Running on Fumes
Short-staffed radio newsrooms are bad news for listeners
The newest RTDNA/Syracuse University survey has a blunt finding: the typical U.S. radio newsroom in 2025 has just one full-time staffer.
That’s right. One person.
Last year, the median was two, thanks mostly to non-commercial stations briefly reporting bigger staffs. But that bump didn’t last. This year, the trend is back down. Commercial stations are esp…
