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69-606: Infinity was founded in 1972 by two former Metromedia executives Michael A. Wiener and Gerald Carrus, with the acquisition of KOME , an FM radio station that served the San Francisco Bay Area , and finally received its license by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) a year later. In 1979, Infinity acquired WBCN in Boston . In 1981, Mel Karmazin was brought in as new president. Karmazin oversaw

138-492: A focus group study claimed Craft was "too old, too unattractive and not deferential to men" in the eyes of viewers. Craft declined the reassignment and subsequently resigned from the station. Craft initially won her case, though she lost on appeal at the U.S. Supreme Court . On May 22, 1986, Metromedia acquired a 6.5% stake in Orion Pictures Corporation ; a movie and television production studio. By December,

207-403: A division of the original Viacom ; in 2005, Viacom spun CBS and Infinity Broadcasting back into a separate company, and the division was renamed CBS Radio. It was the last radio group left to be tied to a major broadcast television network, as NBC divested its radio interests in the 1980s, and ABC sold off its division to Citadel Broadcasting (now part of Cumulus Media ) in 2007. CBS Radio

276-515: A hot talk format. The only remaining show still on air is The Sports Junkies on WJFK 106.7 FM DC. All other shows broke up or were canceled. Some, including The Big O & Dukes Show and The Mike O'Meara Show, have been reborn as podcasts. CBS Radio owned the majority of stations in the United States that broadcast the Jack FM format, a radio format that incorporates all types of popular music from

345-737: A lawsuit filed by ABS Entertainment over the use of pre-1972 sound recordings, which are subject to common law state copyright and not federal law, on CBS Radio's oldies stations. ABS argued that because pre-1972 works are not subject to federal copyright, they are not subject to the federal laws providing compulsory licenses for performing the recordings on terrestrial radio and via non-interactive digital streams, and require permission. CBS, however, argued that it did not play pre-1972 sound recordings, but remastered versions of recordings published from compilations with copyrights registered after 1972, making them separate works subject to federal copyright and eligible for compulsory licenses. The court ruled that

414-569: A pre-arrangement in the 2015 agreement where WSCR would take over airing games after letting the rights to the Chicago White Sox go after the 2015 season (which now broadcast on WGN (AM) ). Prior to the merger with Entercom, CBS Radio operated nearly all of the all-news radio stations in the United States. They included: As part of the merger and in order to comply with FCC Regulations, CBS Radio divested WBZ and ownership of that station

483-759: A publicly traded company in 1986. Within a year, it had purchased six more stations: KROQ-FM in Los Angeles , WJFK-FM in Washington, D.C. , WQYK-AM / FM in Tampa, and KVIL-AM / FM in Dallas . Karmazin and three other company executives took the company private in 1988 and took it public again in 1992. In 1993, Infinity was expanded to 22 radio stations. As a result of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 , which loosened ownership restrictions of broadcast stations, Infinity

552-626: A result of the Westinghouse purchase, Infinity was merged into the CBS Radio Group, with Karmazin as president. Karmazin soon became chairman and CEO of CBS Radio, and took the control of the CBS television network. Shortly after, Westinghouse sold its non-broadcasting assets and renamed itself as CBS Corporation . In 1998, CBS decided to spin off a portion of its radio and outdoor advertising holdings as Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, once again bringing

621-419: A state of limbo in 2002 due to regulatory issues. Beginning in 1967, Metromedia's television stations began utilizing a sans-serif typeface for their on-air logo. The typeface was a proprietary one called Metromedia Television Alphabet , which was as distinctive as the typeface employed by Group W unit of Westinghouse Electric for its TV and radio stations beginning in 1963. Metromedia Television Alphabet

690-588: Is one of the oldest units within CBS Corporation, and has been around since 1928. However, the actual CBS Radio Network (now CBS News Radio ) was launched in 1927, when CBS itself was known as United Independent Broadcasters. Columbia Records later joined in and that company was renamed the Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System. In September 1927, Columbia Records sold the company to William S. Paley and in 1928, Paley streamlined

