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CBS Broadcasting Inc. (CBS)

Type	Broadcast radio network and television network
Country	United States
Availability	United States, Canada, Mexico, Philippines, United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, Latin America, India, Taiwan, and the Caribbean
Slogan	We Are CBS
Owner	CBS Corporation
Key people	Leslie Moonves, Chairman of CBS
Launch date	September 18, 1927 (radio); 1939 (television)
Former names	United Independent Broadcasters (1927) Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System (1927–1928) Columbia Broadcasting System (1928–1974 in official usage)
Website www.cbs.com

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The network has its origins in United Independent Broadcasters Inc. , a collection of 16 radio stations that was bought by William S. Paley in 1928 and renamed the Columbia Broadcasting System. Under Paley's guidance, CBS would first become one of the largest radio networks in the United States and then one of the big three American broadcast television networks. In 1974, CBS dropped its full name and became known simply as CBS, Inc. The Westinghouse Electric Corporation acquired the network in 1995 and eventually adopted the name of the company it had bought to become CBS Corporation. Founded in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric Company and later renamed Westinghouse Electric Corporation by George Westinghouse. In 2000, CBS came under the control of Viacom, which coincidentally had begun as a spin-off of CBS in 1971. Viacom ( ( short for " Vi deo & A udio Com munications" is an American Media conglomerate with various worldwide interests In late 2005, Viacom split itself and reestablished CBS Corporation with the CBS television network at its core. CBS Corporation () is an American Media conglomerate focused on Broadcasting, Publishing, Billboards, and Television CBS Corporation and the new Viacom are controlled by Sumner Redstone through National Amusements, the parent of the two companies. Sumner Murray Redstone (born Sumner Murray Rothstein; May 27 1923) is Majority owner and Chairman of the Board of the National National Amusements Inc is a privately owned media and entertainment company based in Dedham Massachusetts, USA

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early years 1.2 The television years: expansion and growth 1.3 Color telecasts 1.4 The conglomerate 1.4.1 CBS Records group 1.4.2 CBS Musical Instruments division 1.4.3 Film production 1.4.4 Home video 1.4.5 Gabriel Toys 1.5 New owners 1.5.1 Westinghouse Electric Corporation 1.5.2 Viacom 1.5.3 CBS Corporation and CBS Studios 2 Corporate tidbits 3 Logos and slogans 4 Programming 4.1 Prime time 4.1.1 Fall 2008 4.2 Daytime 4.3 Children's programming 5 International broadcasts 6 Criticism 7 Partnership 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 External links

History

Early years

CBS can trace its origins to the creation, on January 21, 1927 in Chicago, of the "United Independent Broadcasters" network. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Established by New York talent agent Arthur Judson, United soon looked for additional investors; the Columbia Phonographic Manufacturing Company (also owners of Columbia Records), rescued the company in April 1927, and as a result, the network was renamed "Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Arthur Leon Judson was an artists' manager who also managed the New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra. Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company " Columbia Phonographic went on the air on September 18, 1927, from flagship station WOR in Newark, New Jersey, and 15 affiliates. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Unable to sell enough air time to advertisers, on September 25, 1927, Columbia sold the network for $500,000 to William S. Paley, son of a Philadelphia cigar manufacturer. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Samuel Paley ( September 28, 1901 &ndash October 26, 1990) was the chief executive who built Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS With Columbia Phonographic's removal, Paley streamlined the corporate name to "Columbia Broadcasting System". Paley believed in the power of radio advertising; his family's company had seen their "La Palina" cigar become a best-seller after young William convinced his elders to advertise it on Philadelphia station WCAU. For broadcast stations that previously used the WCAU call sign see WCAU (disambiguation WCAU, channel 10 is the NBC owned-and-operated

In November 1927, Columbia paid $410,000 to A. H. Grebe's Atlantic Broadcasting Company for a small Brooklyn station, WABC, which would become the network's flagship station. flagship is the lead ship in a fleet of vessels a designation given on account of being either the largest fastest newest most heavily armed or for publicity purposes the most well WABC was quickly upgraded, and the signal relocated to a stronger frequency, 860 kHz. The hertz (symbol Hz) is a measure of Frequency, informally defined as the number of events occurring per Second. (In 1946, WABC was re-named WCBS; the station moved to a new frequency, 880 kHz, in the FCC's 1941 reassignment of stations. WCBS (880 kHz often referred to as "WCBS Newsradio 880", is a Radio station in New York City. ) It was where much of CBS's programming originated; other owned-and-operated stations were KNX Los Angeles, KCBS San Francisco (originally KQW), WBBM Chicago, WJSV Washington, DC (later WTOP, which moved to the FM dial in 2005; the AM facility today is WWWT, also a CBS Radio affiliate), KMOX St. Louis, and WCCO Minneapolis. KNX (1070 kHz is an all-news radio station in Los Angeles California, USA Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West KCBS (740 AM, "All News 740 KCBS" is an All-news Radio station in San Francisco California, that is a key West Coast flagship The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city WBBM (AM also known on-air as "Newsradio 780" is an all-news CBS Radio station in Chicago Illinois broadcasting on the AM Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D KMOX (1120 AM, "News/Talk 1120" is an Radio station broadcasting from St These remain the core affiliates of the CBS Radio Network today, with WCBS still the flagship, and all, but WTOP/WWWT (both Bonneville Broadcasting properties) owned by CBS Radio. The CBS Radio Network provides news sports and other programming to more than 1000 radio stations throughout the United States History Bonneville International was formed with approval of the LDS First Presidency in 1964.

Later in 1928, another investor, Paramount Pictures (who ironically would eventually be co-owned with CBS, see below), bought Columbia stock, and for a time it was thought the network would be renamed "Paramount Radio". Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Any chance of further Paramount involvement ended with the 1929 stock market crash; the near-bankrupt studio sold its shares back to CBS in 1932. The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the ’29 Crash, the Crash of 1929, the Great Crash of 1929, the Great Crash of October 1929

As the third national network, CBS soon had more affiliates than either of NBC's two, in part because of a more generous rate of payment to affiliates. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's NBC's owner and founder of RCA, David Sarnoff, believed in technology, so NBC's affiliates had the latest RCA equipment, and were often the best-established stations, or were on "clear channel" frequencies. The term is also used in the context of T1 A clear channel, in its general sense is a communications channel, such as a radio Paley believed in the power of programming, and CBS quickly established itself as the home of many popular musical and comedy stars, among them Bing Crosby, Al Jolson, George Burns & Gracie Allen, and Kate Smith. Harry Lillis “Bing” Crosby ( May 3, 1903 &ndash October 14, 1977) was an Academy Award winning American Popular Al Jolson (May 26 1886 October 23 1950 born in Lithuania, Russian Empire, was a highly acclaimed American singer comedian and actor and the first openly George Burns ( January 20 1896 &ndash March 9 1996; born Nathan Birnbaum) was an American comedian, Actor Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen ( July 26 1895 Allen used to claim that she was born in 1906 but when pressed for evidence she would say that her birth certificate Kathryn Elizabeth "Kate" Smith ( May 1, 1907 &ndash June 17, 1986) was an American Singer, best known for her rendition In 1938, NBC and CBS each opened studios in Hollywood to attract movieland's top talent to their networks – NBC at Radio City on Sunset and Vine, CBS two blocks away at Columbia Square. CBS Columbia Square, located at 6121 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood California, was the home of CBS ' Los Angeles radio and television operations

In the hard times of the early 1930s, CBS radio broadened its offerings; having refused an AP franchise for news, Paley launched an independent news division, shaped in its first years by Paley's vice-president, former New York Times man Ed Klauber, and news director Paul White. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio Another early hire, in 1935, was Edward R. Murrow, brought in as "Director of Talks. Edward R Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25 1908 &ndash April 27 1965) was an American journalist " It was Murrow's reports, particularly during the dark days of the London Blitz, which contributed to CBS News' image for on-the-spot coverage. The Blitz was the sustained bombing of Britain by Nazi Germany between 7 September 1940 and 10 May 1941 in World War II. As European news chief and later head of the news division, Murrow assembled a team of reporters and editors that propelled CBS News to the forefront of the industry.

