CBS is TV’s most-watched network for 12th year in a row

NEW YORK » The winner, and still champion, is CBS.

The Tiffany network finished the traditional television season, which ended last week, as the most-watched broadcaster for the 12th consecutive year, the Nielsen company said.

CBS has won 17 of the last 18 years, the lone exception coming when Fox topped the chart at the height of “American Idol.”

CBS has won for so long the distinction has lost much of the meaning it had when the streak began. Broadcast networks no longer dominate the television landscape as they used to and, with streaming and cable networks a big part of the mix, TV doesn’t effectively turn out the lights in the summer the way it once did.

NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” ranks as the most-watched regular program of the year, back in the fall when sports were on television.

Apple Music to launch its first radio show in Africa

NEW YORK » Apple Music is launching its first radio show in Africa.

The streaming platform announced Thursday that “Africa Now Radio With Cuppy” will debut Sunday and will feature a mix of contemporary and traditional popular African sounds, including genres like Afrobeat, rap, house, kuduro and more.

Cuppy, the Nigerian-born DJ and music producer, will host the weekly one-hour show, which will be available at 9 a.m.

“The show represents a journey from West to East and North to South, but importantly a narrative of Africa then to Africa now,” Cuppy said in a statement.

African music and artists have found success outside of the continent and onto the pop charts in both the U.S. and U.K. in recent years.

Acts like Drake and Beyonce have borrowed the sound for their own songs.