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CNN Headline News is a spin-off network from the original Cable News Network (CNN) television news network in the United States.
History
CNN Headline News began broadcasting on January 1, 1982, as "CNN2," but the name was changed to CNN Headline News in 1983. The CNN part has been used intermittently throughout the years, but became an official part of the station's name by the late 1990s."Headlines", as it is known to employees, has always been somewhat of a stepchild at CNN: the unvarying rigidity of the news cycle was contrasted with the unpredictable, live nature of the parent network. It has been remarkably stable, too: Chuck Roberts, who anchored the first newscast in 1982, is still anchoring.
The original Headline News format, which lasted until 2001, allowed the viewer to tune in at any time of the day and, in just 30 minutes, receive the top national and international stories and informative feature reports. Among the features that were specific to Headlines News were "Dollars and Sense" personal finance reports at 15 and 45 minutes past each hour, Headline Sports at 21 and 51 minutes and lifestyle reports at 24 and 54 minutes past each hour. Another regular feature was the "Hollywood Minute" which was often fitted in after the Headline Sports segment. In addition, later in the 1990's, a stock-price crawler weekdays between 9:30am and 5:30pm (ET), listing the latest stock market quotes and a sport score ticker during weekend and evening hours. Headline News Local Edition afforded cable operators with slots throughout the day to insert five minutes of local news into the Headline News format. This usually replaced the lifestyle segment at 24 and 54 minutes past the hour.
In the late 1990s, Headline News pioneered using a digital video jukebox to recycle segments of one newscast seamlessly into another newscast. During that period, Headline News laid off part of its staff, including such stalwart anchors as Lyn Vaughn, David Goodnow and Bob Losure, all of whom had been with Headline News for over 10 years. David Goodnow's tenure went back to the days of CNN2. Bob Losure quit before he was pushed.
In the early 2000s, CNN Headline News became famous for its distinct "screen," in which the news anchor (or news footage) appears in a sort of visual "window" surrounded by constantly changing text, such as breaking news, sports scores, stock market reports, and weather updates. This new screen layout premiered on Headline News on August 6, 2001.
On September 11th 2001 during the attacks in New York City and Washington D.C., Headline News began to air older sister channel CNN for the days during and after the attack.
In 2003, Time Warner revamped CNN Headline News, as part of its response to competition from Fox News and MSNBC. Shows began to feature two anchors, and a more flexible format including live reports.
After much scrutiny and lampooning, such as USA Today calling the screen a "jumbled mess", the amount of on-screen information was dramatically scaled back in 2005.
At other times of the day, the channel still features 30-minute news programs. Every half-hour viewers get the latest updates on top stories (headlines), financial news, national weather reports, sports, and entertainment news.
Also in late 2004, the network began to be available on mainly subscription television platforms in Latin America, The Caribbean and Asia. In Australia it is available in some Hotels via TV Oceania.
In 2004, Headline News dimmed the studio lights during's evening newscasts starting at 9 PM.
As of 2006, Headline News no longer airs its programming entirely live, and therefore uses its digital video jukebox system to shuffle certain segments of the newscast, unless, of course, important news breaks. This system is especially true on the weekends. In fact, if one watches Headline News closely in a given weekend, one may find the same newscast that originally aired in the morning repeated long into the night (this is one reason why other networks as MSNBC and Fox News Channel have aired ads attacking Headline News for its repetition).
The network is quite popular with people who may not have time for lengthy news reports. TVs playing CNN Headline News can often be found in airports, bars, and other places where there is a high demand for "get to the point" news.
Since its inception in 1982, Headline News has been syndicated to network television affiliates in the United States. Audio of the channel has also been simulcast on AM radio stations across the country, XM Satellite Radio channel 123, and Sirius Satellite Radio channel 133. Until the early 1990s, much of Headline News' output was simulcast on CNN International.
Ratings
CNN Headline News has rested comfortably in 4th place in the US most of the time since Fox News' launch (behind Fox News, CNN and MSNBC, but ahead of the business news channel CNBC).However, with the 2005 revamp of the network's primetime schedule, the network slipped past MSNBC in 2005 to take the number 3 slot [link]. Most nights, HLN's Primetime programming block of Nancy Grace, Prime News Tonight and a repeat of Nancy Grace beats MSNBC's Primetime lineup in terms of total viewers (viewers ages 2+). [link]
Schedule
Headline News presents a small variety of programming, providing rolling news coverage from the early morning to early primetime, followed by subject-oriented programming during primetime hours. All programs air live except where indicated.The following is the usual weekday lineup (as of May 2006, all times Eastern) :
- 6-10am: Robin & Company: a 4-hour morning news show, anchored by Robin Meade.
- 10am-1pm: 3 hours of news anchored by Christi Paul and Mike Galanos.
- 1-4pm: 3 hours of news anchored by Linda Stouffer and Chuck Roberts.
- 4-6pm: 2 hours of news anchored by Kathleen Kennedy and Thomas Roberts.
- 6-7pm: Prime News, a news program, hosted by Erica Hill.
- 7-8pm: Glenn Beck, new opinion talk show, hosted by Glenn Beck.
- 8-9pm: Nancy Grace, HLN's flagship show, hosted by Nancy Grace.
- 9-10pm: Glenn Beck; repeat.
- 10-11pm: Nancy Grace', repeat.
- 11-12pm: Showbiz Tonight, an hour-long entertainment news show, anchored by A.J. Hammer and featuring Brooke Anderson and Sibila Vargas.
- 12-1am: Glenn Beck, repeat.
- 1-2am: Nancy Grace, repeat.
- 2-6am: 4 hours of overnight news (taped).
- 6am-5:30pm: Continuous news coverage, anchored by various hosts. Susan Hendricks hosts the weekend morning newscasts.
- 5:30-6pm: Open House covers a broad range of home and real estate issues, hosted by Gerri Willis.
- 6-7pm: Prime News Weekend covers stories from the weeks coverage, hosted by Erica Hill.
- 7-8pm: A repeat of a Glenn Beck show from the week.
- 8-9pm: Nancy Grace reviews the week's stories, hosted by Nancy Grace.
- 9-10pm: Glenn Beck, repeat.
- 10-11pm: Nancy Grace, repeat.
- 11pm-12am: Showbiz Tonight covers stories of the last week, anchored by A.J. Hammer and featuring Brooke Anderson and Sibila Vargas.
- 12-1am: Glenn Beck, repeat.
- 1-6am: 5 hours of overnight news (taped) with Sophia Choi.
Anchors and Reporters (over the years)
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Previous logos
External links
- [Official Site]
- ["CNN Headline News updates itself"]: An article that briefly mentions the history of the network and also talks about its recent changes.
- ["Headline News over the years"] British site with video clips, logos and history of the network
- ["Headline News nostalgia Yahoo group"] Group covering HLN in the 1980's and 1990's
- ["Fan Club for Headline News anchor Nancy Grace"] #1 Nancy Grace Fan Club
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