CBS in History

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• 1921-03-21 Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St NYC
• 1926-12-10 1st radio broadcast in the Sprinfield area (WCBS)

• 1927-01-11 Royale Theater (Golden, CBS Radio Playhouse) opens at 242 W 45th NYC
• 1929-01-03 27 year old William S Paley becomes CBS president
• 1929-01-08 CBS radio network buys WABC in NYC
• 1929-09-02 WOR (NYC) ends affiliation with CBS radio network
• 1930-09-29 Lowell Thomas makes his debut on CBS Radio replacing Floyd Gibbons
• 1931-05-01 Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running association with CBS radio, various programs continue until 1945

• 1932-02-14 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show debuts on CBS radio, airing there until 1937, moving to NBC until 1949, and returning to CBS in 1949, before moving to television
• 1932-10-11 1st political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, NYC
• 1932-10-20 Journalist Robert Trout joins CBS
• 1932-11-07 1st broadcast of "Buck Rogers in the 25th century" on CBS-radio
• 1936-09-28 Bachelor's Children debuts on CBS radio (at 9:45 am)
• 1938-03-13 World News Roundup is broadcast for the first time on CBS Radio in the United States.
• 1939-11-06 WRGB TV channel 6 in Schenectady-Alby-Troy, NY (CBS) 1st broadcast
• 1940-01-22 1st radio broadcast of "Road to Happiness" on CBS
• 1940-03-23 1st radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS
• 1940-04-21 1st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It," on CBS Radio
• 1940-04-29 1st radio broadcast of "Young Dr Malone" on CBS
• 1940-09-04 CBS begins broadcasting TV as station W2XAB
• 1941-07-01 1st commercial TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC
• 1941-07-01 WCBW (now WCBS) TV channel 2 in NY, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1942-08-09 CBS radio broadcasts the debut of wartime series "Our Secret Weapon"

• 1944-10-08 "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" debut on CBS radio

• 1946-09-29 "Adventures of Sam Spade" debuts on CBS Radio
• 1946-11-02 New York City's WABC (AM & FM) radio stations change call letters to WCBS
• 1947-02-19 CBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3"
• 1948-01-18 TV talent show "The Original Amateur Hour" hosted by Ted Mack premieres on the DuMont Television Network
• 1948-02-06 KNXT (now KCBS) TV channel 2 in Los Angeles, CA (CBS) 1st broadcast
• 1948-03-11 WBAL TV channel 11 in Baltimore, MD (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1948-03-15 WCAU TV channel 10 in Philadelphia, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1948-03-20 1st live televised symphony performances: Eugene Ormandy leads Philadelphia Orchestra on CBS, followed 90 minutes later by Arturo Toscanini leading the NBC Orchestra on NBC
• 1948-04-22 WTVR TV channel 6 in Richmond, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1948-05-03 1st broadcast of "CBS Evening News" - longest running network news show in the US
• 1948-05-14 WBEN (now WIVB) TV channel 4 in Buffalo, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1948-05-16 CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece

