HLN, (formerly known as
(CNN) Headline News and
CNN2) is a
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news channel based in the
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, and a spinoff of the original cable news channel,
CNNCable News Network, almost always referred to by its initialism CNN, is an U.S. cable news network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first network to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television network in the United States...
. Initially airing tightly-formatted 30-minute newscasts around the clock, since 2005 the channel has increasingly aired long-form pop culture news and opinion programming.
Launch
Initially broadcast as
CNN2 on January 1, 1982, the network renamed itself one year later to
CNN Headline News. The use of "CNN" in the title of the network has been intermittent throughout the network's broadcast years.
The network's programming focused around the idea that a viewer could tune in at any time and, in just 30 minutes, receive the most popular national and international stories, in addition to feature reports. The format, known as the Headline News Wheel, featured "Dollars and Sense"
personal financePersonal finance is the application of the principles of finance to the monetary decisions of an individual or family unit. It addresses the ways in which individuals or families obtain, budget, save, and spend monetary resources over time, taking into account various financial risks and future...
reports at 15 and 45 minutes past each hour, Headline Sports at 20 and 50 minutes,
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reports at 25 and 55 minutes past each hour, and general news during the top (:00) and bottom (:30) of the hour. Another regular feature was the "Hollywood Minute" which was often fitted in after the Headline Sports segment. In the network's early years, a two-minute recap of the hour's top stories, the CNN Headlines, would run after the sports segment. Its longest-serving anchor is
Chuck RobertsChuck Roberts is a weekday news anchor on Headline News, based in CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia....
, who has been there since its launch.
The Jukebox effect
In the late 1990s, Headline News pioneered using a digital video
jukeboxA jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that can play specially selected songs from self-contained media. The traditional jukebox is rather large with a rounded top and has colored lighting on the front of the machine on its vertical sides...
to recycle segments of one newscast seamlessly into another newscast. The new technology led towards the network needing less staff due to the ability to use segments throughout an entire day (it replaced the former method of having anchors read the same stories repeatedly hour after hour, with the second 15 minutes of each half hour in the wheel being on videotape every third and fourth hour). During this period, the network laid off part of its staff, including such
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anchors as
Lyn VaughnLyn Vaughn is an American news anchor who is most notable for her stint on Headline News from 1984 to 1997.Vaughn left CNN in 1997 for many reasons, mainly because she was tired of doing four hour shifts, repeating the same stories in different ways, and just wanted a change...
,
David GoodnowDavid Clay Goodnow was born in Vincennes, Indiana. He is a 1957 graduate of Vincennes Lincoln High School. Goodnow is a former CNN Headline News anchor. In the early 1990s, he anchored from 11pm to 3am ET. He is a member of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity...
and
Bob LosureBob Losure was a weekend anchor on CNN Headline News from 1986-1997. Before that, he worked as co-anchor of the evening news at KOTV, the CBS affiliate in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma...
, all of whom had been with Headline News for over 10 years.
A new look
With the start of the new millennium, the network became noted for its distinct "screen" starting in August 2001, in which the news anchor (or news footage) appears in a sort of visual "window" surrounded by constantly changing text, such as breaking news, sports scores, stock market reports, and weather updates.
Format changes
Due to the growing competition from the
Fox News ChannelThe Fox News Channel , commonly referred to as Fox or Fox News, is a major American cable news and satellite channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation. As of April 2009, it is available to 102 million households in the U.S...
and
MSNBCMSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States and available in both the US and Canada. Its name is a combination of "MSN" and "NBC"....
,
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revamped CNN Headline News in 2003 towards a more flexible format, featuring live reports and two anchors hosting the network's rolling news coverage.
By far, the network's most drastic changes came in 2005 when the network dramatically scaled back the amount of on-screen information following much scrutiny and lampooning of the format, such as
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calling the screen a "jumbled mess." The new look would consist of a yellow bar, which featured sports scores and stock quotes, in addition to a basic
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. The network also began a shift away from their rolling news coverage throughout primetime to longer, personality-based programs, under the title
Headline PrimeHeadline Prime is a primetime programming block on Headline News, initially introduced on February 20, 2005.-History:Initially introduced with three main programs, Showbiz Tonight, Nancy Grace, and Prime News Tonight, the programming block was part of a new shift on the network, away from the...
in February of the same year.
