List of assets owned by CBS
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The following is a list of major assets owned by CBS Corporation. Most of CBS's former assets is now property of Viacom due to the CBS/Viacom New Year's 2006 split.
Contents |
[edit] Radio
[edit] Internet
[edit] Publishing
[edit] Television networks
- CBS
- The CW Television Network (50/50 joint venture with Time Warner's Warner Bros. division resulting from merger of defunct UPN and WB networks)
- Showtime Networks
- Showtime
- The Movie Channel
- FLIX
- SET Pay-Per-View (sporting and entertainment events)
- CBS Sports Network
[edit] Television production and distribution
[edit] Television stations
Currently, a total of 28 stations, consisting of: 14 CBS stations, eight CW-affiliated stations, four independent stations (two of which airs the MyNetworkTV programming service) and one low-power Tr3́s station.
Note: Two boldface asterisks appearing following a station's call letters (**) indicate a station that was built and signed-on by CBS Corporation or its predecessor companies.
| Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | New York City | WCBS-TV** | 2 (33) | CBS |
| 2. | Los Angeles | KCBS-TV | 2 (43) | CBS |
| KCAL-TV | 9 (9) | Independent | ||
| 3. | Chicago | WBBM-TV | 2 (12) | CBS |
| 4. | Philadelphia | KYW-TV | 3 (26) | CBS |
| WPSG | 57 (32) | The CW | ||
| 5. | Fort Worth - Dallas | KTVT | 11 (19) | CBS |
| KTXA | 21 (18) | Independent | ||
| 6. | San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose | KPIX | 5 (29) | CBS |
| KBCW | 44 (45) | The CW | ||
| 7. | Boston | WBZ-TV** | 4 (30) | CBS |
| WSBK-TV | 38 (39) | MyNetworkTV | ||
| 8. | Atlanta | WUPA | 69 (43) | The CW |
| 11. | Detroit | WKBD-TV | 50 (14) | The CW |
| WWJ-TV | 62 (44) | CBS | ||
| 13. | St. Petersburg - Tampa | WTOG-TV | 44 (44) | The CW |
| 14. | Tacoma - Seattle | KSTW | 11 (11) | The CW |
| 15. | Minneapolis - St. Paul | WCCO-TV | 4 (32) | CBS |
| 16. | Miami - Fort Lauderdale | WFOR-TV | 4 (22) | CBS |
| WBFS-TV | 33 (32) | MyNetworkTV | ||
| 18. | Denver | KCNC-TV | 4 (35) | CBS |
| 20. | Stockton - Sacramento - Modesto | KOVR | 13 (25) | CBS |
| KMAX-TV | 31 (21) | The CW | ||
| 23. | Pittsburgh | KDKA-TV | 2 (25) | CBS |
| WPCW | 19 (11) | The CW | ||
| 25. | Indianapolis | WBXI-CA | 47 (analog only) |
Tr3́s |
| 26. | Baltimore | WJZ-TV | 13 (13) | CBS |
[edit] Former CBS-owned television stations
| Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Years Owned | Current Affiliation/Owner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | Los Angeles | KTTV | 11 (11) | 1949-19511 | Fox owned-and-operated (O&O) |
| 4. | Philadelphia | WCAU-TV | 10 (34) | 1958–1995 | NBC owned-and-operated (O&O) |
| 9. | Washington, D.C. | WTOP-TV (now WUSA) |
9 (9) | 1950-19542 | CBS affiliate owned by Gannett Company |
| WDCA | 20 (35) | 2000–2001 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Fox Television Stations | ||
| 10. | Houston | KTXH | 20 (19) | 2000–2001 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Fox Television Stations |
| 21. | St. Louis | KMOX-TV (now KMOV) |
4 (24) | 1958–1986 | CBS affiliate owned by Belo Corporation |
| 25. | Indianapolis | WNDY-TV | 23 (32) | 2000–2005 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by LIN Television |
| 30. | Hartford - New Haven, CT | WGTH-TV/WHCT-TV (now WUVN) |
18 (46) | 1955–1958 | Univision affiliate owned by Entravision Communications |
| 31. | Salt Lake City | KUTV | 2 (34) | 1995–2008 | CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| St. George, Utah | KUSG (was satellite of KUTV under CBS ownership) (now KMYU) |
12 (9) | 2000–2008 | MyNetworkTV and This TV affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group | |
| 34. | Chillicothe - Columbus, Ohio | WWHO | 53 (46) | 2000–2005 | The CW affiliate owned by LIN Television |
| 35. | Milwaukee | WXIX-TV (now WVTV) |
18 (18) | 1955–1959 | The CW affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| 38. | Fort Pierce - West Palm Beach, FL | WTVX | 34 (34) | 2000–2008 | The CW affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| WTCN-CA (Also broadcasts in analog on channel 50) |
34.3 | 2005–2008 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group | ||
| WWHB-CA (Also broadcasts in analog on channel 48) |
34.2 | 2005–2008 | Azteca America affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group | ||
| 43. | Portsmouth - Norfolk - Newport News | WGNT | 27 (50) | 2000–2010 | The CW affiliate owned by Local TV |
| 45. | Oklahoma City | KAUT-TV | 43 (40) | 2000–2005 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Local TV |
| 48. | Austin, Texas | KEYE-TV | 42 (43) | 2000–2008 | CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| 51. | Slidell - New Orleans, LA | WUPL | 54 (24) | 2000–2007 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Belo Corporation |
| 53. | Providence, R.I. - New Bedford, MA | WPRI-TV | 12 (13) | 1995–1996 | CBS affiliate owned by LIN Television |
| WLWC | 28 (22) | 2000–2008 | The CW affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group | ||
| 70. | Green Bay, Wisconsin | WFRV-TV | 5 (39) | 1992–2007 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group |
| 180. | Escanaba - Marquette, MI | WJMN-TV (semi-satellite of WFRV-TV) |
3 (48) | 1992–2007 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group |
- 1Co-owned with the Los Angeles Times in a joint venture (49% owned by CBS, 51% owned by the Times).
- 2Co-owned with the Washington Post in a joint venture (45% owned by CBS, 55% owned by the Post).
[edit] Other assets
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation: Formed in 1998, the company owns the Westinghouse trademark and licenses the brand.
[edit] Former assets
[edit] Dormant or shuttered CBS businesses
The following companies are subsidiaries of CBS that either are no longer active or have been absorbed into another part of the company. More information to follow.
- CBS Laboratories
- CBS Productions
- CBS Theatrical Films
- Cinema Center Films
- Desilu Productions
- Group W Productions
- Hollywood Television Service
- Infinity Broadcasting
- King World
- NTA
- Paramount Television Group
- QM Productions
- Terrytoons
- U.M.&M. TV Corp.
- United Paramount Network
- Viacom Enterprises
- Westinghouse Broadcasting Company
- Worldvision Enterprises
