Central Brasileira de Notícias
TypeBroadcast radio network
Country
Brazil
HeadquartersSão Paulo, São Paulo
Programming
Language(s)Portuguese
Ownership
OwnerGrupo Globo
ParentSistema Globo de Rádio
History
Launch date1 October 1991 (1991-10-01)
Former names
Rádio Mundial, Rádio Excelsior
Links
WebcastCBN live
Websitecbn.com.br

Central Brasileira de Notícias (English: Brazilian News Center), 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 Carolina Morand, Carlos Alberto Sardenberg, Carlos Eduardo Éboli, Milton Jung, Rodrigo Bocardi, 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. At week some or all of it is taken up by live commentary of football matches. Other sport shows include Quatro em Campo and CBN Esportes. On weekend lunchtime the news review programme Revista CBN is broadcast. Other program an weekends is CBN Show da Notícia. O Mundo em Meia Hora presents the week's key international stories and how they affect Brazilians. CBN Praça presents the local news. Weekend, all friday's, Fim de Expediente bring in relaxed way the news of week with special guests. Also are presents CBN AutoEsporte about motors and Bem-Estar em Movimento about health.

Owned-and-operated stations

References

  1. ↑ Vincent, Jon S. (2003-06-30). Culture and Customs of Brazil. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-30495-8.

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