Financial News Network
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This article is about a 1980s financial news network. For the also defunct Time Warner cable news network, see CNNfn.
The Financial News Network (FNN) was an American financial and business news television network that was launched November 30, 1981. The purpose of the network was to broadcast programming nationwide, five days a week for seven hours a day on thirteen 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 from 1950 to 1956, and producer of films for the California Department of Education.[1] The channel was purchased by NBC in February 1991, and operations were integrated with rival cable financial news network, CNBC, on May 21, 1991.
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Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | United States |
Affiliates | See Below |
Headquarters | Santa Monica, California, later Rockefeller Center and Los Angeles, California |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Rodney Buchser, Dr. Glen H. Taylor and Merrill Lynch (1981–1991) CNBC (1991) |
Key people | Rodney Buchser Glen H. Taylor |
Sister channels | SCORE |
History | |
Launched | November 30, 1981; 42 years ago (1981-11-30) |
Closed | May 21, 1991; 33 years ago (1991-05-21) |
Replaced by | CNBC Bloomberg Television |
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