] (the latter having replaced CNN Radio in 2012<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 1, 2012 |title=Dial Global To Offer NBC News Radio Network, Drops CNN Radio |url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/103029/dial-global-to-offer-nbc-news-radio-network-drops- |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=All Access |language=en |archive-date=February 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210052336/https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/103029/dial-global-to-offer-nbc-news-radio-network-drops- |url-status=live }}</ref>), it ended operations on August 30, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 10, 2020 |title=What Cumulus Told Westwood News Affiliates |url=https://radioink.com/2020/07/10/cumulus-closing-down-westwood-one-news-service/ |access-date=February 9, 2023 |website=Radio Ink |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028204259/https://radioink.com/2020/07/10/cumulus-closing-down-westwood-one-news-service/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Mutual founding stations WOR and WLW are now both owned by [[iHeartMedia]], which operates their own syndication unit, [[Premiere Networks]]. Prior to being purchased by iHeartMedia in 2012 (as Clear Channel Communications), WOR operated a syndication service of their own, the [[WOR Radio Network]].<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Clear Channel Media and Entertainment to Buy New York's WOR News/Talk Radio 710 AM |date=August 13, 2012 |publisher=Business Wire |location=New York, New York |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120813005607/en/Clear-Channel-Media-and-Entertainment-to-Buy-New-York%E2%80%99s-WOR-NewsTalk-Radio-710-AM |last2=Bilotta |first2=Joseph |last1=Lawton |first1=Jenn |quote=Buckley Radio is an independently owned and operated broadcasting company. The company owns 17 radio stations in 6 markets and the WOR Radio Network, a syndication company distributing programming to over 400 radio stations across the U.S. and Canada. |access-date=February 9, 2013}}</ref> The other founding station, WGN, is owned by television broadcaster [[Nexstar Media Group]] as the lone radio station in their portfolio.<ref>{{cite web |last=Channick |first=Robert |date=September 16, 2019 |title=Tribune Media sale to Nexstar approved by FCC; WGN-Ch. 9 no longer Chicago's very own |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-tribune-nexstar-sale-approved-fcc-wgn-20190916-hlbtp65ye5htxg3hnuunmo5nqu-story.html |access-date=September 17, 2019 |work=Chicago Tribune |archive-date=September 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917092741/https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-tribune-nexstar-sale-approved-fcc-wgn-20190916-hlbtp65ye5htxg3hnuunmo5nqu-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> WGN previously syndicated [[Orion Samuelson]] farm reports through its Tribune Radio Network,<ref>[https://www.agupdate.com/minnesotafarmguide/special_section/broadcaster-orion-samuelson-will-be-at-farmfest-aug-5/article_3872e1dd-6fc3-5930-83e6-171d55210ec3.html Broadcaster Orion Samuelson will be at Farmfest Aug. 5] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503214248/https://www.agupdate.com/minnesotafarmguide/special_section/broadcaster-orion-samuelson-will-be-at-farmfest-aug-5/article_3872e1dd-6fc3-5930-83e6-171d55210ec3.html |date=May 3, 2020 }}. ''Minnesota Farm Guide''. Retrieved September 7, 2015.</ref> which carried [[Chicago Cubs Radio Network|Chicago Cubs broadcasts]] until [[2014 Chicago Cubs season|the 2014 season]].<ref>{{cite news|title=WGN America to drop Chicago sports|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140530/NEWS01/140539978/wgn-america-to-drop-chicago-sports|first=Lynne|last=Marek|work=Chicago Business|date=May 30, 2014|access-date=June 27, 2014|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111190255/https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140530/NEWS01/140539978/wgn-america-to-drop-chicago-sports|url-status=live}}</ref>