759-448: The "new" Viacom , which included MTV Networks , BET , and Paramount Pictures , among other assets. CBS Radio was sold to Entercom (now Audacy, Inc. ) on November 17, 2017. The Infinity Radio name and logo were used for an online-only variety hits station on CBS Radio's streaming platform, InfinityRadio.com and Radio.com , to maintain trademark rights. As of 2021 the infinityradio.com website resolves to audacy.com which still preserves

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828-654: The Ice Capades (in 1963) and the Harlem Globetrotters (in 1967). Later in the decade Metromedia opened a television production center in Los Angeles, known as Metromedia Square , which served as the studio facility for numerous network programs. Metromedia also owned a TV production and distribution company called Metromedia Producers Corporation (MPC), established in 1968 from Wolper Productions . MPC produced and syndicated various programs and TV movies, most notably

897-674: The New York Yankees (they had broadcast the Mets until 2014) and WSCR is the flagship station of the Chicago Cubs . In Philadelphia, WPHT , a frequency that had been the longtime home of the Philadelphia Phillies before parting ways after the 2001 season, reacquired the team's broadcast rights in 2005. As of 2012, those games are now simulcast on sister station WIP-FM . KRLD-FM in Dallas

966-456: The game show Truth or Consequences and the 1972-86 version of The Merv Griffin Show . Metromedia spent the 1970s and the first half of the 1980s increasing its television and radio station portfolio, and continued to expand its syndication business. In 1976, it teamed up with MTM Enterprises to launch a first-run syndicated variety show. Metromedia entered the record business in 1969 with

1035-415: The 1920s, and Infinity Broadcasting since the 1970s. The broadcasting company was sold to Entercom (now known as Audacy, Inc. ) on November 17, 2017. Although CBS's involvement in radio dates back to the establishment of the original CBS Radio Network in 1927, the most recent radio division was formed by the 1997 acquisition of Infinity Broadcasting by CBS owner Westinghouse .In 1999, Infinity became

1104-455: The ABC-UPT deal put their network on life support, and agreed in principle to merge with ABC. However, it was forced to back out of the deal when minority owner Paramount Pictures raised antitrust concerns. UPT had only spun off from Paramount four years earlier, and there were still doubts about whether the two companies were really separate. By 1955, DuMont realized it could not compete against

1173-646: The CBS Corp. purchase in May 2000, and it retained 80% ownership of Infinity. In that same year, Infinity acquired Outdoor Systems and renamed it Infinity Outdoor. Under the new ownership by Viacom, Infinity acquired 18 radio stations from its competitor, Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia), which needed to divest them as part of its own merger with AMFM Incorporated . The company also purchased Giraudy SA, an outdoor advertising company based in France. In 2002, Viacom acquired

1242-772: The DuMont Television Network, radio personality Clarke Ingram has suggested that the Fox network is a revival or at least a linear descendant of DuMont. Kluge also sold Metromedia's outdoor advertising firm, the Harlem Globetrotters, and the Ice Capades in 1985, its cellular phone and yellow pages divisions to the Southwestern Bell Corporation (now known as the second incarnation of AT&T, due to SBC's acquisition of AT&T Corporation in 2005) under

1311-719: The Foster & Kleiser outdoor advertising firm (in 1959); and KOVR in Stockton, California , Benedict Gimbel Jr. -owned WIP- AM - FM in Philadelphia , WTVH-TV (now WHOI ) in Peoria, Illinois , and WTVP television (now WAND ) in Decatur, Illinois (all in 1960). In 1961 Metropolitan purchased KMBC- AM - TV in Kansas City, Missouri . Later that year the company's name was changed to Metromedia ;

1380-730: The HD2 channel of KCBS-FM . Much like its competitor Kiss FM , AMP broadcasts contemporary hit radio/top 40 music. In February 2009, the first AMP station was launched in Los Angeles under the callsign KAMP-FM. Over the years, CBS Radio expanded the AMP brand and the CHR/Top 40 format to its stations in Detroit, Boston, Orlando, New York City, Philadelphia, and lastly Dallas. Since the Entercom acquisition in November 2017, all

