Radio News bulletin lengths

Capital Radio, 1974
4 minutes 25 seconds News (8 stories)

Capital Radio, 1977: 3 minutes 33 seconds
3 minutes 13 seconds News (5 stories)
Weather 20 seconds

Half past: 1 minute 45 seconds
1 minutes 20 seconds News (5 stories)
Weather 25 seconds

BBC Radio 2, 1977
On the hour:
2 minutes 40 seconds News (7 stories)

ABC RN
On the Hour: 5 minutes
4 min 30 secs News (6 stories)
Weather 33 seconds

Radio 10:
On the hour: 2 minutes 38 seconds
News 1 minutes 55 seconds (3 stories)
Traffic 20 seconds
Weather 20 seconds

On the half-hour: 2 minutes 42 seconds
News 2 minutes 00 seconds (3 stories)
Traffic 15 seconds
Weather 18 seconds

CBN (Brasil)
On the hour: 2 minutes 45 seconds (4 stories)
Half past: 3 minutes 05 seconds (5 stories)

RTE 2fm:
2 min 20 secs (5 stories)
Weather: 20 secs
Sports: 1 min 30 sec
Travel: 40 secs

BFBS Forces Radio:
3 min (6 stories)

Radio Jackie: 3 min 51 secs
33 secs Weather
3 mins 18 secs News (6 stories)

KFI, 2019:
On the hour: 5 minutes 35 seconds
News 4 minutes 00 seconds (6 stories)
Traffic 1 minutes 15 seconds
Weather: 20 seconds

Half past: 4 minutes 10 seconds
News 2 minutes 40 seconds (6 stories)
Traffic 1 minutes 10 seconds
Weather 20 seconds

WOR, 2019:
On the hour: 4 minutes 00 seconds
News  2 minutes 45 seconds (6 stories)
Traffic  50 seconds
Weather: 25 seconds

Half past:  4 minutes 45 seconds
News  3 minutes 45 seconds (6 stories)
Traffic  45 seconds
Weather  15 seconds

WLW, 2019:
On the hour:  4 minutes  22 seconds
News  2 minutes 35 seconds (5 stories)
Traffic   40 seconds
Weather:  40 seconds
Sports 30 seconds (2 stories)

Coast: 3 mins 15 secs
2 mins 20 secs News (4 stories)
55 secs Sports (4 stories)

WGN:
On the hour: 5 min 27 secs
2 mins 54 secs News (6 stories)
1 min 43 secs Sports (5 stories)
50 secs Business (2 stories)

Weather  33 secs
Traffic  1 min

On the half-hour: 3 mins 23 secs
1 mins 18 secs News (3 stories)
1 min 25 sec Sports (5 stories)
40 secs Business (2 stories)

Weather 38 secs
Traffic 58 secs

TSF Radio Noticias:
Headlines: 1 minute (3 stories)

On the hour:
10 minutes 24 seconds (8 stories)
Weather: 30 seconds

Half-past: 3 minutes 20 seconds
2 minutes 43 seconds (4 stories)
Traffic 37 seconds

RNZ National
On the Hour:
News 4 min 41 sec (6 stories)
Weather 55 sec

6am:
News 5 min (6 stories)
Sports 2 min (4 stories)
Weather 1 min 20 sec
Business (6:20) 2 min 40 sec
Business (6:50) 8 min 35 sec
Rural News 5 min 10 sec

6:30:
News 4 min (9 stories)
Sports 2 min (3 stories)
Weather 2 min 10 sec (6:30 Regional)

12pm:
News 15 min 30 secs (21 stories)
Business 9 min
Sports 3 min 30 secs
Rural News 8 min
Weather 50 secs

10pm Weekday:
News: 15 minutes 19 secs (16 stories)
Weather: 1 minute 07 secs

10pm Weekend:
News 10 min 9 sec (11 stories, heads 3)
Weather 50 sec

Cadena Ser:
National 3 minutes 02 seconds (7 stories)
Local 1 minutes 57 seconds (3 stories)

KDKA
On the hour: 4 min 45 min
3 min 35 secs News (8 stories)
42 secs Traffic
30 secs Weather

On the half-hour: 4 min 45 secs
3 min 30 News (7 stories)
45 secs Traffic
30 secs Weather

Sports: 1 min 55 secs
Business: 1 min

Newstalk ZB
On the Hour: 6 Minutes
3 min 50 News (7 stories)
2 min 10 Sports (4 stories)
Weather 40 seconds

On the half-hour: 5 min 40 sec
3 min 35 News (7 stories)
2 min 5 Sports (4 stories)
Weather 35 seconds

Traffic 30 seconds

2SM
On the hour: 5 min 15 secs
3 min 25 secs News (5 stories)
1 min 5 secs Sports (4 stories)
15 secs Finance
Weather 30 secs

On the half-hour: 4 min 55 secs
3 min 25 secs News
50 secs Sports
10 secs Finance
Weather 25 secs

2GB
12pm: 7 min 30 secs
6 min News
1 min 30 Sports

6pm: 6 minutes
5 min News
1 min Sports

On the hour: 4 min 25 secs
3 min 20 secs News (11 stories)
1 min 5 secs Sports (5 stories)
Weather 45 secs
Traffic 15 secs

On the half-hour: 4 min 28 secs
3 min 22 secs News (11 stories)
1 min 06 secs Sports (4 stories)
Weather 45 secs
Traffic 20 secs

3AW, 2019:
On the hour: 4 min 30 secs
3 mins 45 secs News (8 stories)
45 secs Sports
Weather 30 secs
Traffic 55 secs

On the half-hour: 4 mins 25 secs
3 mins 35 secs News (8 stories)
50 sec Sports
Weather 40 secs
Traffic 45 secs

