- Satellite News Channel
Infobox Network
network_name = Satellite News Channel
network_
network_type = Cable television network
available =United States , national, however service is now defunct (off the air)
owner = ABCWestinghouse Broadcasting (Group W)Satellite News Channel (SNC) was a joint venture of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and
Westinghouse Broadcasting (Group W). Designed as a satellite-delivered cable network, SNC used footage fromABC News and 7 Washington DC based crews, in addition to stories from other overseas networks to provide a rotating newscast every 20 minutes.SNC's slogan, derived from Group W's experience in
all-news radio , was "Give us 18 minutes, we'll give you the world." [“One-Two Punch” Time.com,August 24 1981 , <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,949378,00.html>]Satellite News Channel, based in the
New York City suburb ofStamford, Connecticut was on the air fromJune 21 ,1982 , untilOctober 27 1983 . During that time, it provided competition for Turner Broadcasting'sCNN . In fact, onJanuary 1 ,1982 , CNN had started a second network,CNN2 , which had a similar format, as a preemptive strike against the ABC/Group W venture. SNC, however, had difficulty getting clearance from cable systems. It was eventually bought by CNN and shut down; on most local cable systems it was replaced by either CNN orCNN Headline News (which had changed its name from CNN2 shortly after SNC's launch in 1982).References
See also
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CNN
*List of United States cable and satellite television networks
*Westinghouse Broadcasting
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