Upon becoming commercial station WCBW  in 1941, the pioneer CBS television station in New York City broadcast two daily news programs, at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. weekdays, anchored by Richard Hubbell. Most of the newscasts featured Hubbell reading a script with only occasional cutaways to a map or still photograph. When Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941, WCBW , took to the air at 8:45 p.m. with an extensive special report. The national emergency even broke down the unspoken wall between CBS radio and television. WCBW executives convinced radio announcers and experts such as George Fielding Elliot and Linton Wells to come down to the Grand Central studios during the evening and give information and commentary on the attack. The WCBW special report that night lasted less than 90 minutes. But that special broadcast pushed the limits of live television in 1941 and opened up new possibilities for future broadcasts. As CBS wrote in a special report to the FCC, the unscheduled live news broadcast on December 7 "was unquestionably the most stimulating challenge and marked the greatest advance of any single problem faced up to that time." Additional newscasts were scheduled in the early days of the war. In May 1942, WCBW  sharply cut back its live program schedule and the newscasts were canceled, since the station temporarily suspended studio operations, resorting exclusively to the occasional broadcast of films. This was primarily because much of the staff had either joined the service or were redeployed to war related technical research, and to prolong the life of the early, unstable cameras which were now impossible to repair due to the wartime lack of parts.

Question: Why did WCBW staff stop live broadcasts?
Answer: joined the service

Question: How many news programs was WCBW the commercial station broadcasting for in 1941?
Answer: 2

Question: In 1941, how many newscasts did WCBW air each week?
Answer: 10

Question: How many months after Pearl Harbor did WCBW cancel the newscasts?
Answer: 6

Question: How many hours between the first and second news program passed for the daily news program for WCBW in 1941?
Answer: 5

Question: How many hours apart were they two daily news programs CBC aired weekdays, anchored by Richard Hubbell?
Answer: 5

Question: How many months after Pearl Harbor was bombed and WCBW took to the air with an extensive special report did they sharply cut back its live program schedule and the newscasts were canceled?
Answer: 5

Question: How many hours after the first CBS daily news program broadcast in 1941, did the second daily news program broadcast?
Answer: 5

Question: Why was there a special report on WCBW on December 7, 1941?
Answer: Pearl Harbor was bombed

Question: What was the subject of the special report on December 7, 1941?
Answer: Pearl Harbor was bombed

Question: How many hours passed between the two daily news programs on CBS?
Answer: 5

Question: How many months after the start of the war were the live newscasts cut back?
Answer: 5

Question: When was the first long live broadcast on CBS?
Answer: 7 December 1941

Question: What caused the lack of parts for the ability to repair cameras?
Answer: wartime