Central Brasileira de Notícias

Central Brasileira de Notícias
Type Broadcast radio network
Branding "CBN"
Country Brazil
First air date
 1 October 1991 (1991-10-01)
Slogan A rádio que toca notícia
Headquarters São Paulo, São Paulo
Owner Grupo Globo
Parent Sistema Globo de Rádio
Former names
 Rádio Mundial, Rádio Excelsior
Webcast CBN RJ
CBN SP
Official website
 cbn.globoradio.globo.com
Language Portuguese

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 (Organizações Globo's radio division). It was created on October 1, 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 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). Its anchor journalists are Carolina Morand, Roberto Nonato, Carlos Alberto Sardenberg, Carlos Eduardo Éboli, Fabiola Cidral, Milton Jung and Tania Morales. The company employs more than 200 other journalists.

Owned-and-operated stations

References

  1. ↑ Vincent, Jon. Culture and Customs of Brazil, p. 105 (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003).

Coordinates: 22°55′21″S 42°10′26″W / 22.92250°S 42.17389°W / -22.92250; -42.17389


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