CBS (corporate name CBS Broadcasting Inc.) is an American commercial broadcast television network which started as a radio network; it continues to operate a radio network and a portfolio of television and radio stations in large and mid-sized markets. The name is derived from the initials of the network’s former name Columbia Broadcasting System.
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call sign
CBS
call sign meaning
Columbia Broadcasting System (former legal name)
first air date
1927-01-27
former name
Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System, (1927–1928), United Independent Broadcasters (1927), Columbia Broadcasting System (1928–1995 in official usage)
founded by
William S. Paley
key person
Leslie Moonves, Sean McManus (television executive), CBS News, Jeff Fager, CBS Sports, Nina Tassler
motto
Only CBS
owning company
Independent business, Westinghouse Electric (1886), CBS Corporation, Viacom (original)
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