CNN Airport Network
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| Launched | January 20, 1992 |
| Owned by | Turner Private Networks(Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. ("A Time Warner Company") |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | American English |
| Broadcast area | Select Airports |
| Headquarters | Atlanta |
| Sister channel(s) | CNN CNN-IBN CNN en Español CNN International Headline News |
| Website | Official Site |
CNN Airport Network is a satellite television network broadcasting general news, weather, stock market updates and features to airports across North America. It is run by Turner Private Networks, a division of Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting System. The founding management was led by Jon Petrovich and Scott Weiss. Deborah Cooper was the inaugural Vice President/General Manager and continues in the role today.
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History[edit]
The network originally was test launched from June 3 to July 14, 1991 at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Hartsfield-Atlanta International Airport and O'Hare International Airport,[1] and officially debuted on January 20, 1992,[2] and is currently shown in 48 airports around the world, on televisions located in gate and boarding areas, as well as airport lounges.
CNN Airport Network alternates between live simulcasts of CNN and HLN programming. It also airs additional weather, business, and travel segments, such as airport delays, in its programming. CNN Airport Network also airs select live sports programming from the NFL and the NBA.
CNN Airport Network broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with round-the-clock technical and editorial staffing. Because it broadcasts in public waiting areas CNN Airport Network will not air graphic video coverage of commercial air accidents or incidents, unless the incident involves a national emergency or threat to security. CNN Airport Network also screens out material that is either sexually explicit or portrays graphic violence. During these segments, a flash cut to a weather map will occur.
The CNN Airport Network does have advertisements, but does not accept advertisements from any airline, to ensure that ads for one airline are not shown in another's gate area.
Participating airports[edit]
- Albany International Airport, Albany, New York
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska
- Atlanta Dekalb Peachtree Airport, Atlanta, Georgia
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia
- Bermuda International Airport, St. George, Bermuda
- Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts
- Chicago Midway Airport, Chicago, Illinois
- O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois
- Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Cleveland, Ohio
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas
- Dallas Love Field Airport, Dallas, Texas
- Dayton International Airport, Dayton, Ohio
- Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado
- Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Detroit, Michigan
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Texas
- William P. Hobby Airport, Houston, Texas
- Huntsville International Airport, Huntsville, Alabama
- Indianapolis International Airport, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Jacksonville International Airport, Jacksonville, Florida
- Kansas City International Airport, Kansas City, Missouri
- Ketchikan International Airport, Ketchikan, Alaska
- McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee
- Memphis International Airport, Memphis, Tennessee
- Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida
- Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Myrtle Beach International Airport, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Nashville International Airport, Nashville, Tennessee
- John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, New York
- LaGuardia Airport, New York, New York
- New York Long Island Islip MacArthur Airport, Islip, New York
- Newark International Airport, Newark, New Jersey
- Oakland International Airport, Oakland, California
- LA/Ontario International Airport, Ontario, California
- Orlando International Airport, Orlando, Florida
- Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport, Pensacola, FL
- Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona
- Sacramento International Airport, Sacramento, CA
- Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, St. Louis, Missouri
- Salt Lake City International Airport, Salt Lake City, Utah
- San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California
- San Jose International Airport, San Jose, California
- Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport Savannah, Georgia
- Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, Washington
- Spokane International Airport, Spokane, WA
- Tallahassee Regional Airport, Tallahassee, Florida
- Dulles International Airport, Washington, DC
- Reagan National Airport, Washington, DC
Airports as of 10/1/09
References[edit]
- ^ TBS to begin testing The Airport Channel, The Boston Globe (via HighBeam Research), May 12, 1991.
- ^ Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. website, accessed May 31, 2006.
External links[edit]
- Official Site
- "Why Public TVs Won’t Go Away" (MediaShift blog at PBS.org)
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