• 1948-06-21 WNAC (now WHDH) TV channel 7 in Boston, MA (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1948-07-26 1st black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show
• 1948-10-24 WJBK TV channel 2 in Detroit, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1948-12-11 WHEN (now WTVH) TV channel 5 in Syracuse, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1948-12-22 KPIX TV channel 5 in San Francisco, California (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1949-01-02 KDKA TV channel 2 in Pittsburgh, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1949-01-10 1st Jewish family show "Goldbergs" premieres on CBS
• 1949-01-12 "Arthur Godfrey & his Friends" premieres on CBS TV
• 1949-01-16 WTOP (now WUSA) TV channel 9 in Washington, D.C. (CBS) 1st broadcast
• 1949-01-17 Radio series "The Goldbergs" by Gertrude Berg premieres on US TV on CBS
• 1949-01-18 "They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont)
• 1949-01-26 WHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1949-03-08 WAGA TV channel 5 in Atlanta, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1949-03-16 KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1949-03-21 WTVJ TV channel 4 in Miami, FL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1949-04-03 KQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS
• 1949-06-01 KSL TV channel 5 in Salt Lake City, UT (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1949-06-06 "It Pays To Be Ignorant" game show debut on CBS-TV
• 1949-07-01 WCCO TV channel 4 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1949-07-02 "Red Barber's Clubhouse" sports show premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
• 1949-07-15 WBTV TV channel 3 in Charlotte, North Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1949-07-26 WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1949-09-01 KMTV TV channel 3 in Omaha, NB (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
• 1949-09-15 WJXT TV channel 4 in Jacksonville, FL (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1949-09-22 WFMY TV channel 2 in Greensboro-High Point, NC (CBS) 1st broadcast
• 1949-09-29 "Front Page" debuts on CBS-TV
• 1949-09-29 "Inside USA With Chevrolet" debuts on CBS-TV
• 1949-10-05 WBNS TV channel 10 in Columbus, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1949-11-30 KOTV TV channel 6 in Tulsa, Oklahoma (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1949-12-01 WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1949-12-03 KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1949-12-19 WJW TV channel 8 in Cleveland, Ohio (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1950-02-02 1st broadcast of "What's My Line" on CBS-TV
• 1950-02-15 KENS TV channel 5 in San Antonio, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1950-02-16 Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS
• 1950-03-27 WHAS TV channel 11 in Louisville, Kentucky (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1950-04-02 WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1950-05-01 WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1950-06-01 WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
• 1950-07-01 WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1950-07-10 "Your Hit Parade" premieres on NBC-TV (later CBS), after being broadcast on radio from 1935
• 1950-07-20 "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC)
• 1950-10-11 The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS
• 1950-10-12 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show debuts on CBS television, airs until 1958
• 1951-06-25 1st color TV broadcast, CBS' Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities
• 1951-06-28 "Amos 'n' Andy" premieres on CBS TV
• 1951-07-14 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race)
• 1951-08-11 First televised baseball game in colour on WCBS in New York City; Boston Braves beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 8-1
• 1951-09-03 TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS
• 1951-09-09 1st broadcast of "Love of Life" on CBS-TV
• 1951-09-19 1st broadcast of "Search for Tomorrow" on CBS-TV
• 1951-09-29 CBS broadcasts 1st football game in color, University of California against the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia
• 1951-10-03 CBS-TV airs the first coast-to-coast telecast of a prize fight; Australian light-heavyweight Dave Sands outpoints American Carl 'Bobo' Olson in 10 rounds at Chicago Stadium

• 1952-06-19 "I've Got A Secret" debuts on CBS-TV with Garry Moore as host
• 1952-11-13 KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1952-11-27 KTBC TV channel 7 in Austin, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1952-12-07 KKTV TV channel 11 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (CBS) 1st broadcast
• 1952-12-14 KROD (now KDBC) TV channel 4 in El Paso, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1952-12-21 WSBT TV channel 22 in South Bend, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting

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• 1900-08-17 Quincy Howe, American newscaster (CBS Weekend News), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1977)
• 1901-05-31 Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American Emmy Award-winning conductor (CBS Symphony; Columbia Pan-American Orchestra), and composer (The Great City), born in Alessandria, Kingdom of Ital (d. 1983)
• 1901-09-28 William S. Paley, American broadcast pioneer (President and CEO of CBS, 1928-90), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1990)
• 1906-03-29 E. Power Biggs, English organist and composer (CBS), born in Westcliff-on-Sea, England (d. 1977)
• 1907-09-14 Cecil Brown, American war correspondent (worked closely with Edward R. Murrow during WW II), born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania (d. 1987)
• 1908-03-20 Frank Stanton, American broadcasting executive (CBS), born in Muskegon, Michigan (d. 2006)
• 1912-11-26 Eric Sevareid, American author and News correspondent (CBS), born in Velva, North Dakota (d. 1992)
• 1915-03-15 David Schoenbrun, American journalist (CBS broadcast bureau head), born in New York City (d. 1988)
• 1916-08-31 Daniel Schorr, American broadcast journalist (CBS), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2010)

