The Alabama Radio Network provides hourly newscasts from 6:30 am through 6:30 pm Central Time six days a week.  Each newscast is four minutes long, including commercial break, and is repeated at :55 past the hour and the top of the hour for your programming convenience.  The newscasts are formatted so that your station can take a 3-minute version (2 minutes of content plus a 60-second network commercial) or a 4-minute version (there’s another minute of content after the commercial).  Normally all three newscasts are identical except during breaking news events.

          The ARN news updates are fed at :50 past the hour and provide a headline service ideal for music intensive radio stations.  Each update is 2 minutes long, including a 60-second commercial.