On October 30, 1938, CBS gained a taste of infamy when Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre broadcast an adaptation of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television Mercury Theatre was a Theatre company founded in New York City by Orson Welles and John Houseman. Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political Its unique format, a contemporary version of the story in the form of faux news broadcasts, had many CBS listeners panicked into believing invaders from Mars were actually devastating Grovers Mill, New Jersey, despite three disclaimers during the broadcast that it was a work of fiction. Grover's Mill is an unincorporated area within West Windsor Township, New Jersey made famous in Orson Welles ' 1938 radio broadcast of New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. CBS would later revive the format for television in the 1990s for Without Warning, which told the story of asteroids crashing to Earth, but the television format allowed for disclaimers to air at every commercial break, avoiding a replay of what happened in 1938. Without Warning may refer to In film and television: ''Without Warning'' (1994 film, a made-for-television science fiction film

Also in 1938, CBS bought American Record Corporation, the parent of its former investor Columbia Records. The American Record Corporation, often known as ARC Records or simply ARC, was a United States based Record company. Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company

Before the onset of World War II, CBS recruited Edmund A. Chester from his position as Bureau Chief for Latin America at Associated Press to serve as Director of Latin American Relations and Director of Short Wave Broadcasts for the CBS radio network (1940). World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Edmund A Chester - ( June 22, 1897 &ndash October 14, 1973) - was a senior Vice President and executive at the CBS Radio The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio In this capacity, Mr. Chester coordinated the development of the Network of the Americas (La Cadena de las Americas) with the Department of State, the Office for Inter-American Affairs (as chaired by Nelson Rockefeller) and Voice of America. Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller ( July 8, 1908 January 26, 1979) was the forty-first Vice President of the United States, the forty-ninth Voice of America ( VOA) is the official external radio and Television broadcasting service of the United States federal government. This network provided vital news and cultural programming throughout South America and Central America during the crucial World War II era and fostered benevolent diplomatic relations between the United States of America and the less developed nations of the continent. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It featured such popular radio broadcasts as Viva America [1] which showcased leading musical talent from both North and South America accompanied by the CBS Pan American Orchestra under the musical direction of Alfredo Antonini. Viva América - was an American musical radio program which was broadcast live over the CBS Radio network and to South America over Alfredo Antonini ( May 31, 1901 - November 3, 1983) - was a leading Italian / American symphony conductor and composer who The post war era also marked the beginning of CBS's dominance in the field of radio as well ^[3]

As long as radio was the dominant advertising medium, CBS dominated broadcasting. All through the 1950s and 1960s, CBS programs were often the highest-rated. A much-publicized "talent raid" on NBC in the mid-1940s brought Jack Benny, Edgar Bergen and Amos 'n' Andy into the CBS fold. Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky February 14, 1894 - December 26, 1974) was an American Comedian, vaudevillian Amos 'n' Andy was a situation comedy based on Stereotypes of African-Americans and popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s Paley also was an innovator in creating original programming; since broadcasting's earliest days, time had been sold to advertising agencies in half- or full-hour blocks. The ad agencies, not the networks, would then create the program to fill the time, thus it was " 'The Johnson's Wax Program', with Fibber McGee & Molly", or " 'The Pepsodent Show', with Bob Hope. Fibber McGee and Molly was a radio show that played a major role in determining the full form of what became classic old-time radio. Pepsodent is a brand of Toothpaste with a Wintergreen flavor It was formerly owned by Unilever (but since 2003 by Church and Dwight in USA Bob Hope, KBE KCSG ( May 29, 1903 &ndash July 27, 2003) was an American comedian and actor who appeared in " At Paley's urging, beginning in the mid-1940s, CBS began creating its own programs; among the long-running shows that came from this project were You Are There (born as CBS Was There), My Favorite Husband (starring Lucille Ball; the show proved a kind of blueprint for her big CBS television hit I Love Lucy), Our Miss Brooks (whose star, Eve Arden, was encouraged personally by Paley to try out for the title role), Gunsmoke and The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet. My Favorite Husband is the name of an American Radio program and network Television series. Lucille Ball (August 6 1911 – April 26 1989 was an American comedienne, film television stage and radio Actress, model, film I Love Lucy is an American Situation comedy, starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley Our Miss Brooks, an American Situation comedy, starred Eve Arden as a sardonic High school English Teacher. Eve Arden ( April 30, 1908 – November 12, 1990) was an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy -winning American Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet was a long-running American Television series, airing on ABC from October 3, In time this idea was carried further, selling ad time by the minute, so ad agencies no longer had complete control over what went out over "Paley's air".

CBS moved at a deliberate pace into television; as late as 1950 it owned only one station; radio continued to be the backbone of the company. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Gradually, as the television network took shape, big radio stars began to drift to television. The radio soap opera The Guiding Light moved to television in 1952 and still airs today; Burns & Allen made the move in 1950; Lucille Ball a year later; Our Miss Brooks in 1952 (though it continued simultaneously on radio for its full television life). A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light prior to 1975 or simply GL) is an Emmy award winning American Television The high-rated Jack Benny radio show ended in 1955, and Edgar Bergen's Sunday-night show went off the air in 1957. Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky February 14, 1894 - December 26, 1974) was an American Comedian, vaudevillian When CBS announced in 1956 that its radio operations had lost money, while the television network had made money, it was clear where the future lie. When the soap opera Ma Perkins went off the air November 25, 1960 only eight, relatively minor series remained. Ma Perkins (sometimes called Oxydol's Own Ma Perkins) was a radio Soap opera which was heard on NBC from 1933 to 1949 and on Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Prime-time radio ended on September 30, 1962, when the legendary Suspense aired for the final time. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Suspense is the Feeling of uncertainty and Anxiety about the outcome of certain actions most often referring to an audience's perceptions in a dramatic work

After the retirement of talk-show pioneer Arthur Godfrey in 1972, CBS radio programming consisted of hourly news broadcast and an extensive schedule of news features, known in the 1970s as Dimension, and commentaries, including the well received Spectrum series of commentaries which evolved into the Point/Counterpoint feature on the television network's 60 Minutes and First Line Report, a well-regarded news and analysis feature delivered by CBS correspondents and offered to the CBS radio stations. Arthur Morton Leo Godfrey ( August 31 1903 &ndash March 16 1983) was an American Radio and Television broadcaster The network also continued to offer traditional radio programming through its nightly "CBS Mystery Theater", the lone holdout of old-style programming. The CBS Radio Network continues to this day, but offers primarily its well-regarded newscasts, including its centerpiece World News Roundup in the morning and evening and news-related features like "The Osgood File" and "Harry Smith Reporting" as well as other talk properties like "Opie and Anthony"

The television years: expansion and growth

CBS's first television broadcasts were experimental, often only for one hour a day, and reaching a limited area in and around New York City (over station W2XAB channel 2, later called WCBW and finally WCBS-TV). The CBS Radio Network provides news sports and other programming to more than 1000 radio stations throughout the United States Harry Smith (born August 21, 1951 in Lansing Illinois) is a co-anchor for CBS ' The Early Show and the host of A&E Opie ( Gregg Hughes, born May 23, 1963) Anthony ( Anthony Cumia, born April 26, 1961) and Jim To catch up with rival RCA, CBS bought Hytron Laboratories in 1939, and immediately moved into set production and color broadcasting. Though there were many competing patents and systems, RCA dictated the content of the FCC's technical standards, and grabbed the spotlight from CBS, DuMont and others by introducing television to the general public at the 1939 New York World's Fair. The DuMont Television Network was the world's first commercial Television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946 The 1939-40 New York World's Fair, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (also the location of the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair) was one of the largest The FCC began licensing commercial television stations on July 1, 1941; the first license went to RCA and NBC's WNBT (now WNBC); the second license, issued that same day, was to WCBW, (now WCBS). "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WNBC Channel 4 is the flagship station of the NBC television network located in New York City. CBS-Hytron offered a practical color system in 1941, but it was not compatible with the black-and-white standards set down by RCA. In time, and after considerable dithering, the FCC rejected CBS's technology in favor of that backed by RCA.