The network's new programs included
Showbiz TonightShowbiz Tonight is an American entertainment news program on HLN .Similar to syndicated entertainment programs, such as Extra and Entertainment Tonight, the program features a number of celebrity interviews, stories about new movies and shows, but also in-depth stories about problems with...
with
A. J. HammerA. J. Hammer is a television and radio personality who, as of now, hosts CNN Headline News evening show, Showbiz Tonight....
and
Karyn BryantKaryn Bryant is an American actress, writer, and television personality.-Early life:She was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. She completed secondary school at Lawrence Academy at Groton, and received bachelor's degrees from Brown University in political science and...
, a program focusing on the celebrity news of the day; an eponymous legal news and discussion program hosted by
Nancy GraceNancy Ann Grace is an American legal commentator, television host, and former prosecutor. She frequently discusses issues from what she describes as a victims' rights standpoint, with an outspoken style that has won her both praise and condemnation...
; and a general national news program titled
Prime News Tonight hosted by
Mike GalanosMike Galanos is a news anchor for CNN Headline News. Based in CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta, Galanos joined the network in May 2002. He graduated summa cum laude from San Francisco State University...
. This eliminated the main difference between CNN Headline News and CNN during primetime, which had always broadcast a variety of news-related programs, such as
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and personality-based shows like
Larry King LiveLarry King Live is an American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN. The show debuted in 1985, and is CNN's most watched program, with over one million viewers nightly.The show broadcasts from CNN's Los Angeles studios...
.
Expansions and additions
After the network achieved a ratings gain following the primetime lineup changes, the network introduced a new group of changes to the primetime, moving the airing of
Showbiz Tonight, removing Karyn Bryant as a co-host, and the addition of a
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, hosted by
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personality
Glenn BeckGlenn Lee Beck is an American talk radio and television host, conservative political commentator, author, and entrepreneur. He hosts the nationally syndicated Glenn Beck Program on Premiere Radio Networks, while also hosting the Glenn Beck Show every weekday on the Fox News Channel...
in May 2006. Beck left the channel to join
Fox News ChannelThe Fox News Channel , commonly referred to as Fox or Fox News, is a major American cable news and satellite channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation. As of April 2009, it is available to 102 million households in the U.S...
in 2008.
Also during 2006, Headline News once again shifted towards more taped weekend program using its digital jukebox system to shuffle different segments of the newscast, unless
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occurs. In addition, Headline Prime was expanded into the weekend with the same programs in the same timeslots.
Recent changes
Continuing changes on the network, Headline News introduced a new set in December 2006.
Programming changes have also taken place, with the introduction of
News To MeNews To Me was an American television program on HLN weekends hosted by Emmy award winning talent, Eric Lanford."News To Me" was canceled in March, 2009 after two years on the air. It had formerly been broadcast Saturday at 7:30PM & 9:30PM ET. Sunday at 12:30AM, 5:30AM, 7:30PM & 9:30PM ET. ...
, a program featuring only user-generated content, in May, a daily broadcast of the previous evening's
Larry King LiveLarry King Live is an American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN. The show debuted in 1985, and is CNN's most watched program, with over one million viewers nightly.The show broadcasts from CNN's Los Angeles studios...
, in June, and a shift towards the network's rolling news coverage being handled by a single anchor, deviating from the network's traditional dual anchor format since 2003. The
Larry King Live re-air has been replaced by a re-air of
Showbiz TonightShowbiz Tonight is an American entertainment news program on HLN .Similar to syndicated entertainment programs, such as Extra and Entertainment Tonight, the program features a number of celebrity interviews, stories about new movies and shows, but also in-depth stories about problems with...
from the previous evening.
On December 15, 2008, in conjunction with CNN's own graphics changes, which resemble the graphics of its sister network
CNN InternationalCNN International , usually known on-air as simply "CNN" to viewers outside the United States and Canada, is an English language television network that carries news, current affairs and business programming worldwide...
, the network replaced their
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with a "flipper" which features an RSS feed of the current headlines on CNN.com. The same day, the current HLN logo was introduced, initially alongside the channel's full name. Two days later, the "Headline News" name was removed from on-air use, and a new slogan, "News and Views", was introduced. The 'Headline News' name remains in use for on-screen copyright notices.