1449-536: The Infinity name back to the public. The stock offering was the largest in the media industry at the time and raised $ 2.87 billion. The most significant move during 1999, however, was the deal struck with Viacom in September. Sumner Redstone , CEO of Viacom, shot down Karmazin's offer to buy Viacom. Karmazin then offered CBS to Redstone, who eventually made a $ 37 billion proposal to merge the two companies. Viacom completed

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1518-508: The Metropolitan Broadcasting name was retained for its broadcasting division until 1967. In separate 1963 deals the company expanded into Los Angeles , buying first KTTV and later KLAC and the original KLAC-FM (now KIIS-FM ). The company would later engineer a swap of FM facilities; the second KLAC-FM (later KMET and now KTWV ) was established in 1965. Metromedia also entered the realm of live entertainment by purchasing

1587-483: The ashes of the DuMont Television Network , the world's first commercial television network . DuMont had been in economic trouble throughout its existence, and was seriously undermined when ABC accepted a buyout offer from United Paramount Theaters in 1953. The ABC-UPT deal gave ABC the resources to operate a national television service along the lines of CBS and NBC . DuMont officials quickly realized

1656-719: The biggest AC format removal of the company dropping AC for hot adult contemporary on Washington, D.C. 's WIAD in March, followed by New York City 's WWFS on October 12 (both in the Eastern Time Zone ). On August 1, WCFS-FM Chicago removed its AC format for all-news to simulcast WBBM (AM) . By November 2011, WLTE in Minneapolis / St. Paul removed the AC format for Christmas music , only to transition to country music as KMNB on December 26. On April 9, 2012, CBS Radio announced that it

1725-532: The change in Internet royalty rates). The AOL Radio player powered by CBS Radio featured over 200 CBS Radio stations, along with over 200 AOL Radio stations, combining two of the largest online radio networks and giving millions of listeners unlimited and free access to a diverse array of music and programming including news, sports and talk. These stations were folded into the AOL Radio mobile app. In 2008, CBS started

1794-470: The comedy Oh, Madeline as The Madeline Kahn Show for first-run syndication, but the deal never came to fruition. On May 4, 1985, Kluge announced the sale of Metromedia's television stations, and Metromedia Producers Corp., to News Corporation (owned by Australian newspaper publisher Rupert Murdoch ) and 20th Century Fox Film Corporation (owned jointly by Murdoch and Marvin Davis ) for $ 3.5 billion. With

1863-849: The corporate name to Columbia Broadcasting System. In 1940, Paley also joined forces with the journalist Edmund Chester at CBS Radio and Nelson Rockefeller at the Department of State's Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs to launch the imaginative Network of the Americas (La Cadena de Las Americas) in 1942. This innovative radio network beamed both news and cultural programming live to North and South America in support of cultural diplomacy and Pan Americanism in accordance with President Franklin Roosevelt 's Good Neighbor policy during World War II. The company that would become CBS Radio

1932-490: The current trademark registration. In April 2024, the Infinity brand was repurposed by Audacy for its Infinity Sports Network , after its transitional rights to the CBS Sports branding expired. Metromedia Metromedia (also often MetroMedia ) was an American media company that owned radio and television stations in the United States from 1956 to 1986 and controlled Orion Pictures from 1988 to 1997. Metromedia

2001-657: The entire Denver cluster (this includes three radio stations) to Wilks Broadcasting for $ 19.5 Million, including KIMN , KWOF , and KXKL-FM . On August 10, 2009, CBS Radio announced that it would sell the entire Portland cluster (this includes four radio stations) to Alpha Broadcasting for $ 40 Million. The stations included in the sale are KCMD , KINK , KUFO , and KUPL . On February 4, 2010, all CBS Radio stations, as well as AOL Radio and Yahoo! Music Radio restricted all non U.S. listeners from streaming online content. CBS Radio redirected to sister property Last.fm . In July 2010, CBS Radio launched Radio.com . 2011 saw

2070-799: The entire radio unit rather than "waiting a couple of years and selling the rest for less." On December 15, 2008, CBS Radio and Clear Channel Communications reached an agreement to swap seven stations. In this deal, Clear Channel acquired WQSR in Baltimore , Maryland, KBKS in Seattle, Washington , KLTH and KXJM in Portland, Oregon , and KQJK in Sacramento, California ; and CBS Radio would get KHMX and KLOL in Houston, Texas . The deal closed on April 1, 2009. On December 20, 2008, CBS Radio announced that it would sell

