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William S. Paley acquires United Independent Broadcasters Inc., which owned several radio stations, and turned it into Columbia Broadcast System.
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CBS becomes the nation's largest radio network with 97 stations, and Edward R. Murrow joins the broadcast station.
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CBS has its first color television broadcast.
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Fifteen hours a week of black-and-white television programming begins at New York station WCBW as experimental news broadcasting.
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CBS Television Network is formed. The first program to be broadcasted was a behind-the-scenes look at a Broadway play, "Mr. Roberts".
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"I Love Lucy" premires on the CBS Network as the first series filmed in front of a live audience. The show was a wildly popular hit and continued to be one throughout the years,
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CBS formally introduces the "Eye" as their logo.
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CBS News is created and serves both radio and television networks, marking the first autonomous news organization in network television.
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The CBS interview program premieres with Ted Koop as the moderator.
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Walter Cronkite is named anchor of the CBS Evening News.
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In the fall, all of the CBS shows were now broadcasted in full color.
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Paley, Chairman of the Board and Founder of CBS Inc., dies.
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David Letterman debuts "The Late Show with David Letterman". It has won 6 Emmys so far.
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204 million viewers tune in to CBS Sports' coverage of the XVII Olympic Winter Games from Lillehammer, Norway, the most-watched Winter Games in history.
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CBS News coverage of the terrorist attacks on New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania totals a record 93 hours and 8 minutes.