CNN Student News
CNN Student News is a student news program targeted for the classroom that runs from 4:00 to 4:10am(ET) Monday to Friday as part of the cable industry's
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inititave, as anchor
Carl AzuzCarl Roberto Azuz is an American anchorman who currently hosts CNN Student News....
reports the day's news in a simplified format (stories with graphic imagery or adult themes are usually left out from this newscast). CNN Student News is also available as a free podcast on the CNN Student News website or on
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.
Transmission and reception
Due to the network's tradition of rolling news coverage, the network has become popular with people who may not have time to watch lengthy news reports, in addition to places where a high demand for "get to the point" news exists, such as airports,
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, and many other places.
Since its inception, Headline News has been syndicated to network television affiliates in the United States. Audio of the channel has also been simulcast on AM radio stations across the country via
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. As of 2007, however, these affiliations are being phased out due to the format changes on the channel.
The audio feed is also carried on
XM Satellite RadioXM Satellite Radio is one of two satellite radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Radio. It provides pay-for-service radio, analogous to cable television. Its service includes 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional...
channel 123, and
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channel 133. Until the early 1990s, much of Headline News' output was simulcast on CNN International.
Asia and Latin America
In the mid-2000s, the channel has been made available to some viewers outside the US, particularly in Asia and Latin America. While the international version's programme line-up is exactly the same as in the US, weather forecasts for Asian and Latin American cities are used as break fillers in lieu of commercials.
Programming
HLN presents a small variety of programming, providing rolling news coverage from the early morning through the late afternoon (
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), followed by subject-oriented programming during primetime hours.
Weekday Schedule
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Morning Express with Robin Meade Morning Express with Robin Meade is a morning television news program that airs on the HLN television network in the United States.-About the show:...
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Prime News Prime News may refer to:* Prime News , a weeknight news program on CNN Headline News* Prime News New Zealand, a news bulletin shown on Prime Television New Zealand, produced by Sky News NZ...
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Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell is a current affairs TV show on HLN hosted by Jane Velez-Mitchell. It airs weekdays in the 7-8 PM EST time slot and repeats at 9-10PMET, 12-1AMET, and 5-6AMET. It replaced the Glenn Beck program in late 2008...
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Nancy Grace Nancy Grace is an American current affairs program hosted by legal commentator Nancy Grace that airs weekdays on HLN. The program premiered in 2005 and airs weekdays at 8:00 eastern....
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The Joy Behar Show The Joy Behar Show is a show that premiered on CNN's sister network HLN on September 29, 2009. Behar is a co-host of The View and hopes to have guests such as former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and President Barack Obama on her show. The show airs in the 9:00PM EST slot and 8:00PM C...
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Nancy Grace Nancy Grace is an American current affairs program hosted by legal commentator Nancy Grace that airs weekdays on HLN. The program premiered in 2005 and airs weekdays at 8:00 eastern....
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Showbiz TonightShowbiz Tonight is an American entertainment news program on HLN .Similar to syndicated entertainment programs, such as Extra and Entertainment Tonight, the program features a number of celebrity interviews, stories about new movies and shows, but also in-depth stories about problems with...
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Note:
- All times are in the Eastern Time Zone.
- Programming highlighted in blue indicates a replay from the same day (or the day before, in the case of Showbiz Tonight at 11AM)
- From 12 Midnight - 6AM, Issues With Jane Velez Mitchell, Nancy Grace, Prime News and Showbiz Tonight are replayed.
- Rolling news hours throughout the afternoon are anchored by Christi Paul
Christi Paul is a reporter and weekday news anchor for HLN. She currently anchors afternoons and is a regular fill-in for Robin Meade on Morning Express...
, Chuck RobertsChuck Roberts is a weekday news anchor on Headline News, based in CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia....
and Richelle CareyRichelle Carey is a news anchor for HLN and a correspondent for its Prime News broadcast. Carey joined the network from KMOV-TV St. Louis, Missouri in May 2006...
