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WKRP is coming to Cincinnati — for real this time, according to the current owner of that call sign. It was made famous by “WKRP in Cincinnati,” the TV sitcom centered on a fictional radio station that ran from 1978 to 1982. A North Carolina-based nonprofit acquired the call sign from the Federal Communications Commission more than a decade ago. It's used for a low-power station based at the executive director's Raleigh home, but the nonprofit decided to sell it. Director D.P. McIntire tells The Associated Press that WKRP is going to Cincinnati but he isn't yet allowed to disclose more details.

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CBS News says it's shutting down its radio news service after nearly a century of operation as part of a round of layoffs at the company. When it began operation in September 1927, the radio service was a precursor to the entire CBS network. It gave young executive William S. Paley his start and was the home of legendary broadcaster Edward Murrow’s reports from London during World War II. Today it is primarily known for its top-of-the-hour news roundups delivered to about 700 stations across the country. CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss said it will stop operating in May.