All News Channel

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All News Channel was a 24-hour news channel carried mainly on DirecTV (and before that USSB which was folded into DirecTV in 1999). All News Channel had also been syndicated to network television afflliates in the United States. ANC was based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and was co-owned by Viacom and Hubbard Broadcasting.

ANC was the first nationwide challenger to CNN since the Satellite News Channel folded in 1983. But the station was never profitable and could not withstand the challenges of MSNBC and Fox News Channel, which pushed ANC to fourth place in its category. (In fact, Fox News is now the most popular all-news network in the United States.)

ANC, which was founded in 1993, ceased broadcasts in 2004.

One of the most talented and serious newscasters on ANC was Stan Lee.

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