• 1917-06-04 Charles Collingwood, American news commentator (CBS, Chronicles), born in Three Rivers, Michigan (d. 1985)
• 1917-07-14 Douglas Edwards, American newscaster (CBS Evening News, FYI), born in Alda, Oklahoma (d. 1990)
• 1918-12-14 James T. Aubrey, American television executive (President of the CBS television network 1959-65), born in LaSalle, Illinois (d. 1994)
• 1919-01-14 Andy Rooney, American CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes), born in Albany, New York (d. 2011)

• 1920-01-14 George Herman, American journalist (CBS-TV), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2005)
• 1921-09-14 Hughes Rudd, American news anchor (CBS Morning News), born in Waco, Texas (d. 1992)
• 1922-02-05 Bernard Kalb, American journalist, moderator, lecturer and author, one of the most respected broadcast journalists of his time (CBS News, New York Times), born in NYC, New York (d. 2023) [1] [2]
• 1922-06-05 Gordon "Specs" Powell, American jazz and studio drummer and percussionist (CBS Orchestra, 1943-72), born in New York City (d. 2007)
• 1922-12-14 Don Hewitt, American CBS news executive producer (60 Minutes), born in NYC, New York
• 1923-03-05 Laurence Tisch, American businessman (CEO of CBS Television, 1985-96; co-founder of Loews Corp), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 2003)

• 1923-05-27 Sumner Redstone, American media mogul (ViacomCBS), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2020)
• 1924-05-18 Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster (ABC, CBS), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2019)
• 1927-01-27 Nancy Dickerson, pioneering American radio and TV journalist (NBC, CBS), born in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (d. 1997)
• 1927-11-17 Robert Drasnin, American clarinetist, composer, and film and television music supervisor (CBS, 1977-91), born in Charleston, West Virginia (d. 2015)
• 1928-02-09 Roger Mudd, American news anchor (CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News), born in Washington, D.C.

• 1930-06-09 Marvin Kalb, American educator & newscaster (CBS/NBC, Meet the Press), born in NYC, New York
• 1931-10-06 Fred Graham, American newscaster and journalist (CBS News, Court TV), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 2019)

• 1932-02-01 John Hart, American TV journalist (CBS News Retrospective, NBC News), born in Denver, Colorado
• 1932-08-14 Barry Frank, American television sports impresario (CBS, ABC and IMG), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 2019)
• 1932-10-12 Ned Jarrett, American auto racer (NASCAR Cup Series 1961, 65; Motorsports HOF of America) and broadcaster (CBS, ESPN, TNN, FSN), born in Conover, North Carolina
• 1933-01-08 Charles Osgood, American news anchor (CBS Weekend News), born in NYC, New York
• 1934-04-19 Bob Halloran, American sportscaster (CBS Sports NY) and event organiser (MGM Mirage), born in New Bedford, Massachusetts (d. 2022)
• 1935-01-09 Richard "Dick" Enberg, American sportscaster (NBC, CBS, ESPN), born in Mt Clemens, Michigan (d. 2017)
• 1935-08-22 Morton Dean, American TV newscaster (CBS, ABC), born in Fall River, Massachusetts