2139-519: The era of network-owned radio stations in America involving the original Big Three ( ABC , NBC , and CBS ). ABC, however, still owned a few stations outside its original network at the time, primarily under the ESPN Radio umbrella. Following the purchase, Entercom became the second-largest owner of radio stations in the United States in terms of revenue, with a total of 244 stations, and operations in 23 of

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2208-544: The exception of WCVB-TV (which was subsequently sold to the Hearst Corporation ), all of the former Metromedia stations formed the nucleus of the Fox Broadcasting Company (which began operations on October 9, 1986), while MPC was folded into 20th Century Fox Television . The transactions became official on March 6, 1986. Because of these transactions, and the fact that Metromedia was originally spun off from

2277-466: The fall of 1983. Unlike INN , the program was planned to be offered as a hybrid, hour-long local/national newscast, fed to affiliates by satellite as a headlines block and three other segments, which could be aired by local stations in whatever order the stations deemed alongside locally produced news content. Also as part of this plan, Metromedia established full news departments for KRIV in Houston and what

2346-548: The first radio broadcast on November 2, 1920, with KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , would later change its name to the original CBS Corporation, and reorganize all of its radio properties (including its own Group W stations), as well as its outdoor advertising business, under the Infinity Broadcasting Corporation name. Westinghouse acquired American Radio Systems in September 1997. In 2000, CBS Corporation

2415-1038: The former DuMont Tele-Centre (which was later renamed the Metromedia Telecenter) in New York. In 1957, DuMont Broadcasting purchased two New York area radio stations, WNEW (now WBBR ) and WHFI (later WNEW-FM and WWFS), and later that year changed its name to the Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporation to distance itself from its former parent company. The following year, Paramount sold its shares in Metropolitan Broadcasting to Washington-based investor John Kluge , enough to give Kluge controlling interest. Kluge installed himself as chairman, and later increased his holdings to 75 percent. WABD's call letters were later changed to WNEW-TV to match its new radio sisters. Metropolitan Broadcasting's first acquisitions included WHK-AM - FM in Cleveland (in 1958);

2484-567: The former went bankrupt in 2008. Metromedia International operated subscription television operators ( Kosmos-TV , Alma TV , Ala TV , Kamalak TV ) and private radio stations in Eastern Europe and CIS countries; by 2006 following the sale of most assets, it bought Magticom in Georgia to ease financial burden from filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Most assets were joint-ventures with government-linked companies. Its Kazakh operations were put in

2553-502: The launch of the Metromedia Records label, whose biggest-selling artist was Bobby Sherman . The label was also notable as having issued the first two studio albums of Peter Allen , Peter Allen (1971) and Tenterfield Saddler (1972). The label was closed in 1974. Allen's Tenterfield Saddler , the title song of which has become an Australian standard , was acquired and reissued by A&M Records in 1978. In 1976, similar to

2622-440: The leadership of Zane Barnes, Robert G. Pope, and J.B. Ellis. They also spun off the radio stations into a separate company (which took on the Metropolitan Broadcasting name) before they were sold to various other owners by the early 1990s. In retaliation for a lawsuit brought by Paul Winchell , who sought the rights to his children's television program Winchell-Mahoney Time , which was produced at KTTV in Los Angeles during

2691-441: The media even a year after Karmazin left Viacom. On December 14, 2005, Infinity Broadcasting reverted to CBS Radio , and joined with the CBS and UPN networks (the latter of which would later merge with former rival network The WB to form The CW ), Paramount's television properties, Showtime Networks , Viacom Outdoor , Simon & Schuster , and Paramount Parks into a revived CBS Corporation. At that time, CBS Corp. spun off

2760-494: The mid-1960s, it is believed that KTTV management destroyed the program's video tapes. In 1989 Winchell was awarded nearly $ 18 million as compensation for Metromedia's capricious behavior. In 1983, Christine Craft , a former evening news co-anchor at KMBC-TV in Kansas City, sued Metromedia on claims of fraud and sexual discrimination . After spending eight months at KMBC-TV in 1981, she was demoted to reporting assignment after

