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MediaBuyerPlanner: Fox News Radio has increased its number of affiliates from 58 to more than 330 in its first year, including 24 of the top 25 markets, Billboard Radio Monitor reports. Premiere Radio Networks sold out 95 percent of the network’s inventory to advertisers such as Home Depot, Lowe’s, Michelin and UBS Financial Services.
FNR struck an unprecedented cash deal with Clear Channel that made FNR its primary news service for about 100 stations, many in the nation’s largest markets. Today, non-CC-owned affiliates outnumber the CC stations. And a handful of outlets, such as Fisher Communications’ KVI-AM in Seattle and Cumulus Media’s KCMO-AM in Kansas City, brand their entire format with the Fox brand.