• 1936-05-09 Terry Drinkwater, American TV newsman (CBS), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1989)
• 1937-02-25 Bob Schieffer, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), born in Austin, Texas
• 1937-09-13 Fred Silverman, American broadcasting executive (ABC/NBC/CBS), born in NYC, New York
• 1937-11-11 Warner Wolf, sportscaster (WABC-TV, WCBS-TV), born in Washington, D.C.
• 1938-03-23 Christopher Glenn, American news anchor (CBS Nightwatch), born in NYC, New York
• 1939-05-26 Brent Musburger, American sportscaster (CBS Sports, The NFL Today; ESPN, ABC; VSiN; radio play-by-play Las Vegas Raiders), born in Portland, Oregon
• 1939-07-27 Irv Cross, American football cornerback (Pro Bowl 1964, 65; Philadelphia Eagles) and broadcaster (CBS), born in Hammond, Indiana (d. 2021)
• 1940-02-08 Ted Koppel, German-American Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist (ABC's Nightline; NPR; CBS), born in Lancashire, England
• 1940-02-25 Billy Packer, American college basketball broadcaster (Raycom Sports, NBC, CBS), born in Wellsville, New York (d. 2023)
• 1940-05-22 Bernard Shaw, American television news journalist (CBS, ABC), and 1st anchor of CNN, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2022)
• 1941-05-29 Bob Simon, American TV correspondent (CBS, 60 Minutes), born in the Bronx, New York (d. 2015)
• 1941-06-22 Ed Bradley, American journalist and CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2006)
• 1941-07-01 Sally Quinn, American CBS newscaster (Morning Show), born in Savannah, Georgia
• 1941-10-16 Tim McCarver, American baseball catcher (World Series 1964, 67; MLB All-Star 1966, 67 St. Louis Cardinals) and broadcaster (NY Mets, ABC, CBS, FOX), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2023)
• 1941-12-16 Lesley Stahl, newscaster/correspondent (CBS)
• 1942-01-05 Charlie Rose, American TV host (CBS This Morning), born in Henderson, North Carolina
• 1943-07-12 Ernie Anastos, American news anchor (WCBS, WABC), born in Nashua, New Hampshire
• 1946-05-03 Greg Gumbel, American sportscaster (CBS TV, WFAN), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• 1946-07-22 Steve Friedman, American Emmy Award-winning TV news executive (NBC, 1977-87, 1990-95; CBS, 1997-2002), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1946-08-20 Connie Chung [Constance Yu-Hwa Chung Povich], American news anchor (NBC, CBS), born in Washington, D.C.
• 1947-09-28 Harold Dow, news correspondent (CBS, 48 Hours), born in Hackensack, New York
• 1948-02-14 Pat O'Brien, American broadcaster (CBS Sports; Entertainment Tonight; The Insider), born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
• 1948-09-02 Terry Bradshaw, College/Pro Football HOF quarterback (Louisiana Tech; Super Bowl 1974, 75, 78 [MVP], 79 [MVP]; NFL MVP 1978; First-team All-Pro 1978; 3 × Pro Bowl; Pittsburgh Steelers) and broadcaster (CBS, FOX), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
• 1948-11-25 Storm Field [Elliot], NY, weatherman (WABC TV, WCBS TV)
• 1948-12-23 Leslie Moonves, American television executive (CEO and Chairman of CBS), born in New York City
• 1949-03-12 Mary Alice Williams, American television news reporter and anchor (CNN; NBC; WNET; CBS; NJN), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1949-06-25 Phyllis George, American beauty queen (Miss America, 1971), sportscaster (CBS, 1974-85), and First Lady of Kentucky, 1979-83, born in Denton, Texas (d. 2020)
• 1950-09-01 Phillip Fulmer, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Tennessee 152-52) and broadcaster (CBS), born in Winchester, Tennessee
• 1951-02-25 James Brown, American sportscaster (CBS News, The NFL Today), born in Washington, D.C.
• 1951-06-10 Dan Fouts, American Pro Football HOF quarterback (First-team All-Pro 1979, 82; Pro Bowl 1979–83, 85; San Diego Chargers) and broadcaster (CBS television, Westwood One radio), born in San Francisco, California
• 1951-08-21 Harry Smith, TV co-anchor (CBS Morning Show), born in Hammond, Indiana
• 1952-03-19 Gerard Huerta, American graphic designer and album cover artist (CBS Records - AC/DC, Boston, Blue Oyster Cult, Rupert Holmes), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1953-05-17 Kathleen Sullivan, American newscaster (ABC-TV, CBS Morning Show), born in Pasadena, California
• 1954-04-14 Shari Redstone, American media executive (ViacomCBS), born in Washington D.C.
• 1954-10-01 Richard Schlesinger, American news correspondent (CBS, 48 Hours), born in NYC, New York
• 1955-11-03 Phil Simms, American NFL quarterback (Super Bowl 1986 [MVP], 90; NY Giants) and broadcaster (ESPN, NBC CBS), born in Springfield, Kentucky
• 1956-02-24 Paula Zahn, American journalist and news anchor (ABC, CBS This Morning, Fox, CNN, PBS), born in Omaha, Nebraska
• 1956-07-07 Bill Lagattuta, American news correspondent (CBS, 48 Hours, Eye to Eye), born in New York City, New York
• 1957-03-09 Faith Daniels, American television news anchor (CBS-TV), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• 1958-08-13 David Feherty, Irish golfer, broadcaster (5 European Tour titles, CBS, NBC), born in Bangor, Northern Ireland
• 1960-05-14 Frank Nobilo, New Zealand golfer, broadcaster (5 European Tour titles, CBS, Golf Channel), born in Auckland, NZ
• 1960-10-24 Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer (British Open 1991) and broadcaster (ESPN, ABC, CBS), born in Nambour, Australia
• 1965-10-19 Brad Daugherty, American basketball center (5 x NBA All-Star; Cleveland Cavaliers), NASCAR team owner (JTG Daugherty Racing, winner Daytona 500 2023) and broadcaster (ESPN, NBC, CBS), born in Black Mountain, North Carolina
• 1968-06-26 Shannon Sharpe, American Pro Football HOF tight end (3 x Super Bowl winner Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens; 4 × First-team All-Pro; 8 x Pro Bowl) and broadcaster (Fox Sports, CBS Sports), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1969-01-20 Melissa Rivers, American TV hostess (MTV, CBS Morning News), born in NYC, New York
• 1969-08-17 Ed Cunningham, American football center (Arizona Cardinals) and broadcaster (CBS Sports, ABC Sports, ESPN), born in Washington, D.C.
• 1974-12-02 Grant Wahl, American sports journalist (CBS Sports, Sports Illustrated, Fox Sports), born in Mission, Kansas (d. 2022)
• 1983-04-03 Errol Barnett, English-born American reporter (CBS News), born in Milton Keynes, England
• 1984-10-27 Brady Quinn, American football quarterback (Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos) and broadcaster (CBS Sports HQ, Fox Sports), born in Columbus, Ohio