2829-573: The mid-50s to the present. These included stations in Los Angeles, Dallas , Seattle , Minneapolis and many other cities. New York City, Chicago and Houston had Jack FM stations, too; the New York City station, WCBS-FM has reverted to its traditional oldies format, and Jack (which had been renamed ToNY) was carried on its HD2 subchannel. CBS Radio owned "AMP Radio", a branding created by KROQ-FM program director Kevin Weatherly and APD John Michael on

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2898-513: The more successful SFM Holiday Network of syndicated stations launched two years later, Metromedia teamed up with Ogilvy and Mather for a proposed linking of independent TV stations termed MetroNet . The proposed programming would consist of several Sunday night family dramas, on weeknights a half-hour serial and a gothic series similar to Dark Shadows , and on Saturdays a variety program hosted by Charo . The plans for MetroNet failed when advertisers balked at Metromedia's advertising rate, which

2967-450: The operation of New York's WNEW-AM (now WBBR ) and WNEW-FM for Metromedia . Soon after, the company acquired fellow New York stations WNEW-FM, WKTU (now WINS-FM ; the present-day WKTU is owned by iHeartMedia ), WZRC , and WFAN the following years, followed by WYSP-FM in Philadelphia . In 1983, Infinity absorbed KXYZ in Houston and WJMK and WJJD in Chicago . Infinity became

3036-531: The other three networks and decided to wind down its operations. Soon after DuMont formally shut down network service in 1956, the parent firm DuMont Laboratories spun off the network's two remaining owned and operated stations , WABD in New York City and WTTG in Washington, D.C., to shareholders as the DuMont Broadcasting Corporation. The company's headquarters were co-located with WABD in

3105-539: The potential buyers. In July 2016, CBS Radio filed for a planned IPO, which would have spun off the subsidiary as a separate, publicly traded company. On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced that it had agreed to merge with Entercom , at the time the fourth-largest radio broadcaster in the United States; the sale was to be conducted using a Reverse Morris Trust so that it would be tax-free. To comply with federal ownership limits Entercom had plans to divest 14 stations. The transaction closed on November 17, 2017, ending

3174-450: The process of paring down its station holdings, with a particular focus on ridding itself of stations in mid-sized markets, and markets where there are no television stations for synergistic advantages. On July 31, 2008, CBS Radio announced that it would sell 50 more radio stations in 12 mid-size markets. however some companies like RBC Capital Markets said CBS Radio is a "melting icecube" and that CBS Corporation would be better off selling

3243-468: The remaining shares of Infinity that it did not already own, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. At that time, Infinity Outdoor was separated from Infinity Broadcasting and renamed Viacom Outdoor. Karmazin resigned in May 2004, due to many differences with Redstone. Karmazin later said he didn't get along with Redstone and found it difficult to be "No. 2" at a company, but particularly under Redstone. The two executives continued to snipe at each other through

3312-441: The remastered recordings contained "multiple kinds of creative authorship, such as adjustments of equalization, sound editing and channel assignment", with a level of creativity suitable enough to generate a new copyright. On March 15, 2016, CBS Corporation CEO Leslie Moonves stated that the company was exploring strategic alternatives that could result in the sale or spin-off of CBS Radio. Cumulus Media had been named as one of

3381-948: The stake in Orion's ownership was increased from 9.3% to 12.6% and on April 12, 1988, to 44.1% On May 20, 1988, Metromedia acquired Sumner Redstone 's share for $ 78 million, holding a majority stake in Orion Pictures worth nearly 67%. In 1995, Kluge merged Orion, MCEG Sterling Entertainment (producer of the Look Who's Talking series), the holding company Actava, and Metromedia into a new Metromedia International Group. In November 1995, Metromedia announced that it would acquire Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA) for $ 32 million, followed by The Samuel Goldwyn Company for $ 115 million in February 1996. On April 11, 1997, Metromedia sold Orion/Goldwyn and MPCA to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) for $ 573 million and

