Archer & Feldman: CBS News Radio Post Mortem

A conversation with Craig Swagler, former CBS News Radio chief.

On the day the CBS News Radio chimes fall silent, Archer & Feldman takes an inside look at the end of one of broadcasting’s most influential news institutions.

Charles Feldman and I are joined by Craig Swagler — former head of CBS News Radio and now with Baltimore Public Media — for a candid conversation about what happened, why the decision was made, and what the collapse of the network says about the future of radio journalism itself.

From shrinking audiences and corporate consolidation to changing technology, vanishing local newsrooms, and the economic realities facing legacy media, this episode examines the slow unraveling of a broadcasting model that once defined American news.

But this isn’t just about one network.

It’s about the future of radio. The future of trusted journalism. And whether there’s still a place for depth, credibility, and public-service broadcasting in a media landscape increasingly driven by speed, outrage, and algorithms.

An honest conversation from people who lived it.

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