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1920s The beginnings; William S. Paley founds the CBS Radio Network
1930s CBS Radio expands; CBS begins television broadcasts in New York
1940s CBS Radio covers World War II; CBS Television Network is born; Ed Sullivan comes to CBS; CBS-TV broadcasts first regularly scheduled news program
1950s Classic CBS programming debuts, including "I Love Lucy," "The Twilight Zone," Walter Cronkite's "You Are There," "The Honeymooners," "Gunsmoke," "Playhouse 90"
1960s Walter Cronkite anchors "CBS Evening News" and covers JFK's assassination and the moon landing; CBS Sports expands; Color comes fulltime to CBS
1970s CBS Sports covers the world; programming includes "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "M*A*S*H," "All in the Family," "Dallas"
1980s Dan Rather anchors "CBS Evening News"; new shows include"Murder, She Wrote," "Murphy Brown," "Designing Women" and the mini-series "Lonesome Dove"
1990s "Late Show with David Letterman" comes to CBS; Olympic Games; CBS broadcasts in HDTV
2000s CBS News covers terrorist attacks and the war in Iraq; David Letterman returns to the air after 9/11; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation premieres; CBS ushers in the reality TV boom
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