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AP Radio News

AP Radio News is our newly revamped 24-hour audio network, designed to give you more sound, more customization and more options than ever before.

AP Radio News provides newscasts up to three times an hour, live special reports up to four times an hour, and a steady stream of audio cut feeds around the clock. You receive regularly scheduled programming on the Main Channel and live, long-form coverage of special events and major breaking news on our Special Events channels.

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Barter Pricing
You can add AP’s distinctive sound to your programming without any cash outlay. We offer an attractive barter pricing structure that delivers the world’s most trusted news in exchange for far less inventory than others require. Get the news you need and keep more time to sell -- consider it your inventory rebate.

AP Radio News Highlights

Unparalleled Resources. With AP staff stationed throughout the world, and member stations contributing audio from hundreds of U.S. locations, AP Radio News has the resources to bring you all the sounds of stories as they develop.
Exciting, contemporary sound. AP Radio News is fast-paced, creatively produced and designed to engage your listeners. It features high production values, lots of actualities and natural sound, and an expanded team of veteran anchors.
Live special reports. When major stories break, your listeners want fast, accurate reports and frequent updates. As a story unfolds, AP Radio News provides fully produced, live, anchored reports. LSR’s are scheduled up to four times per hour, and can be expanded for crisis coverage.
News Updates
- Three minute top-of-the-hour newscast, every hour around the clock. An optional breakaway at :02 means you can sell the third minute, or continue to carry the news.
- One minute bottom-of-the-hour newscast at :31, scheduled to let you do traffic and weather or a promo before the update.
- One-minute newscast at :55, scheduled to let you place it wherever you need it.
Audio cut feeds. Actualities, voicers, natural sound, wraps, and on-the-scene reports for use in your local newscast. All items are billboarded on AP's news wires, indicating topics, times, outcues and related stories running elsewhere on the wire.
Online access. AP Radio News cuts are downloadable through the AP PrimeCuts website, sometimes even before they’re broadcast on the network. Cuts are available for 72 hours, so you don’t have to devote resources to rolling tape or worry about missing important audio.
Prime Server. AP’s new audio retrieval software, for use with the AP NewsDesk news production system, automatically downloads to your server all audio associated with broadcast wire stories. Audio cuts are available for your immediate use.
Hundreds of cuts. You often get more than 300 audio cuts a day (or more than 100,000 cuts a year) to use in producing your own programming.
Crisis Coverage. AP Radio News excels when major news breaks, providing live updates from the anchor booth and from correspondents on the scene. If necessary, we can break format to provide continuous coverage. AP’s worldwide reach means we can report to you from the thick of things, no matter where news breaks.
Special Event Coverage. Conventions, elections, entertainment awards, summer and winter games — AP is there to help put your listeners right in the middle of the action.
Religious Programming. AP Radio News features Religion Round-Up, a one-minute summary of that day's top stories on religion. A Closer Look is a second one-minute feature concentrating on the biggest story of the day. We also feed 8-10 religion-oriented actualities each morning, each relating to text stories.
Customization. We want to do everything we can to integrate AP into your station’s broadcast. Channels with and without sounders are available, depending on your production needs. Our anchors can create custom promos for your station upon request.
Keeping you informed. Advisories about network coverage and programming move on the broadcast wire throughout the day. You can choose to receive the daily Coverage Plan via e-mail so you’ll stay up to date with what we’re working on. You can also opt for the Voice Alert audio advisory, which will let the AP Radio Supervisor’s Desk broadcast announcements directly to your newsroom concerning major upcoming coverage, especially on our Special Events channels.

You get news from a broad range of topics, covered by a staff of subject-matter experts

AP doesn’t specialize in just one area -- e.g. entertainment -- but covers all areas. Not just news, but sports, business, entertainment and more -- each has a staff of veteran journalists

Local staff can concentrate on local coverage

Regional audio coverage, including voicers, wraps and actualities on regional stories.

No matter what the story, stations can have confidence that the AP report is credible.

AP has expertise in such areas as entertainment, science and politics

Station can monitor ongoing events in real time, without losing other services, and can choose how much or how little to carry.

Up to three long-form special events channels carry live breaking news, press conferences and other live events.

Cover national stories without tying up local staff

AP supplies national and international content, plus sports, business, entertainment and weather.

Station can decide how much airtime to devote to a story

Long- and short-form breaking news coverage. Long-form anchored coverage and short-form live special reports can go straight to air. Unanchored long-form Hotline channel lets you choose the audio you want from each event.

Tremendous amount of audio and live reports from major events like political conventions, the Olympics, Oscars, Grammys and major sports championships.

AP devotes tremendous resources, and often years of planning, to delivering comprehensive coverage of major national and international events.

Content is scheduled to meet your deadlines

Text and audio is produced by a radio-oriented newsroom, in sync with radio schedules

Information is continuously updated, and you have immediate access to it. You don’t have to wait for a fax to come in or a website to be updated.

AP Radio is on duty 24 hours a day. By maintaining a full-time connection to your newsroom, we make sure your information is up-to-the-minute. You can even download some audio cuts from the AP PrimeCuts site before they air.

Keep your newscasts refreshed with new sound, around the clock.

With hundreds of cuts per day, up to three newscasts and four live special reports per hour, nobody provides a more comprehensive audio news feed.

When news breaks, you’re at the forefront.

AP’s worldwide, instantaneous communication system and network of 242 bureaus ensure real-time delivery of information.

Ability to build your own programming around AP audio

APRN has more cut feeds per hour than ever before. Use as drop-ins during news, sports, entertainment and business reports.

You’re covered in a crisis

You have access to bulletins and urgents 24 hours a day. Major breaking news can be covered in live special reports and simultaneous long-form channels. For a truly major crisis, APRN can break format and go wall-to-wall.

Give your listeners up-to-the-minute information - you can get AP audio on the air as soon as it’s produced.

Cut feeds are often available through the AP PrimeCuts site (included with APRN) before they’re broadcast on the network.

There’s no need to devote staff or equipment to roll on feeds. You can download the audio you want, at your convenience.

Cuts can be retrieved from PrimeCuts for 72 hours.

Have a one-stop, single source for news

State, national or international, news, sports, business or entertainment -- get it all in one place, with one sound, from AP. Reap the benefits of AP’s broad membership and worldwide network of 242 bureaus.

Save money. Flexible pricing and packaging to fit your needs

Pricing and packaging are linked to intensity of use. Discounts for station groups and multiple stations per market are available, and you can get AP Radio News with barter instead of cash

Extremely affordable barter pricing -- keep more inventory to sell yourself

AP requires far less barter inventory than other providers

Service level flexibility -- Station isn’t locked in to highest level of service in cluster.

Each station in a cluster can individually select its level of service

Free tools to help speed audio production workflow

AP SoundDesk editor included. Highly capable audio package integrates with NewsDesk and the links to audio clips embedded in AP wire stories.

You have complete control over your on-air product

No clearance requirements -- air just what you need.

Air solid, reliable information and reduce the risk of on-air problems -- libel, slander, errors, etc. Protect the integrity and credibility of publicly-held companies

AP’s experienced editors are constantly fact-checking to ensure the information you air is as accurate as possible. AP has a 150-year history of getting the story right. This is our only business, and we invest heavily in staff training to maintain standards and quality.

Add informational content to any format

High production values and professional standards ensure that our content fits in at any station

Stay ahead of the competition and build a reputation for being up to the minute.

Real-time delivery of information -- you never have to wait.

Know you can rely on delivery systems

AP’s communication staff maintains the network 24 hours a day. Multiple backup delivery systems are available in case of emergency.