During the World War II years, commercial television broadcasting was reduced dramatically. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Toward the end of the war, commercial television began to ramp up again, with an increased level of programming evident in the 1945–1947 period on the three New York television stations which operated in those years (the local stations of NBC, CBS and DuMont) But as RCA and DuMont raced to establish networks and offer upgraded programming, CBS lagged, advocating an industry-wide shift and re-start to UHF for their incompatible (with black and white) color system. Only in 1950, when NBC was dominant in television and black and white transmission was widespread, did CBS begin to buy or build their own stations (outside of New York) in Los Angeles, Chicago and other major cities. Up to that point, CBS programming was seen on such stations as KTTV Channel 11 in Los Angeles, which CBS--as a bit of insurance and to guarantee program clearance in Los Angeles--quickly purchased a 50% interest in. CBS then sold their interest in KTTV and purchased outright Los Angeles pioneer station KTSL (Channel 2) in 1950, renaming it KNXT (after CBS' existing Los Angeles radio property, KNX), later to become KCBS. The "talent raid" on NBC of the mid-forties had brought over established radio stars; they now became stars of CBS television as well. One reluctant CBS star refused to bring her radio show, "My Favorite Husband", to television unless the network would re-cast the show with her real-life husband in the lead. Paley and network president Frank Stanton had so little faith in the future of Lucille Ball's series, re-dubbed I Love Lucy, that they granted her wish and allowed the husband, Desi Arnaz, to take financial control of the production. Frank Nicholas Stanton ( March 20 1908 - December 24 2006) was an American Broadcasting executive who served as the Lucille Ball (August 6 1911 – April 26 1989 was an American comedienne, film television stage and radio Actress, model, film I Love Lucy is an American Situation comedy, starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley Desi Arnaz (born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III) ( March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986) was a Cuban American This was the making of the Ball-Arnaz Desilu empire, and became the template for series production to this day. Desilu Productions was a Los Angeles California based company jointly owned by American actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.

In the late 1940s, CBS offered imaginative and historic live television coverage of the proceedings United Nations General Assembly(1949). Membership For two articles dealing with membership in the General Assembly see General Assembly members This journalist tour-de-force was under the direction of Edmund A. Chester, who was appointed to the post of Director for News, Special Events and Sports at CBS Television in 1948. Edmund A Chester - ( June 22, 1897 &ndash October 14, 1973) - was a senior Vice President and executive at the CBS Radio The broadcast clearly underscored CBS's long term commitment to excellence in broadcast journalism in the post World War II era.

As television came to the forefront of American entertainment and information, CBS dominated television as it once had radio. In 1953, the CBS television network would make its first profit ^[4], and would maintain dominance on television between the years 1955 and 1976 as well^[4] By the late 1950s, the network often controlled seven or eight of the slots on the "top ten" ratings list. This would continue for many years, with CBS bumped from first place only by the rise of ABC in the mid-1970s. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Perhaps because of its status as the top-rated network, during the late 1960s and early 1970s CBS felt freer to gamble with controversial properties like the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and All in the Family and its many spinoffs during this period. The Smothers Brothers are an American music-and- Comedy team consisting of the brothers Tom ("Tommy" and Dick Smothers. All in the Family is an American Situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12 1971 to April

One of CBS's most critically acclaimed and popular shows at that time was M*A*S*H, a dramedy based on the hit Robert Altman film. M*A*S*H was a Medical drama / Black comedy produced by 20th Television Fox for CBS. Comedy-drama, also called dramedy and dramatic-comedy, is a style of Television and movies in which there is an equal or nearly equal balance Robert Bernard Altman (February 20 1925 – November 20 2006 was an American Film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with It ran from 1972-1983, and was set, like the film, during the Korean War in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. See also M*A*S*H (TV series, M*A*S*H MASH is a American satirical Dark comedy Film directed by Robert Altman The final episode aired on February 28, 1983 and was 2½ hours long. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) It was viewed by nearly 106 million Americans (77% of viewership that night) which established it as the most watched episode in United States television history, a record which still stands.

William Paley was a buyer of art, and a backer of New York's Museum of Modern Art. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, USA, on 53rd Street between Fifth CBS offices were filled with original works. Paley shared this interest with Frank Stanton (1908-2006), CBS President (1946–1971), who carried this belief over into the design elements surrounding the network. When CBS bought Los Angeles station KNX in 1936 for a west-coast production headquarters, Frank Stanton demanded that architect William Lescaze be hired to create Columbia Square, a distinctive, modern broadcasting center on Sunset Boulevard. William Edmond Lescaze ( Onex Switzerland, 27 March 1896 &ndash New York New York, 9 February 1969 was a Swiss -born American Architect CBS Columbia Square, located at 6121 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood California, was the home of CBS ' Los Angeles radio and television operations Similarly, when CBS commissioned Eero Saarinen to design a new corporate center in New York in the 1960s, Stanton supervised every aspect of the project, even dictating what could be displayed in employee offices and on desktops. Eero Saarinen (eːro saːrinen (August 20 1910 Kirkkonummi, Finland – September 1 1961 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States) was This belief in art, graphics and branding carried over to such things as the CBS Television's logo, the unblinking eye logo (designed by William Golden and introduced in 1951). William Golden ( March 31, 1911 &ndash October 23, 1959) is considered to be one of the pioneers of American Graphic design An example of CBS's graphic-design particularity: on all official CBS letterhead, a tiny dot (at most a point in diameter) was pre-printed to indicate to a secretary where the typewriter carriage should be positioned for the salutation of a letter. In Typography, a point is the smallest unit of measure being a subdivision of the larger pica. Golden's successor as Creative Director Lou Dorfsman worked with Dr. Stanton to develop the CBS Inc. corporate look that survives to this day.

Color telecasts

Although CBS-TV was the first with a working color television system, they lost out to RCA in 1953, due in part because the CBS color system was incompatible with existing black-and-white sets. Although RCA (parent company of NBC) made its color system available to CBS, the network was not interested in boosting RCA's profits and only televised a few specials in color for the rest of the decade. The specials included the Ford Star Jubilee programs (which included the first telecast ever of the 1939 film classic The Wizard of Oz), the 1957 telecast of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, Cole Porter's 1958 musical version of Aladdin, and Playhouse 90's only color broadcast, the 1958 production of The Nutcracker. Ford Star Jubilee was a live ninety minute color spectacular that aired once a month on Saturday nights on CBS from September 1955 to November 1956 at 900 P The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical - Fantasy film mainly directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 children’s Richard Rodgers (1902 &ndash 1979 and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895 &ndash 1960 were a well-known American songwriting duo Rodgers and Hammerstein 's Cinderella is a musical written for Television by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II Cole Albert Porter (June 9 1891 &ndash October 15 1964 was an American Composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana. Playhouse 90, a 90-minute dramatic television anthology series was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1961 for a total of 133 episodes The Nutcracker (Щелкунчик Shchelkunchik) Op 71 is a Fairy tale - Ballet in two acts three scenes by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Beginning in 1959, The Wizard of Oz, now telecast as a family special in its own right (after the cancellation of Ford Star Jubilee), became an annual tradition on color TV.

By the early 1960s, CBS-TV was void of transmitting anything in color—save for a few specials and only if the sponsor would pay for it. Red Skelton was the first CBS host to telecast his weekly programs in color, using a converted movie studio, in the early 1960s; he tried unsuccessfully to persuade the network to use his facility for other programs, then was forced to sell it. Richard Bernard “Red” Skelton ( July 18, 1913 &ndash September 17, 1997) was an American comedian who was best known as a top Color was being pushed hard by rival NBC. Even ABC-TV had several color programs in 1962. One famous CBS-TV special made during this era was the tour of the White House with First Lady Jackie Kennedy. It was, however, shown in black-and-white. This would all change by the mid-1960s, when market pressure forced CBS-TV to add color programs to the regular schedule for the 1965–66 season. By 1967, all of CBS's TV programs were being shown in color, as they were on NBC and ABC. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network.

The conglomerate

During the 1960s, CBS began an effort to diversify, and looked for suitable investments. In 1965 it acquired electric guitar maker Fender from Leo Fender, who agreed to sell his company due to health problems (The purchase also included that of Rhodes electric pianos, which had already been acquired by Fender). An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder Fender Musical Instruments Corporation of Quincy Illinois is a manufacturer of stringed instruments such as solid-body Electric guitars including the Clarence Leonidas Fender ( August 10, 1909 - March 21, 1991) also known as Leo Fender, was an American inventor who A Rhodes piano is an electromechanical Musical instrument, a brand of Electric piano. This and other acquisitions led to a restructuring of the corporation into various operating groups and divisions.

In other diversification attempts, CBS would buy (and later sell) sports teams (especially the New York Yankees baseball club), book and magazine publishers (Fawcett Publications including Woman's Day, and Holt, Rinehart and Winston), map-makers, toy manufacturers (Gabriel Toys, Child Guidance, Wonder Products), and other properties. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. Fawcett Publications was an American publishing company founded in 1919 in Robbinsdale Minnesota by Wilford Hamilton "Captain Billy" Fawcett (1885-1940 Holt Rinehart and Winston, sometimes abbreviated as HRW or referred to as Holt, is an Austin, Texas based Publishing company

As William Paley aged, he tried to find the one person who could follow in his footsteps. Over the years any number of accomplished, successful businessmen were recruited, loudly praised to the press, only later to be summarily dismissed.

