Satellite News Channel

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 = ABC
Westinghouse 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 from ABC 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 of Stamford, Connecticut was on the air from June 21, 1982, until October 27 1983. During that time, it provided competition for Turner Broadcasting's CNN. In fact, on January 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 or CNN Headline News (which had changed its name from CNN2 shortly after SNC's launch in 1982).

References

See also

* CNN
* List of United States cable and satellite television networks
* Westinghouse Broadcasting


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