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In 2003, Fox News began syndicating one-minute radio updates to radio stations via syndication service Westwood One. With the success of the one-minute updates, Fox opted to make a full foray into network radio news services and began hiring a staff of 60 radio professionals.
On June 1, 2005, Fox News Radio began providing hourly five-minute newscasts at the beginning of each hour and a one-minute newscast at the half-hour mark. At its launch, 60 stations were signed up for the network. Many more joined under a deal struck between Fox and Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia), the largest owner of radio stations in America. This allowed many Clear Channel stations to carry Fox News Radio newscasts and allowed Fox News Radio to use and nationally distribute news content produced by Clear Channel. Several of those stations ended decades-long relationships dating back to the Golden Age of Radio with CBS Radio News and ABC News Radio to carry Fox News Radio.
Fox News Talk
Fox also produced Fox News Talk, a long-form network with conservative talk programs featuring Fox News personalities. The programs are broadcast on terrestrial radio stations in the United States and were formerly found at SiriusXM Satellite Radio's digital platform on Channel 450. Channel 450 also carried the five-minute Fox Newscast at the start of each hour and the one-minute Fox News update at 30 minutes after each hour.
After advertising from XM Satellite Radio regarding a new exclusivity deal for Fox News content, FNC's full-time audio simulcast was pulled from Sirius Satellite Radio on January 1, 2006. Fox News Talk launched on XM the next day. After listener demand, along with some FNC hosts wanting listeners of both services to have access, the exclusivity deal was broken and the FNC simulcast returned to Sirius on March 14, 2006, along with the new Fox News Talk channel.
In April 2006, morning show host Tony Snow left the network when he became White House Press Secretary. Replacing him was the duo of Brian Kilmeade, and Andrew Napolitano as Brian and the Judge. Napolitano left the show in 2010, leaving Kilmeade to host solo.
XM Radio Canada added the channel on June 1, 2007.
In September 2007, Tom Sullivan joined Fox News Radio and helped launch Fox Business. 10 years later, Sullivan left Fox News in 2017 to join a national syndicator with his radio show.
Also carried was Westwood One's syndicated The Radio Factor with former FNC personality Bill O'Reilly. O'Reilly was moved out of the live time slot on January 15, 2009, anticipating his departure from the show on February 26 of that year. Fox News announced it would move John Gibson to the noon-to-3 p.m. time slot, after Bill O'Reilly left the time slot. Gibson also left Fox News Talk in June 2017.
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On May 4, 2011, Fox News Talk moved to XM 126 from XM 168 and to Sirius 126 from Sirius 145. By the end, it was carried on both Sirius and XM's channel 450. The Fox News Talk service ended on October 12, 2019. However, the Fox News Talk name remains as part of an internal distribution service Fox Corporation provides though its existing audio distribution agreement with iHeartMedia for its talk shows.
Fox News Headlines 24/7
In late 2015, Fox News Radio began offering Fox News Headlines 24/7 exclusively to SiriusXM subscribers on Channel 115. It's a live-anchored all news channel with a dedicated editorial staff, providing a panorama of the day's news "from Hollywood to Wall Street to Main Street."
News is presented in 15-minute blocks. Six anchors each day are assigned to eight-hour air shifts, with one hour on and one hour off over the course of the shift. Additional features include sports at:05/:35, business at:12/:42 and entertainment news at:21/:51. The station does not suspend its format for breaking news coverage, which is the role of Fox News Channel. The slogans are "The news you want, the moment you want it" and "It's news, ready when you are". It is a companion channel to the audio simulcasts of the Fox News Channel on SiriusXM 114 and Fox Business on SiriusXM 113.
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