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William Paley Creates the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

9/1928
 Photo of Rosalind Russell and James Stewart for their performance on CBS Sunday Afternoon Silver Theater.
Photo of Rosalind Russell and James Stewart for their performance on CBS Sunday Afternoon Silver Theater.

In September 1928 William S. Paley took over the failing United Independent Broadcasters network with its 16 affiliate stations and reorganized it as the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) for radio broadcasting.

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