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Word: cbs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...radio's fiercely fought Battle of Sunday Night, CBS seemed to be winning over rival NBC. In every time segment from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., according to last week's Hooperatings, CBS had piled up a commanding lead. Jack Benny, moving from NBC to CBS, not only carried most of his listening audience with him but appeared to have bolstered CBS shows before & after his program. On CBS at 6:30, ear-jarring Spike Jones had climbed a few pegs, while Ozzie & Harriet on NBC dropped a few. Horace Heidt, hastily switched by NBC from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: How Many Grains of Sand? | 1/24/1949 | See Source »

...added stations and bigger audiences meant that TV networks might this year cut their skyrocketing losses. Yet none of the networks was entirely happy. Because there are only two coaxial cables, their use must be divided among NBC (which has more sponsored TV shows than any of the others), CBS, ABC and Du Mont...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: East Meets Midwest | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

...Lucky Pup CBS has the most literate children's show on Eastern TV. A considerable part of its adult-appeal is supplied by telegenic Doris Brown, who introduces the various characters: Lucky Pup, a dog playboy with a $5,000,000 inheritance; Foodini, an evil but outstandingly inefficient magician; Pinhead, an amiable stooge, and Jolo, a clown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Stars on Strings | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

Festival of Music (Sun. 2 p.m., CBS). Popular classics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Jan. 17, 1949 | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

...York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). First of six Stokowski concerts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Jan. 17, 1949 | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

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