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CBS News Radio ends today. It’s a major loss for the US
The decision by top editor Bari Weiss to end radio service represents another crack in the network that my grandfather, William S Paley, helped build Recently, I spoke with a US senator about matters related to CBS News, a topic of our time for the wrong reasons. I was dismayed that he did not know who William S Paley was, or about the leading role he played in creating CBS. Paley was my grandfather, a man whom I adored and revered. I also knew and worked for Fred W Friendly, who had been president of CBS News and created the documentary program See It Now in collaboration with the legendary broadcaster Edward R Murrow. Murrow, of course, had grown to national prominence for his gripping radio broadcasts during the second world war. Together, their tireless work changed the course of US history. Brooke A Byers, the granddaughter of CBS founder William S Paley, received her law degree fro
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According to The Guardian’s source item, CBS News Radio ends today. It’s a major loss for the US, The decision by top editor Bari Weiss to end radio service represents another crack in the network that my grandfather, William S Paley, helped build Recently, I spoke with a US senator about matters related to CBS News, a topic of our time for the wrong reasons. I was dismayed that he did not know who William S Paley was, or about the leading role he played in creating CBS. Paley was my grandfather, a man whom I adored and revered. I also knew and worked for Fred W Friendly, who had been president of CBS News and created the documentary program See It Now in collaboration with the legendary broadcaster Edward R Murrow. Murrow, of course, had grown to national prominence for his gripping radio broadcasts during the second world war. Together, their tireless work changed the course of US history. Brooke A Byers, the granddaughter of CBS founder William S Paley, received her law degree fro
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- CBS News Radio ends today. It’s a major loss for the USThe Guardian - 2026-05-22T10:00:55+00:00
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