Abstract
A secondary analysis of a national survey of managers at radio news stations was used to examine the impact of group ownership and competition on news content and the news department. Group ownership had no impact on the financial commitment or the local and staff emphasis of news coverage. Competition resulted in more staff-prepared news and a higher proportion ofairtime devoted to staff-prepared news, but in a lower percentage of staff-prepared reports devoted to local news.
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