CBS Television Stations
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| Industry | Television |
| Predecessor |
Westinghouse Broadcasting Paramount Stations Group |
| Founded | May 24, 2000 |
| Headquarters | New York City, USA |
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Key people
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| Revenue | $1.6 billion (2014) |
| Parent |
CBS Corporation (National Amusements) |
| Website | Website |
The CBS Television Stations is division of CBS Corporation that owns and operates a group of American television stations. As of December 2014, CBS Corporation owns thirty stations, broken down as follows: sixteen are the key stations of the CBS Television Network; eight are aligned with The CW Television Network, which is co-owned by CBS with Time Warner; four independent stations; two stations affiliated with MyNetworkTV.
The group was founded on May 24, 2000, after the merger of Viacom and the previous CBS Corporation, as the Viacom Television Stations Group; it was a merger of the Paramount Stations Group with CBS's owned-and-operated stations division. It was rebranded to its current name on January 3, 2006, after Viacom split itself into two publicly traded companies. However, both companies are still controlled by National Amusements.
In 2009 and 2010, three of WCBS managers were named CBS TV Stations executives while continuing to manage at the station. Station manager Peter Dunn was named CBS Television Stations President in 2009. Station creative services director Bruce Erik Brauer was named in June 2010 senior vice president of creative services for the group. WCBS news director David Friend added senior vice president of news in August 2010.
On October 21, 2014, CBS and Weigel Broadcasting announced the launch of a new digital subchannel service called Decades, scheduled to launch on all CBS owned and operated stations in May 2015. The channel will be co-owned by CBS and Weigel, with Weigel being responsible for distribution to stations outside CBS Television Stations. It will air programs from the extensive library of CBS Television Distribution, including archival footage from CBS News.
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