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CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.
The network officially debuted on September 18, 2006. The network formally debuted on September 20 with the 2-hour premiere of America's Next Top Model. The network is the result of a merger of The WB (a Warner Bros. holding) and UPN (a CBS Corporation holding). CBS Corporation and Time Warner each owned 50% of the network.
CBS Broadcasting, Inc. (CBS; originally the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network owned by Paramount Global through the CBS Entertainment Group.
Sumner Murray Redstone (né Rothstein; May 27, 1923 – August 11, 2020) was an American billionaire businessman and media magnate.He was the founder and chairman of the second incarnation of Viacom, chairman of CBS Corporation (both companies merged in 2019, a year before Redstone's death), and the majority owner and chairman of the National Amusements theater chain.
Wendy A. McMahon (born 1974/1975) [1] is an American television executive who serves as the president and CEO of CBS News and Stations, the division of the CBS television network that runs CBS News and its owned-and-operated television stations, as well as CBS Media Ventures, its domestic syndication arm.
The following is a list of presidents of the entertainment division for the CBS television network. Frank Stanton, who served as the president of CBS between 1946 and 1971 and then as vice chairman until 1973, reorganized CBS into various divisions, including separate divisions for television and radio; the following executives served under him, CBS founder William S. Paley and later chairmen.
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On June 14, 2010, Local TV, owner of CBS affiliate WTKR, acquired The CW affiliate WGNT from CBS Television Stations to create its own duopoly in the Hampton Roads area. [ 44 ] On December 12, 2011, CBS Television Stations announced its intent to purchase Riverhead, New York -licensed WLNY-TV (channel 55), later announced for a purchase price ...