- Richard Lui
Richard Lui is the news anchor from 10 to 11am ET on CNN Headline News during its morning primetime show Morning Express. In addition, he leads the network’s morning political coverage, reporting daily from 6 to 10am ET on the Robin Meade show....
anchors the 10 AM hour with it branded as "Morning Express"
Weekend programming:
- Rolling news is shown during most of the daytime but the 2nd and succeeding hours are rebroadcasts of the first hour with stories and segments shuffled. Natasha Curry
Natasha Curry is a anchor at CNN Headline News. She joined the network in December 2008. Previously, Natasha was a morning anchor at KOMO-TV and co-host of “Northwest Afternoon” in Seattle. -External links:**...
steps-in at 7AM and Susan HendricksSusan Hendricks is an anchor with CNN and CNN Headline News based in CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta. Hendricks also appears occasionally on CNN Pipeline, CNN.com’s on-demand broadband news service....
steps-in at 1PM ET.
- Your Bottom Line
Your Bottom Line is a CNN news program focusing on financial news. The program, hosted by Gerri Willis, airs each week at 9:30 AM on Saturdays on CNN, with repeat airings on HLN at 3:30 PM on Saturdays & Sundays....
, a show covering a broad range of home and real estate issues, hosted by Gerri WillisGerri Willis, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, is an anchor for CNN who works for the business section and has a popular column called "5 tips". In "5 tips" she advises on popular saving strategies, personal finances, debt management and how to be a savvy financial person.She also is the host of the show...
.
- From Midnight on until 6AM, repeats of primetime shows such as, Nancy Grace
Nancy Grace is an American current affairs program hosted by legal commentator Nancy Grace that airs weekdays on HLN. The program premiered in 2005 and airs weekdays at 8:00 eastern....
and Issues with Jane Velez-MitchellIssues with Jane Velez-Mitchell is a current affairs TV show on HLN hosted by Jane Velez-Mitchell. It airs weekdays in the 7-8 PM EST time slot and repeats at 9-10PMET, 12-1AMET, and 5-6AMET. It replaced the Glenn Beck program in late 2008...
are shown.
- The Clark Howard
Clark Howard , is a popular U.S. talk radio host of the nationally syndicated consumer advocate program The Clark Howard Show. The show, mainly dealing in consumer matters, airs from radio station WSB AM in Atlanta, Georgia.- Life :...
show features Atlanta-based consumer affairs expert Clark Howard who answers viewer questions on personal finance. The program is a mix of the best calls of the week from his WSBWSB is an AM broadcasting station licensed to the city of Atlanta, Georgia transmitting on a frequency of 750 kHz with 50,000 Watts of power...
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-syndicated radio program and other consumer tips and ripoff alerts offered by Howard.
Miscellaneous
During its first year, Headline News had a competitor in the form of Group W's
Satellite News ChannelSatellite News Channel was a joint venture of the American Broadcasting Company and Westinghouse Broadcasting . Designed as a satellite-delivered cable network, SNC used footage from ABC News and seven Washington DC based crews, in addition to stories from other overseas networks to provide a...
, which lasted from June 21, 1982, until October 27, 1983. SNC's satellite slot was then purchased by Turner to launch Headline News into further additional homes.
When CNN networks moved in to the CNN Center in 1987, HLN became the first network to broadcast a live programme from that new facility at 3.00 ET, the programme being "Headline News Program # 96,915" presented by
Lyn VaughnLyn Vaughn is an American news anchor who is most notable for her stint on Headline News from 1984 to 1997.Vaughn left CNN in 1997 for many reasons, mainly because she was tired of doing four hour shifts, repeating the same stories in different ways, and just wanted a change...
. The last program from their old studio at Techwood Drive was anchored by
Brian ChristieBrian Christie is a popular Emmy Award winning television news journalist, talk show host and anchor.Brian is currently host and executive producer of The Boomer Show. The program is a late night TV talk show with a live studio audience and band. The Boomer Show is designed for the 80 million...
.
On January 8, 1992, Headline News was almost the victim of a hoax.
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Bush had fainted at a state dinner in
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, and a caller claiming to be the president's physician called and claimed that Bush had died. At 9:45 a.m., anchorman
Don HarrisonDon Harrison was an anchor on CNN Headline News from 1982 until his death from renal cancer in 1998. He was a member of the original team of anchors when Headline News went on the air for the first time as "CNN2" in 1982....
prepared to break the story, stating "This just in to CNN Headline News, and we say right off the bat, we have not confirmed this through any other sources..." Another person, off camera, then yelled, "NO! Stop!"
