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The stations are best known for the distinctive Font (closely, but not accurately mimicked in Ray Larabie 's Freeware font "Anklepants") they adopted in the late 1960s. MERGER WITH CBS In 1994 , Fox Broadcasting Company cut an affiliation deal with New World Communications . All but three of New World's stations switched to Fox. Among them were longtime CBS affiliates WJBK-TV in Detroit and WJW-TV in Cleveland . Not wanting to end up on UHF , CBS wooed longtime ABC affiliates WEWS-TV in Cleveland and WXYZ-TV (a former ABC O&O) in Detroit. Both stations were owned by E.W. Scripps Company . (Ironically, WEWS was the original CBS affiliate in Cleveland.) Scripps used this leverage to persuade ABC to switch its affiliation in several markets where Scripps owned a station, including Baltimore , home to ABC's second affiliate, Group W-owned WJZ-TV . ABC, not willing to risk losing two of its strongest and longest-standing affiliates, agreed to the deal, which caused ABC to move its affiliation to WMAR-TV . Group W was very upset at how ABC had treated WJZ after so many years of loyalty, and sought an affiliation deal of its own. Eventually, it agreed to affiliate its entire television unit with CBS in 1995 . Westinghouse bought CBS in November 1995 , making the Group W stations CBS Owned And Operated Station s. A few of the former Group W radio stations (now owned by CBS Radio ) still use the former Group W font today. Examples are KDKA-AM , KYW-AM and WINS-AM . Two television stations, WJZ-TV and KPIX-TV use this font as well. SYNDICATED PROGRAMS Some of their best-known programs were syndicated and seen in primetime, through its syndication division, Group W Productions; many were talk/variety, during the 1960's and sold internationally. Late night talk/variety shows
Daytime shows
Group W also syndicated and franchised the program '' Evening Magazine '' (alternatively titled '' PM Magazine '' on stations not owned and operated by Group W) to local stations. Animated series
First-run syndicated shows
After the merger in 1996, Group W Productions was renamed Eyemark Entertainment. Today, the Group W and Eyemark libraries are owned by King World Productions , following the latter company's acquisition by CBS in 2000. TELEVISION STATIONS FORMERLY OWNED BY WESTINGHOUSE :''This list does not include stations taken over by Group W from NBC in the interim period before the completion of CBS's acquisition by Westinghouse. Group W station fonts yhad also been used on some non Group W stations AM RADIO STATIONS OWNED Unless otherwise noted, all stations are currently owned by CBS Radio .
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