By the mid-1980s, the investor Laurence Tisch had begun to acquire substantial holdings in CBS. Laurence Alan Tisch (born March 5, 1923, died November 15, 2003) was a Jewish American Businessman, Wall Street Eventually he gained Paley's confidence, and then his blessing, taking control of CBS in 1986. But Tisch had no dreams of quality or of "Tiffany" networks; he expected a return on his investment.

When CBS faltered, under-performing units were given the axe. Among the first properties to go, and among the most prestigious, was the CBS Records group, which had been part of the company since 1938. This article is about the record label founded in 2006 For the earlier CBS Records label see Columbia Records. Tisch also shut down in 1986 the CBS Technology Center in Stamford, CT, which had started in New York City in the 1930s as CBS Laboratories and evolved to be the company's technology R&D unit. CBS Laboratories or CBS Labs (later known as the CBS Technology Center) was the technology Research and development organization of CBS. Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. CBS Laboratories or CBS Labs (later known as the CBS Technology Center) was the technology Research and development organization of CBS. The phrase research and development (also R and D or more often R&D) according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers

CBS Records group

CBS Records was a record label group (as Columbia Records in the US and Canada) owned by CBS since 1938. Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company CBS sold CBS Records to the Japanese conglomerate Sony in 1988 initiating the Japanese buying spree of US companies (MCA, Pebble Beach, Rockefeller Center, Empire State Building, et al. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with The United States of America —commonly referred to as the MCA Inc (or Music Corporation of America) was an American Corporation in the music and television businesses Pebble Beach is a small coastal Unincorporated community in Monterey County, California. Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st streets in New York City. The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco Skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street ) that continued into the 1990s and the record label company was re-christened Sony Music Entertainment in 1991, as Sony had a short term license on the CBS name. Sony Music Entertainment is a major global Record label controlled by the Sony Corporation of America, being one of the "big four" record companies is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with Eventually the entity known as Sony Music Entertainment would become Sony BMG Music Entertainment when Sony and BMG merged in 2004. Sony BMG Music Entertainment is a diverse music and entertainment group

Sony purchased from EMI its rights to the Columbia Records name outside the US, Canada and Japan. The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Sony BMG now uses Columbia Records as a label name in all countries except Japan.

CBS Corporation revived CBS Records in 2006. CBS Corporation () is an American Media conglomerate focused on Broadcasting, Publishing, Billboards, and Television This article is about the record label founded in 2006 For the earlier CBS Records label see Columbia Records.

CBS Musical Instruments division

Forming the CBS Musical Instruments division, the company also acquired Steinway pianos, Gemeinhardt flutes, Lyon & Healy harps, Rodgers (institutional) organs, Gulbransen home organs, Electro-Music Inc. Gemeinhardt Co is the music industry's largest exclusive manufacturer of Flutes and Piccolos. Lyon & Healy (founded in 1864 built its first harp in 1889 and is one of the few major Harp Manufacturers in the world along with Salvi of Italy and Rodgers Instruments LLC manufactures church organs, using patented stereophonic digital organ technology (Leslie speakers), and Rogers drums. The Leslie speaker is a specially constructed amplifier/ Loudspeaker used to create special audio effects utilizing the Doppler effect. Rogers Drums, is a drum company created in 1849 and based in Cleveland Ohio The last musical purchase was the 1981 acquisition of the assets of then-bankrupt Arp Instruments, developer of electronic synthesizers. ARP Instruments Inc was an early Electronic music company founded by Alan Robert Pearlman.

Between 1965 and 1985 the quality of Fender guitars and amplifiers declined significantly. Encouraged by outraged Fender fans, CBS Musical Instruments division executives executed a leveraged buyout in 1985 and created FMIC, the Fender Musical Instrument Corporation. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation of Quincy Illinois is a manufacturer of stringed instruments such as solid-body Electric guitars including the At the same time, CBS divested itself of Rodgers, along with Steinway and Gemeinhardt, all of which were purchased by Steinway Musical Properties. The other musical instruments properties were also liquidated.

Film production

It made a brief, unsuccessful move into film production in the late 1960s, creating Cinema Center Films. This profit-free unit was shut down in 1972, today the distribution rights to the Cinema Center library rest with Paramount Pictures for home video (via CBS DVD) and theatrical release, and with CBS Paramount Television for TV distribution (most other ancillary rights remain with CBS). CBS Home Entertainment is the new Home video entertainment arm of CBS Corporation. It released such films as The Reivers (1969), starring Steve McQueen, and the musical Scrooge (1970), starring Albert Finney. The Reivers (also known as The Yellow Winton Flyer in the UK is a 1969 film directed by Mark Rydell based on the William Faulkner Terrence Steven "Steve" McQueen (March 24 1930 – November 7 1980 was an American movie Actor, nicknamed "The King of Cool" Scrooge is a 1970 Musical film adaptation of Charles Dickens ' classic 1843 story A Christmas Carol. Albert Finney Jr (born 9 May 1936 is a five-time Academy Award -nominated and Emmy Award -winning English Actor.

Yet ten years later, in 1982, CBS was talked into another try at Hollywood, in a joint venture with Columbia Pictures and HBO called Tri-Star Pictures. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company TriStar Pictures Inc (spelled Tri-Star until 1991 is a film subsidiary of Columbia Pictures, itself a subdivision of the Columbia TriStar Motion Their first release, in 1984, was The Natural. The Natural is a 1952 novel about Baseball written by Bernard Malamud. Their second movie was a flop remake of the 1960 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture Where the Boys Are. Where the Boys Are ( is an American Coming-of-age Comedy film, written by George Wells based on the novel by Glendon Swarthout CBS dropped out of the venture in 1984.

In 2007, CBS Corp. announced it's desire to get back into the feature film business slowly launching CBS Films and hiring key executives in the Spring of 2008 to startup the new venture. The name CBS Films was actually used once before in 1953 when the name was briefly used for CBS' distributor of off-network and first-run syndicated programming to local TV stations in the United States and abroad.

Home video

CBS entered into the home video market, when joined with MGM to form MGM/CBS Home Video in 1978, but the joint venture was broken by 1982. CBS joined another studio: 20th Century Fox, to form CBS/Fox Video. CBS/Fox Video was a Home video company formed and established in 1982. CBS's duty was to release some of the movies by Tri-Star under the CBS-Fox Video label. CBS/Fox Video was a Home video company formed and established in 1982.

Gabriel Toys

CBS entered the video game market briefly, through its acquisition of Gabriel Toys (renamed CBS Toys), publishing several arcade adaptations and original titles under the name CBS Electronics for the Atari 2600 and other consoles and computersand also a one of the first karaoke recording/players called Star Studio model # 55000 (1985) . The Atari 2600 is a Video game console released in October 1977 CBS Electronics also distributed all Coleco-related video game products in Canada, including the ColecoVision. Coleco was a company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as " Co nnecticut Le ather Co mpany " The ColecoVision is Coleco Industries ' second generation home Video game console and was released in August. CBS later sold Gabriel Toys to View-Master. View-Master ® is a trademark for a device for viewing seven 3-D images (also known as stereo images on a paper disk

New owners

By the early 1990s, profits had fallen as a result of competition from cable companies, video rentals, and the high cost of programming. CBS ratings were acceptable, but the network struggled with an image of stodginess. Laurence Tisch lost interest and sought a new buyer.

Westinghouse Electric Corporation

In 1995, Westinghouse Electric Corporation acquired CBS for $5. Founded in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric Company and later renamed Westinghouse Electric Corporation by George Westinghouse. 4 billion. As one of the major broadcasting group owners of commercial radio and television stations (as Group W) since 1920, Westinghouse sought to transition from a station operator into a major media company with its purchase of CBS. This was followed in 1997 with the $4. 9-billion purchase of Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, owner of more than 150 radio stations. This article is about the radio group for the radio network see CBS Radio Network. Also that year, Westinghouse acquired two cable channels, Gaylord's The Nashville Network (TNN), (now Spike), and Country Music Television (CMT). Spike (formerly called Spike TV) a division of MTV Networks, is an American cable network designed for an audience described Country Music Television, or CMT as it is usually called is an American Country music -oriented Cable television network Following the Infinity purchase, the remains of the CBS Radio network was handed to Infinity 's Westwood One subsidiary. Westwood One ( is an American Radio network. It is based in New York City, and it was previously managed by CBS Radio, the Radio CBS also owned CBS Telenoticias, a Spanish-language news network.

In that same year of 1997, Westinghouse changed its name to CBS Corporation, and corporate headquarters were moved from Pittsburgh to New York. And to underline the change in emphasis, all non-entertainment assets were put up for sale. Another 90 radio stations were added to Infinity's portfolio in 1998 with the acquisition of American Radio Systems Corporation for $2. 6 billion.