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VN8VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1hIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6690,1544301&dq=cnn+bush+nearly+died After glancing away momentarily, Harrison continued, "We are now getting a correction. We will not give you that story. It was regarding some rather tragic news involving President Bush, but updating that story, President Bush is reported to be resting comfortably." . The perpetrator turned out to be an Idaho man who was later hospitalized at a private mental facility.
Anchors and reporters (past and present)
- Brooke Anderson
Brooke Victoria Anderson is a culture and entertainment anchor and producer for CNN and serves as co-host for Showbiz Tonight on CNN Headline News. Based in CNN's Los Angeles, California bureau, Anderson joined the network in July 2000....
- Angela Astore
- Rudi Bakhtiar
Rudi Bakhtiar is an Iranian-American journalist who has over a decade's experience working for major international news outlets CNN and Fox News Channel.-Career:...
- Bobbie Battista
Barbara Ann "Bobbie" Battista is a former newscaster with CNN who anchored on all three CNN networks and hosted numerous shows during a 20-year career...
- Glenn Beck
Glenn Lee Beck is an American talk radio and television host, conservative political commentator, author, and entrepreneur. He hosts the nationally syndicated Glenn Beck Program on Premiere Radio Networks, while also hosting the Glenn Beck Show every weekday on the Fox News Channel...
- Joy Behar
Josephina Victoria "Joy" Behar is an American comedian, writer, actress, and a co-host of the talk show The View...
- Gayle Bierman
- Michelle Bonner
Michelle Bonner joined ESPN in March 2005 as an ESPNEWS anchor and occasionally anchors SportsCenter, ESPN’s flagship sports news program...
- Richard Brown
- Catherine Callaway
Catherine Callaway is currently a "fill-in" news anchor for Headline News. She has also previously worked as an anchor for CNN.Catherine's background includes work at WJSU-TV in Anniston, Alabama, WAFF-TV in Huntsville, Alabama and WBMG-TV in Birmingham, Alabama before joining CNN.Catherine...
- Richelle Carey
Richelle Carey is a news anchor for HLN and a correspondent for its Prime News broadcast. Carey joined the network from KMOV-TV St. Louis, Missouri in May 2006...
- Stan Case
- Helen Casey
- Virginia Cha
Virginia Cha is a Korean American news anchor for HLN based in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to joining the network in 2005, Cha was an NBC correspondent based in New York. Cha, a former Miss Maryland also first runner up in the Miss America pageant....
- Sophia Choi
- Brian Christie
Brian Christie is a popular Emmy Award winning television news journalist, talk show host and anchor.Brian is currently host and executive producer of The Boomer Show. The program is a late night TV talk show with a live studio audience and band. The Boomer Show is designed for the 80 million...
- Leesa Clark
Leesa Clark is a television journalist and former news anchor. She originally worked for Honolulu, HI-based TV station KITV during the 1980s as a field news reporter and part-time news anchor. She later moved to Atlanta, GA in 1990. There, she anchored newscasts on CNN Headline News from 1990 to...
- Shanon Cook
Shanon Cook is a contributing reporter for various CNN networks primarily covering entertainment.- Career :Cook mainly profiles musicians and artists for CNN.com and CNN.com Live, the network’s online broadband service. She hosts a segment called "Music & Conversation with Shanon Cook" which also...
- Adrianna Costa
Adrianna Costa is an American television personality best known as an entertainment reporter and a reality show host.-Biography:...
- Dave Cotton
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Natasha Curry Natasha Curry is a anchor at CNN Headline News. She joined the network in December 2008. Previously, Natasha was a morning anchor at KOMO-TV and co-host of “Northwest Afternoon” in Seattle. -External links:**...
Kysa Daniels
Chris Davidson
Alisha DavisAlisha Davis is currently an MTV News reporter. Prior to joining MTV, she worked for the American cable television stations CNN, CNN Headline News, and E!....
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Bud Elliott
Marc FeinMarc Fein is a television studio host, currently one of the main studio hosts for the NBA TV show, NBA Gametime Live. He is also the host of its show, The Beat, and has been the substitute host for Ernie Johnson on the NBA on TNT. Fein was at one time the exclusive studio host for and NASCAR on TNT...
