Milestones

Launch of CNN

Television

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Film and Media Atlas. "Launch of CNN." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://media.interactiveatlas.org/milestones/cnn-launch-1980.

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Film and Media Atlas. (n.d.). Launch of CNN. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://media.interactiveatlas.org/milestones/cnn-launch-1980

BibTeX

@misc{filmandmediaatlas-launch-of-cnn,
  author = {Film and Media Atlas},
  title = {Launch of CNN},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://media.interactiveatlas.org/milestones/cnn-launch-1980},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

On 1 June 1980 Ted Turner's Cable News Network went on the air from Atlanta as the first 24-hour television news channel. The launch created the rolling news cycle: news no longer arrived at appointed hours but ran continuously, a change every later news medium inherited.

Facts

Milestone Year

1980 1

When

1 June 1980 1

Location

Atlanta, Georgia 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Credited To

CNN

Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Sources

1. Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source

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