In 1999 CBS paid $2. 5 billion to acquire King World Productions, a television syndication company whose programs include The Oprah Winfrey Show and Wheel of Fortune. King World Productions Inc (also known as King World Entertainment or simply King World) was a syndicator of television programming in the United States The Oprah Winfrey Show is a United States syndicated Talk show, hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey, and is the highest-rated By the end of 1999, all pre-CBS elements of Westinghouse's industrial past (beyond retaining rights to the name for brand licensing purposes) were gone. Brand licensing is the process of creating and managing Contracts between the owner of a Brand and a company or individual who wants to use the brand in association

Viacom

By the 1990s, CBS had become a broadcasting giant, but in 1999 entertainment conglomerate Viacom, a company created years earlier to syndicate old CBS series, announced it was taking over CBS in a deal valued at $37 billion. Following completion of this effort in 2000, Viacom was ranked as the second-largest entertainment company in the world.

CBS Corporation and CBS Studios

Having assembled all the elements of a communications empire, Viacom found that the promised synergy was not there, and at the end of 2005 it split itself in two. CBS became the center of a new company, CBS Corporation, which included the broadcasting elements, Paramount Television's production operations (renamed CBS Paramount Television), Viacom Outdoor advertising (renamed CBS Outdoor), Showtime, Simon & Schuster, and Paramount Parks, which the company sold in May 2006. CBS Corporation () is an American Media conglomerate focused on Broadcasting, Publishing, Billboards, and Television CBS Paramount Television (formerly Desilu Productions, Paramount Television, among other companies is an American Television production Advertising is a form of Communication that typically attempts to persuade potential Customers to Purchase or to consume more of a particular Brand CBS Outdoor (formerly Viacom Outdoor, Infinity Outdoor, and Outdoor Systems, among others is the outdoor advertising division of Media conglomerate Showtime is a subscription television Brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United Simon & Schuster Inc, a division of CBS Corporation, is a Publisher founded in New York in 1924 by Richard L Paramount Parks was an operator of Theme parks and attractions which annually attracted about 13 million patrons

The second company, keeping the Viacom name, kept Paramount Pictures (ironically a former share holder in CBS, see above, also owned a stake in the DuMont Television Network, whose Pittsburgh O&O is now CBS-owned KDKA-TV), assorted MTV Networks, BET, and, until May 2007, Famous Music, which was sold to Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Viacom ( ( short for " Vi deo & A udio Com munications" is an American Media conglomerate with various worldwide interests The DuMont Television Network was the world's first commercial Television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946 KDKA-TV is the CBS owned and operated (O&O Television station in Pittsburgh. Famous Music was the worldwide music publishing division of Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom. Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC is one of the world's largest music publishing companies

As a result of the aforementioned Viacom/CBS corporate split, as well as other acquisitions over recent years, CBS (under the moniker CBS Studios) owns a massive television library spanning over six decades; these include not only CBS in-house productions and network programs, but also programs aired originally on competing networks. Shows in this library include I Love Lucy, The Twilight Zone, The Honeymooners, Hawaii Five-O, Gunsmoke, The Fugitive, Little House on the Prairie, Star Trek, The Brady Bunch, Cheers, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Evening Shade, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, among others. I Love Lucy is an American Situation comedy, starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley The Twilight Zone is an American Television series created by Rod Serling. The Honeymooners debuted as a half-hour series on October 1 1955. Hawaii Five-O is an American Television series that starred Jack Lord and James MacArthur as detectives for a fictional Hawaii Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston The Fugitive is an American Television series produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television that aired on ABC Little House on the Prairie is an American one-hour dramatic Television program that aired on the NBC network from September 11 1974 to Star Trek is a Science fiction Television series created by Gene Roddenberry that aired from September 8, 1966 through The Brady Bunch is an American Television Situation comedy based around a large blended family. Cheers is an American Situation comedy television series that ran eleven seasons from 1982 to 1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, also known as The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, is an Emmy Award -winning American Evening Shade is an American Comedy Television series which aired on CBS from 1990 to 1994 CSI Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama Television series that trails the investigations of a team of Las Vegas

Both CBS Corporation and the new Viacom are still owned by Sumner Redstone's company, National Amusements. As such, Paramount Home Entertainment continues to handle DVD distribution for the CBS library. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California.

Corporate tidbits

A.C. Nielsen estimated in 2003 that CBS can be seen in 96. ACNielsen is a global Marketing research firm with worldwide headquarters in New York City. 98% of all American households, reaching 103,421,270 homes in the United States. CBS has 204 VHF and UHF affiliated stations in the U. S. and U. S. possessions. CBS is currently the most watched television network in the United States, with the prime draws being the CSI and Survivor franchises. CSI Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama Television series that trails the investigations of a team of Las Vegas Survivor is an American version of the Survivor Reality television Game show based on the Swedish television

Logos and slogans

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American television network logos
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Canadian television network logos
CBC - SRC - CTV - Global - TQS - CH / E!

CBS unveiled its Eye Device logo on October 17, 1951. Origins & etymology Serifs are thought to have originated in the Roman alphabet with inscriptional lettering —words carved into stone in Roman antiquity In typography a font (also fount) is traditionally defined as a complete character set of a single size and style of a particular Typeface. Eyes are organs that detect Light, and send signals along the Optic nerve to the visual areas of the brain A logo ( Greek el λογότυπος = el-Latn logotypos is a graphical element ( Ideogram, Symbol, Emblem, Icon, Sign) Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Before that, from the 1940s through 1951, CBS Television used an oval spotlight on the block letters C-B-S. ^[5] The Eye device was conceived by William Golden based on a Pennsylvania Dutch hex sign as well as a Shaker drawing. William Golden ( March 31, 1911 &ndash October 23, 1959) is considered to be one of the pioneers of American Graphic design The Pennsylvania Dutch (perhaps more strictly Pennsylvania Deitsch, Pennsylvania Germans or Pennsylvania Deutsch) are the descendants of German Hex signs are a form of Pennsylvania Dutch Folk art, related to Fraktur, found in the Fancy Dutch tradition in Pennsylvania Dutch Country The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, known as the Shakers, was a Protestant religious denomination that originated in Manchester (While commonly attributed to Golden, there is speculation that at least some design work on the symbol may have been done by another CBS staff designer, Georg Olden, one of the first African-Americans to achieve some notoriety in the postwar graphic design field. )^[6] The Eye device made its broadcasting debut on October 20, 1951. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January The following season, as Golden prepared a new ident, CBS President Frank Stanton insisted on keeping the Eye device and using it as much as possible. William Golden ( March 31, 1911 &ndash October 23, 1959) is considered to be one of the pioneers of American Graphic design A logo ( Greek el λογότυπος = el-Latn logotypos is a graphical element ( Ideogram, Symbol, Emblem, Icon, Sign) Frank Nicholas Stanton ( March 20 1908 - December 24 2006) was an American Broadcasting executive who served as the

An example of CBS Television Network's imaging (and the distinction between the television and radio networks) may be seen in a video of the Jack Benny Program (undated) which aired on the television network. Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky February 14, 1894 - December 26, 1974) was an American Comedian, vaudevillian The video appears to be converted from kinescope, and "unscoped" or unedited. Kinescope (ˈkɪnɨskoʊp originally referred to the Cathode ray tube used in Television receivers as named by inventor Vladimir Zworykin in 1929 One sees the program as very nearly one would have seen it on live television. Don Wilson is the program announcer, but also voices a promo for "Private Secretary", which alternated weekly with Jack Benny on the television network schedule. Don Wilson ( September 1, 1900 &ndash April 25, 1982) was an American Announcer and occasional actor in radio Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky February 14, 1894 - December 26, 1974) was an American Comedian, vaudevillian Benny continued to appear on CBS radio and television at that time, and Wilson makes a promo announcement at the end of the broadcast for Benny's radio program on the CBS Radio Network. The CBS Radio Network provides news sports and other programming to more than 1000 radio stations throughout the United States The program closes with the "CBS Television Network" ID slide (the "CBS eye" over a field of clouds with the words "CBS Television Network" superimposed over the eye). CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. There is, however, no voiceover accompanying the ID slide. It is unclear whether it was simply absent from the recording or never originally broadcast. ^[7]