Holly Firfer
Jeff Fischel
Sasha Foo
Peter FordPeter S. Ford is an Australian CEO, author and former journalist.He was a television news anchor in the 1980s and 1990s in Australia and the USA, and was known in Australia for working at the Seven Network as an anchor for Seven News. He was also the first co-anchor of Sunrise which he presented...
Patrice Formby
Judy FortinJudy Fortin is a medical correspondent for CNN.Fortin was born on October 7, 1961, in Concord, New Hampshire. After graduating from Concord High School, she attended Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine...
Stephen Frazier
Mike GalanosMike Galanos is a news anchor for CNN Headline News. Based in CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta, Galanos joined the network in May 2002. He graduated summa cum laude from San Francisco State University...
Courtney George
Lori GearyLori Geary is an American news anchor for WSB-TV in Atlanta and a former anchor for Headline News.Lori joined WSB-TV in January 1998 while anchoring at CNN Headline News and anchored her high school newscast at North Allegheny High School in Pittsburgh...
Sabrina Gibbons
David GoodnowDavid Clay Goodnow was born in Vincennes, Indiana. He is a 1957 graduate of Vincennes Lincoln High School. Goodnow is a former CNN Headline News anchor. In the early 1990s, he anchored from 11pm to 3am ET. He is a member of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity...
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Nancy GraceNancy Ann Grace is an American legal commentator, television host, and former prosecutor. She frequently discusses issues from what she describes as a victims' rights standpoint, with an outspoken style that has won her both praise and condemnation...
Gordon GrahamGordon Graham is an American journalist.In the early 1990s, Graham was a CNN Headline News anchor and the recognizable face of CNN International, where overnight broadcasts of Headline News in the US would be relayed to Europe/Middle East/Africa during breakfast hours. He left CNN in 1998 to work...
Dan Hackel
A.J. Hammer
Don HarrisonDon Harrison was an anchor on CNN Headline News from 1982 until his death from renal cancer in 1998. He was a member of the original team of anchors when Headline News went on the air for the first time as "CNN2" in 1982....
Pat HarveyPat Harvey is an award winning broadcast journalist. She joined Walt Disney owned and operated KCAL 9 in Los Angeles in 1989. Joining Jerry Dunphy on the anchor desk, she is the only original KCAL 9 News anchor left...
Tom Haynes
Kara HendersonKara Henderson is a sports announcer for the NFL Network.Henderson's main assignment is as feature reporter for NFL Total Access. She was also the sideline reporter for two preseason games in 2006....
Susan HendricksSusan Hendricks is an anchor with CNN and CNN Headline News based in CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta. Hendricks also appears occasionally on CNN Pipeline, CNN.com’s on-demand broadband news service....
Erica HillErica Ruth Hill is an American TV news presenter who currently works for CNN. On February 1, 2008, Hill joined Anderson Cooper 360° on CNN as a correspondent and 'sub-anchor' based in New York City...
Clark HowardClark Howard , is a popular U.S. talk radio host of the nationally syndicated consumer advocate program The Clark Howard Show. The show, mainly dealing in consumer matters, airs from radio station WSB AM in Atlanta, Georgia.- Life :...
John Huck
Tracy Hutchins
Jerome Jurenovich
Micah JohnsonMicah Johnson is an American broadcast journalist. He is the Chief Executive Officer of - , headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. He attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania and shortly thereafter was awarded the University's . In 1987, Johnson became one of the youngest male anchors at CNN...
Robin Johnson
Mike Kavanaugh
Kathleen KennedyKathleen Kennedy is a former news anchor for CNN Headline News.She joined CNN in 1992. She graduated from Columbus College in Columbus, Georgia with a degree in speech communications. Her last day on the network was February 9, 2007. Following her departure from CNN, she planned to stay home...
Cindy Klose
Sachi KotoSachi Koto was a news anchor on CNN Headline News for 16 years, usually during weekend evenings, until her contract expired in July 2005. At age 54, CNN opted not to renew her contract. She is also a founder of WWAAAC .Koto is a third-generation Japanese American...
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Nicole Lapin Nicole Lapin is an anchor on CNN.com Live and regularly appears on CNN Headline News, CNN, and CNN International.-Biography:...