• 1949-03-11 CBS news correspondent Mike Wallace (30) weds actress Buff Cobb (21) in Cook County, Illinois
• 1986-06-28 CBS news correspondent Mike Wallace (68) weds Mary Yates
• 2000-06-10 "Live! with Kelly and Michael" executive producer Michael Gelman (38) weds CBS's Early Show correspondent Laurie Hibberd (36) at a Long Island estate
• 2004-12-23 CBS executive Les Moonves (55) weds CBS' "Early Show" co-host Julie Chen (34) on a private estate in Acapulco
• 2005-06-27 "The Young and The Restless" actress Melody Thomas Scott (49) weds supervising producer of the CBS daytime drama Edward J. Scott (60) for the second time in Las Vegas, Nevada
• 2010-11-06 "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis (37) weds CBS News Entertainment Reporter Christina McLarty on a civil wedding in Mexico

• 1954-06-22 Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 49
• 1977-02-17 Quincy Howe, American newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 76
• 1977-03-10 E. Power Biggs, British classical organist and composer (CBS; Bach), dies at 70
• 1983-11-03 Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American Emmy Award-winning conductor (CBS Symphony; Columbia Pan-American Orchestra), and composer (The Great City), dies during heart surgery at 82
• 1987-10-25 Cecil Brown, American war correspondent (worked closely with Edward R. Murrow during WW II), dies at 80
• 1988-05-23 David Schoenbrun, American journalist (CBS broadcast bureau head), dies at 73
• 1989-05-31 Terry Drinkwater, American CBS news correspondent, dies at 53 of cancer

• 1990-10-11 Douglas Edwards, American newscaster (CBS Evening News, FYI), dies of cancer at 73
• 1990-10-26 William Samuel Paley, American president and CEO of CBS (1928-90), dies of a heart attack at 89

