WASHINGTON –Two more radio networks, serving 340 stations combined, are now using audio from the AP Radio on their on-air broadcasts. 

 

American Urban Radio, which maintains 270 music station affiliates, will use AP SoundBank, an Internet-based actuality archive covering of 90-years of digitized audio. Skylight Radio Network, which serves 70 affiliates, will use AP's live Top-of-the-Hour newscasts, which is an element of AP's flexible 24-hour audio network, AP Network News, along with AP's text and information service, NewsPower.

 

AP Radio content is used by radio networks around the country with totaling more than XX affiliates between them. Examples include the Jones Radio Network, Salem Radio Networks, Bloomberg Radio Networks and Fox Sports Radio

 

"With more than 300 stations between them, these two networks serve broad audiences with differing interests," said AP Radio General Manager Thomas P.  Callahan.  " From news around the globe to news in their state, from Hollywood to Wall Street, AP is the one place they can go to get it all."

 

SoundBank is the industry's most comprehensive digital archive of soundbites available with 300 actualities added daily, covering much of the last 90 years.  It offers entertainment and lifestyle, news, sports and business audio and is a valuable programming tool for all station formats.  It's especially useful for morning shows, music stations, oldies programs, talk and public affairs, and general station production. 

 

AP Network News, which recently earned an Edward R. Murrow Award, is a flexible, 24-hour news network that provides live newscasts, sports, business, lifestyle, and hourly actuality feeds.  It also delivers dozens of produced features covering a variety of topics, including Hollywood, music, technology, consumer issues and public affairs, which are ideally suited for sponsorships.

 

AP NewsPower provides the latest national and international news, state news, show-prep packages, entertainment information and complete sports and business coverage. AP NewsPower also includes the AP NewsMinute, a one-minute capsule of the day's top stories.

 

The Associated Press is the leading provider of audio, video, facilities, text, audio, graphics, photos, and multimedia online content to broadcasters around the world.  AP also is the premier provider of news production software technology. More than 5,000 television and radio stations and 1,000 U.S. media Web sites depend on AP for text stories, audio, video, graphics, and photo services for building their on-air and online products and services.  AP offers coverage of news, sports, business news, political news, technology news, entertainment and weather.