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Financial News Network

Financial News Network
Screen caption of channel logo and the network's original iteration of its ticker.
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaUnited States
AffiliatesSee Below
HeadquartersSanta Monica, California, later Rockefeller Center and Los Angeles, California
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format480i (SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerRodney Buchser, Dr. Glen H. Taylor and Merrill Lynch (1981–1991)
CNBC (1991)
Key peopleRodney Buchser
Glen H. Taylor
Sister channelsSCORE
History
LaunchedNovember 30, 1981 (1981-11-30)
ClosedMay 21, 1991 (1991-05-21)
Replaced byCNBC
Bloomberg Television

The Financial News Network (FNN) was an American financial and business news television network launched on November 30, 1981. The network aimed to broadcast programming nationwide, five days a week, for seven hours a day on 13 stations in an effort to expand the availability of business news for public dissemination. FNN was founded by Glen H. Taylor, a former minister of the Christian Church (1950–1956) and a producer of films for the California Department of Education.[1] In February 1991, the channel was purchased by NBC and operations were integrated with its rival cable financial news network, CNBC, on May 21, 1991.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYT 1981 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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