The CBS eye is now an American icon. While the symbol's settings have changed, the Eye device itself has not been redesigned in its entire history. In the network’s new graphic identity created by Trollback + Company in 2006, the eye is being placed in a “trademark” position on show titles, days of the week and descriptive words, an approach highly respecting the value of the eye. The eye logo has frequently been copied or borrowed by television networks around the world, notable examples being the Austrian Broadcasting System (ORF) which used to use a red version of the eye logo, Associated TeleVision in the United Kingdom and Frecuencia Latina in Peru. Associated TeleVision Limited, best known simply as ATV, was a British ITV company from 1955 until 1981 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Frecuencia Latina (formerly Frecuencia 2) better known as Channel 2, is a Peruvian Television network. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. The logo is alternately known as the Eyemark, which was also the name of CBS's domestic and international syndication divisions in the mid to late 90s before the King World acquisition and Viacom merger. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through

Through the years, CBS has developed several notable image campaigns, and several of the network's most well-known slogans date from the 1980s. 1981's "Reach for the Stars" used a space-themed campaign to capitalize on both CBS's stellar improvement in the ratings and the historic launch of the space shuttle Columbia. 1982's "Great Moments" juxtaposed scenes from classic CBS programming such as "I Love Lucy" with scenes from the network's then-current classics such as "Dallas" and "M*A*S*H". From 1983 through 1986, CBS (by now firmly atop the ratings) featured a campaign based on the slogan "We've Got the Touch". Vocals for the campaign's jingle were contributed by Richie Havens (1983–1984 and 1984–1985), Aaron Neville (1984–1985) and Kenny Rogers (1985–1986). The 1986–1987 programming season ushered in the "Share the Spirit of CBS" campaign, the network's first to use full-out computer graphics and DVE effects. Unlike most network campaign promos, the full length version of Share the Spirit not only showed a brief clip preview of each new fall series, but also utilized the CGI effects to map out the entire fall schedule by night. The success of that campaign led to the 1987–1988 "CBSpirit" campaign. Most CBSpirit promos utilized a procession of show clips once again. However, the new graphic motif was a swirling (or "swishing") blue line, that was used to represent "the spirit". The full length promo, like the previous year, had a special portion that identified new fall shows, but the mapped-out fall schedule shot was abandoned.

For the 1988–1989 season, CBS unveiled its new image campaign, officially known as "Television You Can Feel" but more commonly identified as "You Can Feel It On CBS". The goal was to convey a more sensual, new-age image through distinguished, advanced-looking computer graphics and soothing music, backgrounding images and clips of emotionally-powerful scenes and characters. However, it was this season in which CBS began its ratings free fall, the deepest in the network's history. CBS ended the decade with "Get Ready for CBS". The 1989–90 version was a very ambitious campaign that attempted to elevate CBS out of last place (among the major networks); the motif was network stars interacting with each other in a remote studio set, getting ready for photo and TV shoots, as well as for the new season on CBS. The high-energy promo song and the campaign's practices saw many variations across the country as every CBS affiliate participated in it, as per a network mandate. Also, for the first time in history, CBS became the first broadcast network to team with a national retailer to encourage viewership, with the CBS/Kmart Get Ready Giveaway. For the 1990–91 season, the campaign featured a new jingle—The Temptations offered an altered version of their hit "Get Ready". The Temptations (sometimes abbreviated as The Temps or The Tempts) are a Grammy -winning vocal group that achieved fame as one of the most successful The early 1990s featured less-than-memorable campaigns, with simplified taglines such as "This is CBS" and "You're On CBS". Eventually, the advertising department gained momentum again late in the decade with Welcome Home to a CBS Night (1996–1997), simplified to Welcome Home (1997–1999) and succeeded by the spin-off campaign The Address is CBS (1999–2000). Throughout the 2000s, CBS's ratings resurgence was backed by their "It's All Here" campaign, and their strategy led, in 2005, to the proclamation that they were "America's Most Watched Network". Their most-recent campaign, beginning in 2006, proclaims "We Are CBS".

Programming

CBS presently operates on an 87½-hour regular network programming schedule. It provides 22 hours of prime time programming to affiliated stations: 8–11 p. Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland m. Monday to Saturday (all times ET/PT) and 7–11 p. m. on Sundays. Programming will also be provided 11 a. m. –4 p. m. weekdays (The Price Is Right and soaps The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful, As the World Turns and Guiding Light); 7–9 a. The Price Is Right is an five time Emmy Award-winning American Game show centering on contestants guessing the retail prices of featured prizes The Young and the Restless is a 39 time Emmy Award winning American Television Soap opera, first broadcast on CBS on March 26 The Bold and the Beautiful (often abbreviated to B&B) is an American Television Soap opera. As the World Turns ( ATWT) is an American television Soap opera that airs each weekday on CBS. Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light prior to 1975 or simply GL) is an Emmy award winning American Television m. weekdays and Saturdays (The Early Show); CBS News Sunday Morning, nightly editions of the CBS Evening News, the Sunday political talk show Face the Nation, a 2½-hour early morning news program Up to the Minute and CBS Morning News; the late night talk shows Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson; and a three-hour Saturday morning live-action/animation block under the name KEWLopolis. The Early Show is an American Television morning news Talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City, 7 to 9 a CBS News Sunday Morning is an American television news magazine program created by Robert Northshield and Charles Kuralt, and appearing continuously from January Face the Nation is an American Sunday-morning political interview show which premiered on the CBS Television network on "Up To The Minute" is also a scoreboard segment on CBC 's " Hockey Night In Canada " CBS Morning News is the half-hour daily television broadcast from CBS News that airs following Up to the Minute. The Late Show with David Letterman is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night Talk show hosted by Scottish - American comedian KEWLopolis is a three-hour Children's programming block that began on CBS on September 15, 2007 replacing the KOL Secret Slumber

In addition, sports programming routinely appears on the weekends, although with a somewhat unpredictable schedule (mostly between noon and 7:00 p. m. ET).

Prime time

Further information: List of programs broadcast by CBS

Returning comedies are in red; new comedies are in pink; returning dramas are in green; new dramas are in blue; returning reality shows are in yellow; returning game shows are in orange; news programming is in brown. This is a list

All times are Eastern and Pacific (subtract one hour for Central and Mountain time). The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America The Pacific Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC-8) The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC-7) during the shortest days of autumn [2]

	7:00 p. m.	7:30 p. m.	8:00 p. m.	8:30 p. m.	9:00 p. m.	9:30 p. m.	10:00 p. m.	10:30 p. m.
Sunday †	60 Minutes		Million Dollar Password		Cold Case		Shark
Monday	Local Programming		The Big Bang Theory	How I Met Your Mother	Two and a Half Men	Rules of Engagement	CSI: Miami
Tuesday			NCIS		Shark		Drama Repeats
Wednesday			The Price Is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular		Criminal Minds		CSI: NY
Thursday			The Big Bang Theory	How I Met Your Mother	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation		Swingtown
Friday			Ghost Whisperer		Moonlight		NUMB3RS
Saturday			Crimetime Saturday		Crimetime Saturday		48 Hours Mystery

• The weeknight late night schedule comprises talk shows Late Show with David Letterman followed by The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and the CBS News overnight news program Up To The Minute. Not to be confused with the BBC news magazine program Sixty Minutes (TV series. For other uses see Password and Password (disambiguation. Password is an American television Game show Cold Case is an American Police procedural Television series revolving around a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department division Shark is an American Legal drama that originally ran on CBS from September 21 2006 to May 20 2008 The Big Bang Theory is an American Situation comedy created and executive produced by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, which premiered How I Met Your Mother is an American Situation comedy that premiered on CBS Broadcasting on September 19 2005 Two and a Half Men is an Emmy Award nominated American television sitcom, which premiered on CBS on Monday September 22 2003 at Rules of Engagement is a Sitcom that debuted on CBS on February 5, 2007, as a Midseason replacement, immediately following CSI Miami is a spin-off of the CBS network series. CSI Miami airs new episodes Mondays at 10 PM ET/PT on CBS. NCIS, promoted as Navy NCIS in its first season aka Navy NCIS Naval Criminal Investigative Service or NCIS Naval Criminal Shark is an American Legal drama that originally ran on CBS from September 21 2006 to May 20 2008 The Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular is a Prime-time spinoff of the American Television Game show The Price Is Right Criminal Minds is an American crime drama that premiered September 22, 2005 on CBS. CSI NY is an American Police procedural Television series, which premiered on September 22, 2004. The Big Bang Theory is an American Situation comedy created and executive produced by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, which premiered How I Met Your Mother is an American Situation comedy that premiered on CBS Broadcasting on September 19 2005 CSI Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama Television series that trails the investigations of a team of Las Vegas Swingtown is an American Television series created by Mike Kelley as a summer replacement series for CBS. Ghost Whisperer is an American television drama - fantasy - thriller that premiered on CBS September 23 2005 Moonlight is an American Paranormal romance Television drama created by Ron Koslow and Trevor Munson who also served as Executive producers NUMB3RS (pronounced Numbers) is an American Television show produced by brothers Ridley and Tony Scott. 48 Hours is a documentary and news program broadcast on the CBS Television network since January 19, 1988. The Late Show with David Letterman is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night Talk show hosted by Scottish - American comedian CBS News is the news division of American Television and Radio network CBS. "Up To The Minute" is also a scoreboard segment on CBC 's " Hockey Night In Canada "
• † The Sunday schedule in the East and Central time zones may be delayed by sports programming (NFL and golf) ending late. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. Unlike FOX, CBS does not usually preempt programming for late-ending sports events, instead delaying the entire schedule for overruns.

