After leaving CBS in 1934 Herbert Moore, a former United Press reporter,[1] had the idea to create a dedicated service to provide copy for radio news broadcasts.
At that time newspapers saw radio stations as competition for advertising dollars - so much so that when CBS attempted to set up its own news service the major newspaper chains threatened to stop carrying CBS program listings.
Moore was able to raise $150,000 of start up capital and launch the Transradio Press Service in Manhattan.
[2][5] Some of Transradio's early clients included: KNX in Hollywood, KSTP in St. Paul, the Michigan Network, the Yankee Network in New England, WLS in Chicago, KWK in St. Louis, CFCF in Montreal, and CJRM in Regina, Saskatchewan.
[11][12] Moore went up to Ottawa and claimed there was a plot by "selfish publishing and monopolistic interests ... to destroy independent news services throughout the Dominion."