Clear Channel Communications has a select few hot talk stations under the moniker Real Radio, while CBS Radio once had a larger chain of hot talkers known as Free FM, though this brand has been abandoned.

In 1968, after CBS abandoned the practice of assigning dedicated announcing crews to particular NFL teams, Summerall ascended to the network's lead national crew, pairing with Jack Buck and then Ray Scott.

In 2007, CBS broadcast a reality show called Kid Nation in which 40 children, aged 8 to 15, are left alone in an abandoned mining town try to create a functioning society, including setting up a government system with minimal adult help and supervision.

In 1974, CBS abandoned the pre-recorded NFL Today show and its quickie wrap-up show, Pro Football Report, for a live, wrap-around style show entitled The NFL on CBS.

As previously mentioned, in 1968, CBS abandoned its practice of using dedicated announcing crews for particular teams and instituted a semi-merit system in its place, with certain crews ( such as Ray Scott and Paul Christman or Jack Buck and Pat Summerall ) being assigned to each week's most prominent games regardless of the participating teams.

That was commercial radio's original policy until NBC and CBS abandoned it as the 1930s progressed, McLeod noted, leaving ABS stranded for attracting top quality programming without big money advertisers to sponsor it.

However, the station could never make any significant inroads compared to the venerable CBS Radio affiliate, and in less than five months ' time, the news / talk format was abandoned for a new one.

KLSX was the last station to use the Free FM branding, having abandoned the moniker in early October 2008, signaling the official desertion of the Free FM brand nationally by CBS Radio.

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Weeks later, XM began hyping up Opie and Anthony's return, and even abandoned the embargo on the show to run worst-of CBS show blocks four days before the live show returned.

Super Bowl I was aired by both CBS and NBC ( the only Super Bowl to be aired by two networks ), but neither network felt the need to preserve the game long-term ; CBS saved the telecast for a few months and reran it as filler programming at least once before wiping it.

Under Silverman's tenure, CBS also ended the practice of wiping and saved as much of their recorded content as possible, while other networks recycled tapes constantly to save money.

The Commission also had little power over networks ; in fact, the Radio Act of 1927 made almost no mention of the radio networks ( notably NBC and, a bit later CBS ) that were in the process of dominating radio.

The release of the EAN by the ADC or FPA would initiate a process by which the common carriers would link otherwise independent networks such as ABC, CBS and NBC into a single national network that even independent stations could receive programming from.

In Westmoreland v. CBS, Westmoreland sued Wallace and CBS for libel, and a lengthy legal process began.

A color videotape containing the first, second and fourth quarters of the telecast from WYOU ( the CBS affiliate for Scranton, Pennsylvania ) was found in 2005 and is in the process of being restored.

Erhard stated to King that his family members ( as reported in Time Magazine ) had since retracted their allegations, which had been made under pressure from CBS, and that accusations of tax evasion aired in the program were " misunderstandings " that were in the process of being resolved.

CBS had once backed its own color system, developed by Peter Goldmark, and resisted using RCA's compatible process until 1954.

After the network of coaxial cable and microwave relays carrying programs to the West Coast was completed in September 1951, CBS and NBC in 1952 instituted a " hot kinescope " process in which shows being performed in New York were transmitted west, filmed on two kinescope machines in 35 mm negative and 16 mm reversal film ( the latter for backup protection ) in Los Angeles, rushed to film processing, and then transmitted from Los Angeles three hours later for broadcast in the Pacific Time Zone.

Palomo was in the process of crossing-over to United States television audiences where he guest starred on shows such as " Arrested Development " and " Kingpin " and was to star in a CBS series.

" However, as the bidding process drew near many speculated that the sale would surpass $ 1. 5 billion, with Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reporting via Twitter that at least one bid in the $ 1-1. 5 billion range was placed in the initial round of the bidding process.

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It was picked up by ABC, which was in the process of developing a daytime lineup ; CBS permitted the move with the agreement that ABC would not also do a nighttime version.

That same year, it became one of the first 16 stations in the CBS network ; two years later CBS bought KMOX, and began the process of getting approval to build a 50, 000-watt transmitter tower ; when completed, it gave the now-clear-channel station a signal that could be heard as far away as New Zealand and the Arctic Circle, making it one of the first international radio stations.

The owners of the station that replaced it, WCVB-TV, planned to air more local programming than any other station in the country, heavily preempting CBS programming in the process.

While he was leaving him and Melendez for his already-established studio, Roman was offered the opportunity to produce the next Garfield prime time special, Garfield in the Rough ( 1984 ), for CBS by Mendelson, which he accepted and went on to produce and direct it all by himself, winning an Emmy in the process.

During the 1960s CBS chairman William S. Paley was concerned about the station's low ratings, and that concern started a process that would lead to the creation of a news radio format that would become known as Newsradio 88.

