Westinghouse Broadcasting Company

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Westinghouse Broadcasting Company was a major American radio and television broadcasting group that operated numerous stations and helped shape the development of commercial broadcasting in the United States.


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instanceOf broadcasting company
radio network operator
television network operator
alsoKnownAs Group W
Westinghouse Broadcasting
country United States
dissolvedInto CBS Inc. NERFINISHED
foundedBy Westinghouse Electric Corporation
genre commercial broadcasting
hasPart owned-and-operated radio stations
owned-and-operated television stations
production division
syndication division
headquartersLocation Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
industry broadcasting
radio broadcasting
television broadcasting
influenced commercial radio broadcasting in the United States
commercial television broadcasting in the United States
locationCountry United States
notableWork development of commercial broadcasting in the United States
operated cable television channels
radio stations
syndication operations
television stations
owned Group W Productions
Group W Satellite Communications
ownedBy Westinghouse Electric Corporation
ownedStation KDKA (AM)
KDKA-FM
KDKA-TV
KPIX-TV
KYW (AM)
KYW-TV
WBZ (AM)
WBZ-TV
WINS (AM)
WJZ-TV
WMAQ (historical periods)
parentOrganization Westinghouse Electric Corporation
partOf American commercial broadcasting industry
serviceArea United States
significantEvent became known as Group W in branding and corporate identity
developed syndicated programming for national distribution
engaged in station swaps with NBC involving KYW and other stations
expanded into television broadcasting after World War II
participated in early development of network radio in the United States
successor CBS Corporation (post‑merger broadcasting operations)

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Group W
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company ("Westinghouse Broadcasting")
alsoKnownAs
KYW (AM) ("Westinghouse Broadcasting")
formerOwner
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
owned
Group W ("Westinghouse Broadcasting International")
ownedSyndicationArm

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