See also: 2007-08 United States network television schedule

Fall 2008

	7:00 p. m.	7:30 p. m.	8:00 p. m.	8:30 p. m.	9:00 p. m.	9:30 p. m.	10:00 p. m.	10:30 p. m.
Sunday	60 Minutes		The Amazing Race		Cold Case		The Unit
Monday	Local Programming		The Big Bang Theory	How I Met Your Mother	Two and a Half Men	Worst Week	CSI: Miami
Tuesday			NCIS		The Mentalist		Without a Trace
Wednesday			The New Adventures of Old Christine	Project Gary	Criminal Minds		CSI: NY
Thursday			Survivor		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation		Eleventh Hour
Friday			Ghost Whisperer		The Ex List		NUMB3RS
Saturday			Crimetime Saturday		Crimetime Saturday		48 Hours Mystery

See also: 2008-09 United States network television schedule[3]

Daytime

As of 2007, CBS airs four daytime soap operas each weekday: The Young and the Restless (1973– ), The Bold and the Beautiful (1987– ), As the World Turns (1956– ), and Guiding Light (which debuted on radio in 1937 and moved to TV in 1952). Not to be confused with the BBC news magazine program Sixty Minutes (TV series. The Amazing Race, sometimes referred to as TAR, is a Reality television Game show in which teams of two people (with one exception Cold Case is an American Police procedural Television series revolving around a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department division The Unit is an American action-drama television series that focuses on a top-secret military unit modeled after the real life Delta Force. The Big Bang Theory is an American Situation comedy created and executive produced by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, which premiered How I Met Your Mother is an American Situation comedy that premiered on CBS Broadcasting on September 19 2005 Two and a Half Men is an Emmy Award nominated American television sitcom, which premiered on CBS on Monday September 22 2003 at Worst Week is an American sitcom television comedy which premiered on CBS, September 22 2008 CSI Miami is a spin-off of the CBS network series. CSI Miami airs new episodes Mondays at 10 PM ET/PT on CBS. NCIS, promoted as Navy NCIS in its first season aka Navy NCIS Naval Criminal Investigative Service or NCIS Naval Criminal Without a Trace is an American television show set in New York City. The New Adventures of Old Christine is an American Sitcom starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a single American mother Criminal Minds is an American crime drama that premiered September 22, 2005 on CBS. CSI NY is an American Police procedural Television series, which premiered on September 22, 2004. Survivor is an American version of the Survivor Reality television Game show based on the Swedish television CSI Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama Television series that trails the investigations of a team of Las Vegas Eleventh Hour is an American science-based Drama television series which is based on the 2006 British series of the same name. Ghost Whisperer is an American television drama - fantasy - thriller that premiered on CBS September 23 2005 The Ex List is an American Comedy-drama series that premiered on CBS on October 3 2008 NUMB3RS (pronounced Numbers) is an American Television show produced by brothers Ridley and Tony Scott. 48 Hours is a documentary and news program broadcast on the CBS Television network since January 19, 1988. CBS Daytime (CBSD is a television programming block on CBS. Executives CBSD's Senior Vice President is Barbara Bloom, its Vice President is The Young and the Restless is a 39 time Emmy Award winning American Television Soap opera, first broadcast on CBS on March 26 The Bold and the Beautiful (often abbreviated to B&B) is an American Television Soap opera. As the World Turns ( ATWT) is an American television Soap opera that airs each weekday on CBS. Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light prior to 1975 or simply GL) is an Emmy award winning American Television While most CBS affiliates air the soaps in this order, some do not.

Notable daytime soaps that once aired on CBS include Love of Life (1951–1980), Search for Tomorrow (1951–1982), which later moved to NBC, The Secret Storm (1954–1974), The Edge of Night (1956–1975), which later moved to ABC, and Capitol (1982–1987). Love of Life is an American Soap opera which was aired on CBS from September 24, 1951 to February 1, Search for Tomorrow is a Soap opera which started airing on Monday September 3, 1951 on CBS. The Secret Storm was a Soap opera which aired on CBS from February 1, 1954 to February 8, 1974. The Edge of Night (or known informally as Edge or EON by fans was a long-running American television mystery series/ Soap opera produced by Procter Capitol is an American Soap opera which aired on the daytime schedule of CBS from March 29, 1982 to March 20

CBS' daytime schedule is also the home of the popular long-running game show The Price is Right. The Price Is Right is an five time Emmy Award-winning American Game show centering on contestants guessing the retail prices of featured prizes The Price is Right, which began production in 1972, is notable as the longest (and last) continuously running daytime game show on network television.

Notable daytime game shows that once aired on CBS include Pyramid (1973–1974, 1982–1988), Match Game (1973–1979), Tattletales (1974–1978 and 1982–1984), and Family Feud (1988–1993). Pyramid is the collective name of a series of American television Game shows where contestants tried to guess a series of words or phrases based on descriptions Match Game also called The Match Game was an American Television Game show that celebrities and contestants answering Tattletales was a Game show which first aired on the CBS daytime schedule on February 18, 1974. Family Feud is a popular Television Game show that pits two families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey-type CBS games that also aired in prime time include Beat the Clock (1950–1958 and 1979–1980), To Tell the Truth (1956–1968) and Password (1961–67, and a 2008 prime time revival). Beat The Clock is also a song by Ghostface Killah from his album The Pretty Toney Album Beat the Clock is a Goodson-Todman Productions To Tell the Truth is an American Television Game show created by Bob Stewart and produced by Goodson - Todman For other uses see Password and Password (disambiguation. Password is an American television Game show Two long-running primetime-only games were the panel shows What's My Line? (1950–1967) and I've Got a Secret (1952–1968, 1976). What's My Line? is a weekly panel Game show which was produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS For IGAS qua graphology organization see International Graphoanalysis Society I've Got a Secret is a weekly panel Game show produced

Children's programming

CBS broadcast the live action series Captain Kangaroo on weekday mornings from 1955 through 1982, and on Saturdays through 1984. Captain Kangaroo was a Children's television series which aired weekday mornings on the American Television network CBS from From 1971 through 1986, the CBS News department produced one-minute In the News segments broadcast between other Saturday morning programs. In the News was a series of two-minute televised video segments that summarized topical news stories for children and pre-teens Otherwise, in regards to children's programming, CBS has aired mostly animated series for kids, such as Back to the Future: The Animated Series. Back to the Future The Animated Series is an Animated series based on the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy of feature films In 1997, CBS began broadcasting Wheel 2000, and was broadcasting it simultaneously with GSN. Wheel 2000 was a children's version of the American version of Wheel of Fortune.

By 2000, CBS began contracting out to other companies to provide programming and material for their Saturday morning schedule, The first of these special blocks was The CBS Kids Show, which featured programming from Canada's Nelvana studio. British spellings. Thank you --> Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment It aired on CBS Saturday mornings during 2000 and 2001, with shows like Anatole, Mythic Warriors, Rescue Heroes, and Flying Rhino Junior High. Anatole is the title character in a series of children's books written by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone. Mythic Warriors (full title Mythic Warriors Guardians of the Legend) was a Canadian -produced Animated television series that Rescue Heroes is a line of Toys from Fisher Price that was introduced in 1999. Flying Rhino Junior High is a Canadian Animated television series produced by Nelvana Limited. Its tagline was, "The CBS Kids Show: Get in the Act. "

In 2000, CBS's deal with Nelvana ended; the CBS Kids Show block was replaced with another block of programming from a network which, at the time, was in the same family as CBS — Nick Jr. on CBS. Nick Jr on CBS was the children's programming block on CBS that began in September 2000, replacing CBS Kids.

