Programming
Talk Radio Network's programming is arranged in the format of a 24-hour network, such that the programming rarely overlaps, with the programming split up among three satellites. Aside from encores, almost all of TRN's programs air live. TRN currently carries no short-form programming; in April 2007, Talk Radio Network debuted its first short form program, a daily commentary hosted by Dick Morris, but it has since left the air.
TRN's weekday programs are mostly distributed individually as opposed to a straight network, while the network's weekend programming is mostly syndicated as a large block. In recent months, however, TRN has been increasingly feeding its weekday programming to stations in multi-program blocks; according to TRN, the network is "capable of delivering a full turn-key talk operation to one radio station."
Much of TRN's programming could be heard on CRN Digital Talk Radio Networks until November 2009, when CRN dropped the network and replaced it with Air America Media. Most TRN programs returned to CRN in 2010 after Air America's demise. TRN programming is split up among CRN2, CRN4 and CRN5, with most weekday programs on CRN4 and weekend shows airing on CRN5.
TRN also operates America's Radio News Network, which airs fifteen daily hours of all-news radio programming (running from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.) as well as hourly newscasts each weekday. ARNN is carried on CRN7.
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