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CBS Broadcasting Inc. (CBS) is an American television network, one of american television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the Eye Network or more simply The Eye, in reference to the shape of the company's logo. It has also been called the Tif... more
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Date founded:

  • Sep 18, 1927

Founders:

Industry:

Also known as:

  • Columbia Broadcasting System,
  • Tiffany Network,
  • CBS, Inc.,
  • CBS Worldwide, Inc.,
  • CBS Broadcasting, Inc.

TV Network

Affiliates:

Station From To
  • Apr 25, 1954
  • 1955
  • 1956
  • 1949
  • 1955
  • 1994
  • Dec 1, 1949
  • 1956
  • 1988
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Programs:

Program From To
  • Jan 12, 1971
  • Apr 8, 1979
  • 1987
  • 1992
  • Dec 11, 1980
  • May 1, 1988
  • Sep 23, 1979
  • Sep 4, 1986
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Business

Founders

William S. Paley

William Samuel Paley (September 28, 1901 – October 26, 1990), the chief executive who built Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) from a small radio network into one of the foremost radio and television network operations in the United States. Paley's father, Samuel Paley, a Russian Jewish immigrant,...

Companies Founded

Prodigy

Prodigy Communications Corporation (Prodigy Services Corp., Prodigy Services Co., Trintex) was an online service that offered its subscribers access to a broad range of networked services, including news, weather, shopping, bulletin boards, games, polls, expert columns, banking, stocks, travel, and...

Address

CBS Headquarters

51 West 52 Street
New York City New York 10019
United States of America

Revenue:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 12,844,000,000
  • 1990
  • 1,631,000,000
  • 1955
  • 1,910,700,000
  • 1960
  • 3,509,200,000
  • 1970
  • 7,332,000,000
  • 1980
  • 3,670,400,000
  • 1980
  • 14,479,100,000
  • 2007
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Net income:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 922,000,000
  • 1990
  • 84,600,000
  • 1955
  • 85,900,000
  • 1960
  • 149,900,000
  • 1970
  • -73,900,000
  • 1980
  • 200,700,000
  • 1980
  • 1,660,500,000
  • 2007
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Board members:

Member Title From
  • 2005
  • Dec 2005
  • 2005
  • 2005
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Slogan:

  • We are CBS

Previous names:

Previous name Start date End date
  • Columbia Broadcasting System
  • 1928
  • 1995
  • United Independent Broadcasters
  • 1927
  • Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System
  • 1927
  • 1928
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Parent company:

Subsidiary companies:

Subsidiary From
  • 2006
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Companies acquired:

Company acquired Date
  • May 30, 2007
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Venture Investments:

Company Date
  • Oct 2006
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Employees and other personnel:

Person Title From To
  • 1984
  • 1990
  • 1997
  • 1999
  • Nov 1995
  • Jun 1997
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Record label

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Broadcast

Affiliates:

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Awards

Awards Won:

Year Award Award Winner Winning work
  • 1949
  • 1949
  • 1951
  • 1954
  • 1954
  • 1954
  • 1955
  • 1956
  • 1956
  • 1956
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Award Nominations:

Year Nominated work
  • 2008

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year
  • 186
  • 2009
  • 181
  • 2008
  • 149
  • 2006
  • 28
  • 1990
  • 13
  • 1955
  • 15
  • 1960
  • 17
  • 1970
  • 37
  • 1980
  • 94
  • 1980
  • 165
  • 2007
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Website Owner

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Facts from the Community

From the News events base

News-reports:

Event Url Title Date
  • Villages Flattened In Iran Quake
  • Nov 27, 2005
  • Spacewalk No. 4 moved from Friday to Saturday; no decision yet on tile repair
  • Aug 15, 2007
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