3450-563: The stations in the aforementioned markets, except for the Los Angeles flagship station, gradually flipped formats. By 2021, the AMP Radio branding was discontinued. CBS Radio was the largest broadcaster of local Major League Baseball broadcasts. In 2005 and 2007 respectively, CBS dropped the St. Louis Cardinals from KMOX and the Pittsburgh Pirates from KDKA, ending two long relationships between

3519-401: The suit, and earlier that day, prior to CBS' announcement, held a press conference, discussing how CBS added to the media attention, even booking him for appearances on Late Show with David Letterman and 60 Minutes . "I made them millions of dollars," Stern argued. "If I was hurting them, why did they keep me on the air for fourteen months? How can you have it both ways?" When a settlement

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3588-502: The teams and their flagship stations. However, KMOX reacquired the Cardinals' broadcast rights in 2011, and KDKA's FM sister all-sports station acquired the Pirates' broadcast rights in 2012, in addition to New York Yankees games being renewed on WCBS after the conclusion of the 2011 season, they would have the rights until the end of the 2013 season. CBS's WFAN is the flagship station of

3657-401: The time was the largest amount ever spent on a single television station property. Two years later, John Kluge bought out Metromedia's shareholders and took the company private. Also around this time, Metromedia attempted to bring to the air a national newscast for independent stations (much as the rival Tribune Company had created Independent Network News in 1980), planned for launch in

3726-416: The top 25 markets. The CBS News Radio and CBS Sports Radio networks were not included in the sale. However, CBS Sports Radio was continued to be broadcast by Entercom stations that carried its national programming. Hosts and employees of CBS Sports Radio (which has since rebranded as Infinity Sports Network ) are now employees of Audacy, Inc. (formerly Entercom). From 1985 to 2005, Infinity/CBS Radio

3795-522: The two stations at some point, Metromedia never owned either of these two stations. This is a list of television programs that were produced and/or syndicated by Metromedia Producers Corporation (MPC): https://github.com/microsoft/WindowsAppSDK/issues/3089#issue-1430110636 CBS Radio CBS Radio was a radio broadcasting company and radio network operator owned by CBS Corporation and founded in 1928, with consolidated radio station groups owned by CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting/Group W since

3864-433: Was able to quickly acquire more stations, gradually increasing its portfolio to 75 stations. In 1996, it was announced that Westinghouse Electric Corporation (which owned CBS ) would acquire Infinity Broadcasting. Karmazin had attempted to acquire CBS, but Michael Jordan, CEO of Westinghouse, refused to sell the firm to Karmazin but instead agreed to buy Infinity. The $ 4.9 billion deal was completed on December 31, 1996. As

3933-459: Was announced on May 26, 2006, Sirius gained exclusive rights to Stern's back catalogue of radio broadcasts at WXRK from November 1985 to December 2005, totalling almost 23,000 hours. The rights, costing Sirius approximately $ 2 million, equates to approximately $ 87 per-hour of tape. As of 2009 , the Free FM branding has been discontinued in all markets, and no former Free FM station continues to have

4002-954: Was cancelled four months later and CBS Radio announced that Opie and Anthony of XM Radio would replace Roth on the stations that carried him, despite the irony that the two were fired after the sex act controversy inside of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York . Adam Carolla's show was also later canceled. On February 28, 2006, CBS Radio announced it had filed a lawsuit against Stern, his agent Don Buchwald, and Sirius, arguing that Stern promoted Sirius "to enrich himself unfairly". It also claimed that Stern "repeatedly and willfully" breached his contract with CBS, "misappropriated millions of dollars worth [of airtime]" for his own benefit and "fraudulently concealed" his performance-related interests in Sirius stock. The suit, filed in New York State Court, sought compensatory and punitive damages . Stern anticipated

4071-424: Was closed on July 10 of the same year. In 1998, MPCA broke apart from MGM becoming independent again. Following the sale of the film business to MGM, Metromedia still owned Metromedia Restaurant Group (which it had renamed from S&A Restaurant Group, which was acquired from Grand Metropolitan ) in 1990 as well as Metromedia Fiber Network. The latter went bankrupt a few years later and became AboveNet , while

