Progressive Broadcasting System

The Evening Review, a newspaper from East Liverpool, Ohio announced the company's formation on November 20th, 1950.

Robinson, vice president in charge of finance;[6] Kolin Hagar, eastern district manager;[7] and Nat Linden, chief of production.

[8] PBS planned to offer programming for 10 hours of the day on as many as 350 radio stations.

[9] On December 15, 1950, President Harry S. Truman proclaimed "the existence of a state of national emergency".

[11] Afterward, PBS officials sent a letter to approximately 60 agencies and departments of the federal government saying that "its program lines [would be] kept open until 11 p.m. and offering those evening hours to the government for any messages or programs which PBS can take to its member stations in support of defense and emergency activities.