Coming soonMutual Broadcast News returns as an all-AI network. Early-access applications are open.

Mutual is back.

Mutual Broadcast News and the Weather Service are coming back on the air

Network newscasts at the top of every hour and breaking-news bulletins, plus a local weather service for your market, all ready for your station's automation. The news is free to commercial stations.

Apply for early access How it works

Coming soonearly access open

1 · 3 · 5minute newscasts, so you pick the length that fits your clock
Hourlya fresh newscast every hour, plus breaking-news bulletins
$0commercial on barter; noncommercial from $20/mo
No installone copy-and-paste command, Windows or Mac

The relaunch

The network is back

Mutual Broadcast News once reached more than 400 affiliate stations. Now the news is coming back, and a local weather service with it, rebuilt from the ground up by founder Leo Ashcraft on technology he built himself, so any station can sign up and carry it without a service call.

Network news at the top of every hour, ready for your automation, and free to commercial stations.

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What your station gets

Network news without the network headaches

Everything a station needs to run a professional newscast every hour.

Three lengths, every hour

1-, 3- and 5-minute newscasts at the top of every hour. Pick the length that fits your clock.

Breaking-news bulletins

When a big story can't wait for the top of the hour, a bulletin is ready to air.

Fresh every hour

Every hour brings a new newscast, led by the biggest story of the hour.

The classic network sound

Opener, anchor intro and closer: the sound of a real network newscast, broadcast-ready and at a consistent level.

No install at your station

One copy-and-paste command for Windows or Mac. It works with whatever automation you already run.

Free on barter

Commercial stations carry Mutual free, with one network spot in each newscast. Noncommercial stations subscribe at founding rates (see rates).

Add-on

Local weather, every hour

Two cuts for your market, refreshed every hour, with any watch or warning first. Take either one or both; they run back to back or on their own.

Current conditions15 secondsWhat it's doing right now in your area
$20 a month
Forecast30 secondsToday, tonight and tomorrow
$25 a month

Turn it on from your affiliate page: give us your city or ZIP, and your first cuts arrive within the hour. Both cuts for $35 a month. Same price for any station, commercial or noncommercial.

For stations

On your air in three steps

No satellite dish, no installer and no service call. If your station has a Windows or Mac computer with internet access, it can carry Mutual.

Sign up
Tell us about your station. You get a private download link of your own.
Paste one command
Copy one line for Windows or Mac and paste it in once. That's the whole setup.
Schedule it
The newest newscast is waiting in a folder every hour. Schedule it in your automation, whatever system you run.

News you can put on the air

Credible, clean, on time

Straight, fact-first newscasts your station can put on the air with confidence. Every story is built from verifiable sources and checked before it airs.

Fact-first reporting from verifiable sources
Every story checked before it airs
Breaking-news bulletins when the story can't wait
Broadcast-ready audio at a consistent level

Rates

Rates for newscasts and weather

Hourly newscasts per station, locked in for your first year

CommercialFreeOn barter
One network spot in each newscast
LPFM$20/month$240 a year, paid in advance
or $25 month to month
Full-power NCE$40/month$480 a year, paid in advance
or $50 month to month

Local weather add-on any station, on top of the newscast rate

Current conditions$20/month15-second update for your market
every hour
Forecast$25/month30-second forecast for your market
every hour
Both$35/monthConditions and forecast, back to back
What's in them

Founding-station rates for early-access affiliates, fixed for your first year.