• 1992-07-09 Eric Sevareid, American author and News correspondent (CBS), dies at 79
• 1992-10-13 Hughes Rudd, American news anchor (CBS Morning News), dies of aneurysm at 71
• 1993-02-16 Richard Salant, news president (CBS-60 Minutes), dies at 78
• 1994-09-03 James T. Aubrey, American television executive (President of the CBS television network 1959-65), dies of a heart attack at 75
• 1994-10-23 William Leonard, head (CBS News), dies of a stroke at 78
• 1997-07-04 Charles Kuralt, American news anchor (CBS Sunday Morning), dies at 62
• 1997-10-18 Nancy Dickerson, American pioneering journalist, 1st female news correspondent (CBS), dies at 70
• 2003-11-15 Laurence Tisch, American businessman (CEO of CBS Television, 1985-96; co-founder of Loews Corp), dies of gastroesophageal cancer, at 80
• 2006-11-09 Ed Bradley, American journalist and CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes), dies of complications from lymphocytic leukemia at 65
• 2006-12-24 Frank Stanton, American television executive (CBS), dies at 98
• 2007-09-15 Gordon "Specs" Powell, American jazz and studio drummer and percussionist (Red Norvo; Teddy Wilson; CBS Orchestra, 1943-72), dies of kidney disease at 85
• 2008-01-24 Randy Salerno, co-anchor of Chicago's CBS 2 News (b. 1963)
• 2008-08-15 Leroy Sievers, American journalist (CBS News, Nightline), dies of cancer at 53
• 2008-08-31 Ike Pappas, American news correspondent (CBS), dies at 75

• 2010-05-25 Michael H. Jordan, businessman and former CEO PepsiCo and CBS Corporation (b. 1936)
• 2010-07-23 Daniel Schorr, American broadcast journalist (CBS), dies at 93

• 2015-02-11 Bob Simon, American TV correspondent (CBS, 60 Minutes), dies after a car crash at 73
• 2015-05-13 Robert Drasnin, American clarinetist, composer, and film and television music supervisor (CBS, 1977-91), dies after a fall at 87
• 2017-12-21 Richard "Dick" Enberg, American sportscaster (NBC, CBS, ESPN), dies of a heart attack at 82
• 2019-08-18 Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster (ABC, CBS), dies of natural causes at 95
• 2019-10-29 Barry Frank, American television sports impresario (CBS, ABC and IMG), dies of pulmonary problems at 87
• 2019-12-28 Fred Graham, American newscaster and journalist (CBS News, Court TV), dies of Parkinson's disease at 88
• 2020-05-14 Phyllis George, American beauty queen (Miss America, 1971), sportscaster (CBS, 1974-85), and First Lady of Kentucky, 1979-83, dies of a blood disorder at 70
• 2020-08-11 Sumner Redstone, American media mogul (ViacomCBS), dies at 97
• 2021-02-28 Irv Cross, American football cornerback (Pro Bowl 1964, 65; Philadelphia Eagles) and broadcaster (CBS), dies from ischemic cardiomyopathy at 81
• 2021-03-09 Roger Mudd, American Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist and TV news anchor (CBS Weekend News; NBC Evening News; Meet The Press), dies of kidney failure at 93

• 2022-01-02 Bob Halloran, American sportscaster (CBS Sports NY) and event organiser (MGM Mirage), dies at 87
• 2022-06-09 Don Perkins, American football fullback (Pro Bowl 1961–63, 66–68; All-Pro 1962, 67, 68; Dallas Cowboys) and broadcaster (CBS, ABC), dies at 84
• 2022-09-07 Bernard Shaw, American television news journalist (CBS, ABC), and 1st anchor of CNN, dies of pneumonia at 82 [1]
• 2022-12-10 Grant Wahl, American sports journalist (CBS Sports, Sports Illustrated, Fox Sports), dies from a heart attack covering FIFA World Cup at 48
• 2023-01-08 Bernard Kalb, American journalist, moderator, lecturer and author, one of the most respected broadcast journalists of his time (CBS News, New York Times), dies at 100 [1] [2]
• 2023-01-26 Billy Packer, American college basketball broadcaster (Raycom Sports, NBC, CBS), dies of kidney failure at 82
• 2023-02-16 Tim McCarver, American baseball catcher (World Series 1964, 67; MLB All-Star 1966, 67 St. Louis Cardinals) and broadcaster (NY Mets, ABC, CBS, FOX), dies of heart failure at 81 [1]