Newstalk 106:
On the hour: 5 mins
News 3 min 30 secs
Sports 1 min 30 secs
Traffic and travel 50 sec

Talkradio:
On the hour: 4 min 2 sec
3 minutes 52 seconds  News (head 3, stories  6)
Weather 10 secs
Traffic 30 secs

On the half-hour: 1 min 57 secs
News (4 stories)
Traffic 30 secs

702:
On the hour: 5 min 30
News 5 min
Weather 20 secs

BBC World Service
On the hour:
5 min 00 secs (9 stories)

On the half-hour:
2 minutes 00 seconds (7 stories)

BBC Radio 5 Live
On the hour: 4 min 5 secs
2 min 30 secs News (6 stories)
1 min Sports (5 stories)
Travel 35 secs

On the half-hour: 4 minutes 45 seconds
1 min 4 secs News (4 stories)
2 min 47 secs Sports (7 stories)
30 secs Travel
10 secs Weather

BBC Radio London
On the hour: 5 minutes 40 seconds
4 min 16 secs News (5 stories)
40 secs Sport (3 stories)
Weather 43 secs
Travel 2 min

On the half-hour: 4 minutes 26 seconds
1 min 20 secs News (4 stories)
3 min 06 secs Sport (8 stories)
Travel 2 min 45 secs
Weather 14 secs

LBC:
On the hour: 2 min 45 secs
On the half-hour 45 secs

LBC, 1985:
On the hour: 7 minutes
News 5 min 55 secs (8 stories)
Weather 1 min

On the half-hour: 3 min 25 secs
News 1 min
Weather 2 min 20 secs

Quarter-hour: 1 minute 20 seconds
News 1 minute
Weather 20 seconds

LBC, 1989:
On the hour: 7 min 45 secs
News  6 min 20 secs (9 stories)
London News 30 secs (3 stories)
Weather 57 secs

Half past the hour: 6 min 5 secs
News 4 min 25 secs (8 stories)
Weather 1 min 35 secs

LBC NewsTalk, October 1993:
On the hour: 7 min 30 secs
News 4 min 50 secs (heads 3, 8 stories)
Finance 55 secs
Sports 1 min (5 stories)
Weather 45 secs

London TalkBack Radio, 1993:
On the hour: 7 min 40 secs
News 4 min 45 secs (heads 3, 6 stories)
Business 55 secs
Sport 1 min (5 stories)
Weather 1 min

LBC, 1998:
On the hour:  4 min 42 secs
News  3 min 14 secs (9 stories)
Weather 23 secs
Travel 1 min 11 secs

Half past the hour: 3 min 41 secs
News  2 min 6 secs (7 stories)
Weather  24 secs
Travel  1 min 10 secs

Quarter-hour:  1 minute 15 seconds
News  51 seconds (4 stories)
Weather 24 seconds

LBC, 2003:
On the hour: 6 min 12 secs
News 4 min 40 secs (14 stories, 3 heads)
Sports 1 min 17 secs (4 stories)
Weather 15 secs

Half past the hour: 6 min 33 secs
News 1 minute 38 seconds (5 stories)
Sports 4 min 43 secs (9 stories)
Weather 12 seconds

Quarter-hour: 1 minute 31 seconds
News 25 secs (4 stories)
Travel 1 minute 5 seconds

Russkaya Sluzhba Novostej
On the hour: 6 min 20 secs
News 3 min 10 secs
Sports 3 min 10 secs

On the half-hour: 5 min 5 secs
News 2 min 25 secs
Sports 3 min 5 secs

Quarter-past: 1 min 55 secs

CityFM Moscow, 2007:
8pm: 4 min 35 secs
News  2 min 18 secs (5 stories)
Business 1 min 15 secs (2 stories)
Traffic 25 secs
Weather 33 secs

On the hour: 3 min 50 sec
News 2 minutes 55 (7 stories)
Traffic 20 secs
Weather 35 secs

Quarter-past: 4 min 30
News 3 min 30 secs (8 stories)
Traffic 25 secs
Weather 35 secs

Half past the hour: 4 min 5 sec
News 3 min 5 secs (8 stories)
Traffic 25 secs
Weather 30 secs

Mayak
On the hour: 8 mins 30 secs
News 5 min 30 secs (3 heads, 9 stories)
Weather 25 secs
Sports 2 min 30 secs (4 stories)

Quarter-hour: 1 min 30 secs (4 stories)

On the half-hour: 5 min 30 secs
News 2 min 35 secs (7 stories)
Weather 25 secs
Sports 2 min 30 secs (4 stories)

938Now, 2018:
On the hour:
News 10 min 30 secs (9 stories)
Traffic 30 secs
Weather 15 secs

On the half-hour:
News 10 min 15 secs (9 stories)
Traffic 30 secs
Weather 15 secs

cna938 (morning)
on the hour: 9 minutes 45 seconds (9 stories)
half past hour: 5 minutes 15 seconds (6 stories)
quarter-to: 1 minutes 35 seconds (4 stories)

Business: 5 minutes 47 seconds (5 stories)
Traffic: 30 seconds

cna938 (Evening):
on the hour: 10 minutes 22 seconds (10 stories)
half past hour: 6 minutes 0 seconds (5 stories)
quarter-to: 1 minutes 45 seconds (4 stories)

Business:  5 minutes 15 seconds (5 stories)
Traffic: 40 seconds
Weather: 15 seconds

Govorit Moskva, 2006:
On the hour: 4 minutes 50 seconds
3 minutes 55 seconds News (3 heads,  8 stories)
Weather 55 seconds

Half past: 3 minutes 00 seconds
2 minutes 34 seconds News (7 stories)
Weather 26 seconds