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CBS began operations on the 27th of January 1927 under the name United Independent Broadcasters. Arthur Judson founded this radio network entity in Chicago before it evolved into the modern CBS brand.
Westinghouse Electric Corporation acquired CBS in 1994 and changed its legal name to CBS Broadcasting Inc two years later. The network subsequently became part of ViacomCBS which rebranded to Paramount Global after merging with CBS again on the 4th of December 2019.
The CBS Eye device made its broadcast debut on the 20th of October 1951 and was conceived by William Golden based on a Pennsylvania Dutch hex sign. Frank Stanton insisted on keeping the logo during the following season while Lou Dorfsman oversaw all graphics for 30 years until his death in 1959.
CBS airs three soap operas each weekday including The Young and the Restless which debuted in 1973 and The Bold and the Beautiful which started in 1987. Beyond the Gates premiered in 2025 as the third current soap opera on the network.
CBS completed its conversion to high definition in 2014 when Big Brother and Let's Make a Deal switched formats ending a 14-year process. The network began converting to HD with the launch of CBS HD in September 1998 and aired its first NFL game in HD on November 8 that same year.