It is interesting to note that had the line proceeded as originally planned with a stop at 3rd & Fairfax, the Columbia Broadcasting System ( CBS ) was far along the process of a plan to purchase and develop the Farmer's Market property ( owners had agreed to sell ) that is adjacent to its " Television City Studios ," completely demolish the Farmer's Market ( not nearly as robust a market then as it is today ) and build a plaza with two large office towers ( on the order of over 40 stories tall ) for lease to any interested tenants as part of the company's investment outside broadcasting and in commercial office real estate.

On May 22, 1994, New World Communications inked a long-term groupwide affiliation agreement with Fox that would result in longtime CBS affiliate KSAZ-TV ( which New World was in the process of acquiring from Citicasters ) becoming the Phoenix area's Fox affiliate.

After NBC lost its NFL rights to CBS at the end of the 1997 season, it in the process, marked the beginning of a slow decline for its sports division, culminating in the unproductive 2004 – 05 prime time season ( despite heavy lineup promotion during the 2004 Summer Olympics ), when NBC carried no major sporting championships during prime time ( NBC had already lost Major League Baseball broadcasting rights in 2000 and National Basketball Association rights in 2002 ; they had acquired National Hockey League rights in 2004, but that league was in lockout ).

This process was done three times – the first with ABC shows, the second with NBC shows, and the third with CBS shows.

After numerous auditions, John Elefante was hired as Walsh's replacement, but hopefuls Warren Ham and Michael Gleason left an impression on Livgren, who was in the process of writing material for a second solo album for CBS Records.

CBS is in the process of winding down operations at the Norfolk hub ; when that is completed, WTOG and WUPA will once again be handling their own master controls in-house.

This year, I am told, the CBS network will continue to abide by the rule but NBC will play to a conclusion here.

In 1979, the film was remade for CBS television by Delbert Mann, starring Richard Thomas of The Waltons as Paul Bäumer and Ernest Borgnine as Kat.

A Filmways production created by writer Paul Henning, it is the first in a genre of " fish out of water " themed television shows, and was followed by other Henning-inspired country-cousin series on CBS.

Panned by many entertainment critics of its time, it quickly became a huge ratings success for most of its nine-year run on CBS.

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Iglehart, the Orioles ' largest shareholder at 32 % and owner of a sizable amount of CBS stock, straightened out his conflict of interest issues on May 25, 1965 by selling his 64, 000 shares in the ball-club to the National Brewing Company, an original team investor which finally had controlling interest at 65 %.

He was also employed by CBS Sports as a regional CBS NFL and CBS NBA announcer from 1976 to 1979, when he moved to NBC.

The red-headed Mumy came to prominence in the 1960s as a child actor, most notably as Will Robinson, the youngest of the three children of Prof. John and Dr. Maureen Robinson ( played by Guy Williams and June Lockhart respectively ) and friend of the nefarious and pompous Dr. Zachary Smith ( played by Jonathan Harris ), in the 1960s CBS sci-fi television series Lost in Space.

In 1978, America was introduced to competitive cheerleading by the first broadcast of Collegiate Cheerleading Championships on CBS.

The ColecoVision was distributed by CBS Electronics outside of the United States, and was branded the CBS ColecoVision.

The CBS Saturday morning series The New Adventures of Superman produced by Filmation Studios — as well as The Adventures of Superboy from the same animation house — featured the iconic " shirt rip " to reveal the " S " or Clark Kent removing his unbuttoned white dress shirt in a secluded spot, usually thanks to stock animation which was re-used over dozens of episodes, to reveal his costume underneath while uttering his famed line " This is a job for Superman!

This was so novel a proposition at the time that it got picked up and published by Newsweek and also covered by Walter Cronkite on the CBS Evening News.

A highly publicized candid interview on a Barbara Walters Special in December 1977 ( timed to coincide with Here You Come Agains release ) was followed by appearances in 1978 on Cher's ABC television special, and her own joint special with Carol Burnett on CBS, Carol and Dolly in Nashville.

Both Desilu, Too and Lucille Ball Productions work hand-in-hand with MPI Home Video in the home video re-issues of the Ball / Arnaz material not currently owned by CBS ( successor-in-interest to Paramount Television, which in turn succeeded the original Desilu company ).

In 1961, Sullivan was asked by CBS to fill in for an ailing Red Skelton on The Red Skelton Show.

In 1947, Marx was chosen to host a radio quiz program You Bet Your Life broadcast by ABC and then CBS, before moving over to NBC radio and television in 1950.

You Bet Your Life debuted in October 1947 on radio on ABC ( which aired it from 1947 – 49 ), sponsored by costume jewelry manufacturer Allen Gellman ; and then on CBS ( 1949 – 50 ), and finally NBC, continuing until May 1961 — on radio only, 1947 – 1950 ; on both radio and television, 1950 – 1960 ; and on television only, 1960-1961.

In 1973 Segal disrupted the CBS evening news with Walter Cronkite, an event covered in newspapers across the country and viewed by 60 % of American households, many seeing or hearing about homosexuality for the first time.

CBS phased out most of their game shows, except for The Price Is Right, by 1993.