CBS

This article is about the television network. For its defunct parent company, see CBS Corporation. For the radio network, see CBS Radio.

"Columbia Broadcasting System" redirects here.

This page only shows primary logo variants. For other related logos and images, see: Idents Other Station IDs

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1941–1951	1946–1951	1951–present

1941–1951

DESIGNER Unknown

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1946–1951

DESIGNER Unknown

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The CBS television network's initial logo, used between 1946 and 1951, consisted of an oval spotlight which shined on the block letters "C-B-S".

1951–present

DESIGNER William Golden Kurt Weiss

TYPOGRAPHY Opti Didot CBS Special

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ALSO KNOWN AS Eyemark

The present-day Eye device was conceived by William Golden, based on a Pennsylvania Dutch hex sign as well as a Shaker drawing. The Eye device made its broadcast debut on October 20, 1951. The following season, as Golden prepared a new "ident", CBS President Frank Stanton insisted on keeping the Eye device and using it as much as possible. The logo is alternately known as the "Eyemark", which was also the name of CBS's domestic and international syndication division in the mid-to-late 1990s before the King World acquisition and Viacom merger.

For wordmarks for CBS over the years, see CBS/Other.

External links

• Official website