4140-588: Was established in 1956 after the DuMont Television Network ceased operations and its owned-and-operated stations were spun off into a separate company. Metromedia sold its television stations to News Corporation in 1985 (which News Corp. then used to form the nucleus of Fox Television Stations ), and spun off its radio stations into a separate company in 1986. Metromedia then acquired ownership stakes in various film studios, including controlling ownership in Orion. In 1997, Metromedia closed down and sold its media assets to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . The company arose from

4209-409: Was founded in 1972 as Infinity Broadcasting Corporation by Michael A. Wiener and Gerald Carrus, with the acquisition of KOME , an FM radio station that served the San Francisco Bay Area . It became a publicly traded company twice, in 1986, and again in 1992. Westinghouse Electric Corporation acquired CBS, Inc. in 1995 and then acquired Infinity Broadcasting in 1997. Westinghouse, which produced

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4278-442: Was granted FCC approval in mid-November 2007 after it faced regulatory review and numerous challenges for over a year, and officially closed on November 30. Several other stations, most in smaller markets, were also sold to companies like Border Media Partners and Peak Media Corporation. On April 30, 2008, CBS Radio and AOL entered a partnership (following the dissolution of partnership between AOL and XM Satellite Radio due to

4347-460: Was merged into Viacom . On December 31, 2005, Viacom spun out its motion picture and cable television assets, with the remainder maintained as the second CBS Corporation . In anticipation of this, Infinity Broadcasting was reorganized as CBS Radio. In August 2006, CBS Radio announced the sale of its 15 radio stations in Cincinnati, Ohio ; Memphis, Tennessee ; Austin, Texas ; and Rochester, New York to Entercom Communications . This group deal

4416-401: Was only slightly lower than the Big Three's and low national coverage, leaving for another similar operation, Operation Prime Time . In 1979, Metromedia Producers Corporation had also reached a deal with Bob Stewart Productions for an exclusive co-producing agreement. In 1982, Metromedia made its biggest broadcasting purchase when it acquired WCVB-TV in Boston for $ 220 million, which at

4485-465: Was selling its West Palm Beach cluster of stations to Palm Beach Broadcasting for $ 50 Million. On December 1, 2014, CBS Radio traded 14 stations—its Charlotte, North Carolina and Tampa Bay clusters as well as WIP (now WTEL (AM) ) in Philadelphia —to Beasley Broadcast Group in exchange for WRDW-FM (now WTDY-FM ) and WXTU in Philadelphia and WKIS , WPOW , and WQAM in Miami . In May 2016, Judge Percy Anderson ruled in favor of CBS Radio in

4554-424: Was the flagship station for the Texas Rangers before the 2011 season. In 2015, the Chicago Cubs moved its radio broadcasts to CBS property WBBM (AM) from its longtime home of WGN (AM) . That same year, the Baltimore Orioles began its second stint on all-sports WJZ-FM , four years after it was moved back to its traditional home of WBAL (AM) . In 2016, the Cubs rights moved to sister station WSCR as part of

4623-421: Was the home of controversial and top-rated talk show host Howard Stern , who left for subscription-based satellite radio due to increasing FCC and station censorship. In January 2006, rock star David Lee Roth , Rover's Morning Glory , and talk show host Adam Carolla replaced Stern in most major radio markets, and CBS Radio launched its new " Free FM " hot talk format in many of these markets. Roth 's show

4692-443: Was then KRLD-TV in Dallas (another news department was planned for WFLD in Chicago, but that department ultimately didn't launch until 1987, after the Murdoch buyout). Metromedia attempted to hire Charles Kuralt away from CBS News to serve as anchor. Kuralt chose to stay to with CBS; John Hart was also considered as an anchor, but ultimately the planned newscast never came to fruition. In 1985, it made an attempt to revive

4761-503: Was used for the channel numbers of its television stations until 1977, when another typeface modeled slightly after the Futura family was introduced. Stations are listed alphabetically by state and city of license . Two boldface asterisks appearing following a station's call letters ( ** ) indicate a station that was built and signed-on by Metromedia or its predecessor companies. This list does not include WDTV (now KDKA-TV ) in Pittsburgh or KCTY in Kansas City. Although DuMont owned

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