CBS Radio

This article is about the radio group, for the radio network see CBS Radio Network.

CBS Radio Inc., formerly known as Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, is one of the largest owners and operators of radio stations in the United States, third behind main rival Clear Channel Communications (which interestingly owns many of the radio stations previously owned by former CBS parent Viacom before 1997) and Cumulus Broadcasting. The corporation owns around 180 radio stations operated from 22 states located across the country. In 2002 its sales were $3.7bn, an increase of just over 1% on the previous year. It is currently part of the CBS Corporation, which also owns the CBS and UPN television networks and the CBS Radio Network. Infinity had operated pretty much independent of CBS until the departure of chief executive Mel Karmazin in 2004.

Until recently, the stations' websites were not allowed to stream their programs online. Company officials thought that there was no profit to be made from streaming.

History

The former CBS Radio logo as Infinity Broadcasting

CBS Radio merged with Infinity Broadcasting in 1997, and took on the Infinity Broadcasting moniker. On December 14, 2005, in anticipation of media giant Viacom spinning off the CBS television and radio broadcast properties, the company reverted the division's brand back to CBS Radio.

From 1995 to 2005, it was the home of controversial and top-rated talk show host Howard Stern, who left 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, although Roth's show was cancelled four months later. CBS Radio announced that XM Radio shock jocks Opie and Anthony will replace Roth on the Free FM stations that carried him, despite the irony that the two were fired after the sex act controversy inside of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.

Jack FM

For more details on this topic, see Jack FM.

CBS Radio owns the majority of stations in the United States that broadcast the new Jack FM format, a radio format that incorporates all types of popular music from the mid-1950s to the present. These include stations in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Seattle, Sacramento, and Baltimore and many other cities.

External links

[Official website]

CBS Corporation

1Will Become The CW Television Network>The CW Owned and Operated Television Stations on September 18, 2006

2Will become affiliates of Fox Broadcasting Company>Fox's My Network TV in September 2006

3Will become Independent station>independent stations on September 18, 2006 Annual Revenue:

.54 billion USD (2005) | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: NYSE: [CBS] | Website: [www.cbscorporation.com]

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