In 2001, CBS began a deal with Nickelodeon (owned by CBS's former parent company Viacom, which at one time was a subsidiary of CBS) to air its original programming under the banner Nick on CBS. Nickelodeon (commonly referred to as Nick) is an American Cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel In 2004, CBS changed the lineup by going for the somewhat undercourted preschool market by switching its lineup from programming from Nickelodeon back to Nick Jr. In 2006, after the Viacom-CBS split (as described above), CBS decided to discontinue the Nick Jr. This article is about the US television block of programming on Nickelodeon. lineup in favor of a lineup of programs produced by DiC, as part of a three-year deal which includes distribution of selected Formula One auto races on tape delay. ^[8]

In 2006 the Nick on CBS blocked was replaced with KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS. In the inaugural line-up, two of the programs were new shows, one aired in syndication in 2005 and three were pre-2006 shows. In mid-2007, KOL withdrew sponsorship from CBS's Saturday Morning Block and the name was changed to KEWLopolis on CBS. KEWLopolis is a three-hour Children's programming block that began on CBS on September 15, 2007 replacing the KOL Secret Slumber Complimenting CBS's 2007 line-up was Care Bears, Strawberry Shortcake, and Sushi Pack. The Care Bears are a set of characters created by American Greetings in 1981 for use on Greeting cards. Strawberry Shortcake is a licensed character owned by American Greetings, originally used in Greeting cards and expanded to include Dolls

International broadcasts

CBS is not shown outside North and Central America on a channel in its own right. However, CBS News is shown for a few hours a day on satellite channel Orbit News in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Orbit News is a 24 hour satellite and cable channel offering American news programming to viewers abroad primarily geared towards an Arab audience The CBS Evening News is shown in the UK, Ireland and Australia on Sky News, despite the fact that Sky is part of News Corporation (owners of Fox News). Sky News is a rolling TV news channel providing 24 hour news coverage including the latest breaking news News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation

In Australia, Network Ten has an output deal with CBS Paramount giving them rights to carry the programs Jericho, Dr. Phil, Late Show with David Letterman, NCIS and NUMB3RS as well access to stories from 60 Minutes (the rights of which have been sold to the Nine Network which broadcasts its own 60 Minutes). For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia 's three major commercial television networks. Jericho is an American Serial drama Dr Phil is an American Talk show hosted by Phil McGraw. After McGraw's success with his segment on The Oprah Winfrey Show The Late Show with David Letterman is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS NCIS, promoted as Navy NCIS in its first season aka Navy NCIS Naval Criminal Investigative Service or NCIS Naval Criminal NUMB3RS (pronounced Numbers) is an American Television show produced by brothers Ridley and Tony Scott. Not to be confused with the BBC news magazine program Sixty Minutes (TV series. The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney

In Bermuda, there is a CBS affiliate owned by the state-run Bermuda Broadcasting Company using the callsign ZBM. Ba (officially The Bermuda Islands or The Somers Isles) is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. The Bermuda Broadcasting Company is the largest broadcasting company in Bermuda. ZBM-TV is a television station serving Hamilton and the British territory of Bermuda.

In Canada, CBS, like all major American TV networks, is carried in the basic program package of all cable and satellite providers. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The broadcast is shown exactly the same in Canada as in the United States. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the However, CBS's programming on Canadian cable and satellite systems are subject to the practice of "simsubbing", in which a signal of a Canadian station is placed over CBS's signal, if the programming at that time is the same. Simultaneous substitution, or simsub, is the practice by which cable, Direct broadcast satellite and Multichannel multipoint distribution service As well, many Canadians live close enough to a major American city to pick up the over the air broadcast signal of an American CBS affiliate with an antenna.

Criticism

In 1982, the network aired the documentary The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception, suggesting General William Westmoreland deliberately misled the public about the Vietnam War in order to maintain public support. The Uncounted Enemy A Vietnam Deception was a controversial television program produced by George Crile III and aired by CBS on January 23 1982 William C Westmoreland ( March 26, 1914 &ndash July 18, 2005) was an American General who commanded American military The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Westmoreland filed a 120 million dollar libel suit that was ultimately settled in exchange for an on-air clarification. However, an internal study found that the documentary had violated CBS News Standards. ^[9]

In 2004, the FCC imposed a record $550,000 fine on CBS for its broadcast of a Super Bowl half-time show (produced by then sister-unit MTV) in which singer Janet Jackson's breast was briefly exposed. professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL Super Bowl XXXVIII, which was broadcast live on February 1, 2004 from Houston Texas on the CBS television network in the Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16 1966 is an American recording artist and entertainer It was the largest fine ever for a violation of federal decency laws. Following the incident CBS apologized to its viewers and denied foreknowledge of the event, which was broadcast live on TV.

CBS suffered another embarrassment in September of that year, when the network aired a controversial episode of 60 Minutes, which questioned U.S. President George W. Bush's service in the National Guard. Not to be confused with the BBC news magazine program Sixty Minutes (TV series. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. For the National Guard of a State and other countries' National Guard see National Guard. ^[10] Following allegations of forgery, CBS News admitted that documents used in the story had not been properly authenticated. Forgery is the process of making adapting or imitating objects statistics or documents (see False document) with the intent to deceive. The following January, CBS fired four people connected to the preparation of the news-segment. ^[11] Former network news anchor Dan Rather has filed a $70 million lawsuit against CBS, contending the story, and his termination were mishandled. Daniel Irvin "Dan" Rather Jr (born October 31, 1931) is a journalist and former news anchor for the CBS Evening News Another former network anchor, Ted Koppel of ABC said he believed the departure of Rather from CBS was a 'travesty' and he hoped the suit would bring Rather "some relief from his emotional pain. "

In 2006, CBS announced it would air only three of its NFL games per week in high definition. The move created some outrage among fans, with some accusing the network of being "cheap. "^[12] See main article: NFL on CBS HDTV coverage

In 2007, retired Army Major Gen. The NFL on CBS is the brand name of the CBS television network's coverage of the National Football League 's American Football Conference John Batiste, consultant to CBS News, appeared in a political ad for VoteVets.org critical of President Bush and the war in Iraq. Major General John Batiste (*ca 1953 is a retired officer of the United States Army. CBS News is the news division of American Television and Radio network CBS. VoteVetsorg has both a political action committee (PAC and non-profit 501(c(4. ^[13] Two days later, CBS stated that appearing in the ad violated Batiste's contract with them and the agreement was terminated. ^[14]

CBS has also received much criticism for its "egg-vertisement" campaign in 2006, which was repeatedly described as "invasive" and "unnatural". [4]

Partnership

CBS is partner with Wetpaint, a wiki farm company. Wetpaint is a free Wiki hosting service (or Wiki farm) founded in October 2005. A wiki farm is a server or an array of servers that provides hosting for multiple Wikis Wiki farms are also known as "hosted wiki service

CBS also has engaged in "egg-vertisng", a campaign in the Fall of 2006 which etched television advertisements in 35 million eggs across North America. [5] [6]

See also

• The CW Television Network
• CBS Cable, the company's early (and abortive) foray into cable broadcasting. The CW Television Network ( The CW) is a Television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006-2007 television season. CBS Cable was an early cable network operated by CBS, Inc dedicated to the lively arts (i
• CBS Kids
• CBS News
• CBS Daytime
• CBS Mandate
• CBS Sports
• CBS Television Distribution
• List of assets owned by CBS
• List of CBS slogans
• List of CBS affiliates, arranged by market
• List of CBS affiliates, arranged by state
• List of programs broadcast by CBS
• Westmoreland v. CBS

Notes

References

• Auletta, Ken. Three Blind Mice: How the TV Networks Lost Their Way. New York: Vintage, 1992.
• Bagdikian, Ben H. The New Media Monopoly. Boston: Beacon Press, 2000.
• Barnouw, Erik. A Tower in Babel: A History of Broadcasting in the United States to 1933. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
• Barnouw, Erik. The Golden Web: A History of Broadcasting in the United States, 1933–1953. New York: Oxford University Press, 1968.
• Epstein, Edward J. News From Nowhere.
• Goldberg, Bernard. Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distorts the News. Washington, D. C. : Regenery, 2002.
• Kisseloff, Jeff. The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1920–1961. New York: Viking, 1995.
• Matusow, Barbara. The Evening Stars. New York: Ballantine Books, 1984.
• Paley, William. As It Happened, a Memoir. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979.
• Robinson, Michael J. and Sheehan, Margaret. Over the Wire and On TV: CBS and the UPI Campaign of 1980. Russell Sage Foundation, 1980.
• Smith, Sally Bedell. In All His Glory, The Life of William S. Paley, the Legendary Tycoon and His Brilliant Circle. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990.

External links

• EggFusion
• Official CBS Website

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