United Stations Radio Networks (USRN) is a

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that provides a variety of radio programs and programming services for radio stations throughout the United States and elsewhere. It is based in

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History

The company was founded in February 1994 by pop icon

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and radio veterans Nick Verbitsky and

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. Verbitsky continues to serve as the company's CEO, while Andy Denemark serves as the Vice President of Programming and plays a large role in company contributions. The similarly named "United Stations Radio Network" (singular), also founded by Clark, Verbitsky, and Salamon in 1980, bought the

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in 1985 and eventually merged with

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and the original incarnation of Westwood One.

Programming

USRN's entertainment program offerings include ''

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'', ''America's Greatest Hits'' with

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, ''

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'', ''

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'', various programs hosted by

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, '' Lex and Terry'', ''Absolutely 80s'' with Nina Blackwood, ''

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'', '' Dick Bartley's Classic Hits'', ''Rock & Roll's Greatest Hits'' also hosted by Bartley, the

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shows ''

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'' and ''hardDriveXL'', ''The Sandy Show'', ''Rick Jackson's Country Classics'', and reruns of '' Dick Clark's Rock, Roll & Remember'' and the daily ''Music Calendar''. The company also co-manages, along with

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, the Your Smooth Jazz network provided by Broadcast Architecture. United Stations distributes

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's 24-hour and short-form business news programming. Weather information is sourced from

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, whose forecasts USRN has distributed since 2009 (taking over the distribution from the original Westwood One). Previously,

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and John Wetherbee ran USRN's weather division. Other services include a morning prep service known as "Pulse of Radio", as well as comedy programming. United Stations distributes

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broadcasts from Touchdown Radio Productions.

References

External links

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