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The Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, also known as Group W, was the broadcasting division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. It owned several radio and television stations across the United States and distributed television shows for syndication. Westinghouse Broadcasting was formed in the... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
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WTXF-TV In the spring of 1994, CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting, owners of KYW-TV, had entered into a long-term affiliation agreement, which resulted in KYW-TV dropping NBC in favor of CBS.

WPSG However, later that year, Westinghouse Broadcasting, owners of NBC-affiliated KYW-TV, cut a deal with CBS to switch channel 3 and two of Westinghouse's other stations to CBS.

Eyewitness News The earliest known use of the Eyewitness News name in American television was in April 1959 when KYW-TV (now WKYC-TV) in Cleveland, owned at the time by Westinghouse Broadcasting, launched the nation's first 90-minute local newscast (under the title Eyewitness), combined with the then 15-minute national newscast. ([1]) The name was then adopted for use by Westinghouse's other television stations—KPIX in San Francisco, WJZ-TV in Baltimore, WBZ-TV in Boston and KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh—for its local newscasts.

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Eyewitness News All five major stations owned by Westinghouse prior to its 1996 acquisition of CBS have used Eyewitness News as their newscast titles at some point in time; KYW-TV, KPIX, and WJZ-TV continue to do so.

Reunion Tower When it first opened, the tower included an FM broadcast radio station owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting: KOAX (105.3 MHz).

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Westinghouse Broadcasting Group W also syndicated and franchised the program PM Magazine (alternatively titled Evening Magazine on stations owned and operated by Westinghouse Broadcasting) to local stations.

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WOWO WOWO was owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting from 1936 to 1982.

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Buddy Deane Show Although WJZ-TV, owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting (now CBS), was an ABC affiliate, the station "blacked out" the network broadcast of American Bandstand in Baltimore and broadcast the Deane program instead, reportedly because Bandstand showed black teenagers dancing on the show (although black and white teenagers were not allowed to dance together).

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WJZ-TV As a result, WJZ-TV and its sister stations in Philadelphia and Boston became CBS affiliates (Westinghouse's two other television stations, in Pittsburgh and San Francisco, were already CBS affiliates).

Eyewitness News The earliest known use of the Eyewitness News name in American television was in April 1959 when KYW-TV (now WKYC-TV) in Cleveland, owned at the time by Westinghouse Broadcasting, launched the nation's first 90-minute local newscast (under the title Eyewitness), combined with the then 15-minute national newscast. ([1]) The name was then adopted for use by Westinghouse's other television stations—KPIX in San Francisco, WJZ-TV in Baltimore, WBZ-TV in Boston and KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh—for its local newscasts.

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Al Primo In 1965 he went to Philadelphia's KYW-TV where he launched the Eyewitness News format (the name itself had been used for some years before that by Westinghouse's TV stations for its local newscasts, and in fact was first used by KYW itself in 1959 when it was based in Cleveland, Ohio), and in 1968 he took the format with him to his new job at WABC-TV, the ABC outlet in New York City.

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WJZ-TV Westinghouse then bought CBS in early 1996, making WJZ-TV a CBS owned-and-operated station.

KYW-TV Westinghouse bought CBS in early 1996, making KYW-TV a CBS owned-and-operated station.

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WJZ-TV Soon after Westinghouse bought WJZ-TV, it significantly beefed up the station's news department.

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    Westinghouse Broadcasting

    The Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, also known as Group W, was the broadcasting division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. It owned several radio and television stations across the United States and distributed television shows for syndication.
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    Category:Westinghouse Broadcasting

    This category is for properties formerly owned (or part-owned), and other articles pertaining to, Westinghouse Broadcasting. Defunct broadcasting companies of the United States
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    KYW-TV

    Westinghouse bought CBS in early 1996, making KYW-TV a CBS owned-and-operated station. ... Westinghouse Broadcasting
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    WOWO

    WOWO was owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting from 1936 to 1982.
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    WJZ-TV

    WJZ-TV has used its current "Stylized 13" logo, using a font face exculsive to Westinghouse Broadcasting, since 1967.
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    Westinghouse Electric (1886)

    Westinghouse Broadcasting, also known as Group W
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    Satellite News Channel

    Satellite News Channel (SNC) was a joint venture of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and Westinghouse Broadcasting (Group W).
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    WBZ-TV

    The station was founded by Westinghouse Radio Stations (later to become Westinghouse Broadcasting, also known as Group W), a subsidiary of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, along with WBZ radio (1030 AM).
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    WINS (AM)

    However, Westinghouse Broadcasting supported the format and WINS eventually prospered with it.
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    List of CBS television affiliates (table)

    2) ++ Indicates a station owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting prior to its acquisition of CBS in 1995;

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