Denise LeclairDenise LeClair Cobb is an American former CNNand CNN Headline News anchor. She was one of the original CNN anchors when it launched in 1980 and was the first person to speak on air when Headline News launched....
Loretta Lepore
Bob LosureBob Losure was a weekend anchor on CNN Headline News from 1986-1997. Before that, he worked as co-anchor of the evening news at KOTV, the CBS affiliate in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma...
Richard LuiRichard Lui is the news anchor from 10 to 11am ET on CNN Headline News during its morning primetime show Morning Express. In addition, he leads the network’s morning political coverage, reporting daily from 6 to 10am ET on the Robin Meade show....
Pam Mason
Miguel MarquezMiguel Marquez has been a correspondent for ABC News since May 2005, frequently reporting from Iraq.His earlier journalistic positions have included stints with WNBC-TV in New York City and KSAZ-TV in Phoenix, Arizona...
Connie Mayberry
Cami McCormickCami McCormick is an award-winning radio journalist for CBS News who previously worked for CNN. She was injured in Afghanistan on August 28, 2009 when the vehicle in which she was traveling was hit by an improvised explosive device....
Janice McDonaldJanice McDonald is a former Miss South Carolina USA. A native of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, she is the daughter of Dorothy McDonald and the late Weyman McDonald. Janice was a 20 year old senior at the University of South Carolina, majoring in broadcast journalism, when she won the title of Miss...
Robin MeadeRobin Michelle Meade is the lead news anchor for HLN's morning show Morning Express with Robin Meade.- Background :The daughter of a minister, Meade grew up in New London, Ohio and graduated from New London High School...
Dave MichaelsDave Michaels was a news anchor on CNN & CNN Headline News from 1985 - 1993. He anchored Eyewitness News at KABC-TV in Los Angeles, and Eleven Alive News at WXIA-TV in Atlanta....
Kris OsbornKris Osborn was a news anchor on CNN Headline News from 2001-2004, specializing in military issues. Since then, he has worked as a reporter for KSTP-TV in Minneapolis and a correspondent for Entertainment Tonight...
Steve Overmeyer
Christina ParkChristina Park is an anchor of WNYW's Fox 5 News at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. on weekends. She joined the station in August 2007.Park recently anchored CNN Headline News and CNN.com Live and has also worked for CNN Newsource in Washington D.C. and KPRC in Houston.Park was anchoring the night the Iraq War...
Christi PaulChristi Paul is a reporter and weekday news anchor for HLN. She currently anchors afternoons and is a regular fill-in for Robin Meade on Morning Express...
Eric Phillips
Jacque ReidJacque Reid is a television and radio personality. She was the lead news anchor of The BET Nightly News from 2001-2005.-Early career:Reid began her journalism career as an anchor/reporter for WBSG-TV in Brunswick, Georgia and at CBS affiliate WKYT-TV in Lexington, Kentucky. Later, she joined...
Marilyn Ringo
Chuck RobertsChuck Roberts is a weekday news anchor on Headline News, based in CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia....
Thomas RobertsThomas Roberts is an American anchor and reporter. Most recently he was a correspondent for the syndicated entertainment programs Entertainment Tonight and The Insider...
Lynne RussellLynne Russell is a news reader on the Canadian cable news channel CBC Newsworld, part of the CBC, and has been since May 2006....
Will SelvaWill Selva is an American television anchor for ESPNEWS.He was formerly sports anchor for CNN Headline News' morning show, Robin & Company, where he worked with Robin Meade, Bob Van Dillen, Adrianna Costa and Jennifer Westhoven. He left CNN in 2007 for ESPN.-Background:Selva was raised in San...
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Kate Snow Kate Snow is a co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend Edition on ABC. She became co-anchor in 2004. Snow also frequently appears on the weekday...
Pat St. Claire
Linda StoufferCinnamon Linda Stouffer is an American television news correspondent. She was a weekday and later a weekend anchor for CNN Headline News. She had been with the network since 1997, but was among several laid off in December 2008, her last day being December 14, 2008...
Glen Summers
Andrea ThompsonRebecca Andrea Thompson is an American actress, best known for her roles on the television series Falcon Crest, Babylon 5, JAG, 24 and NYPD Blue.-Early life:...
Toria Tolley
Patti Tripathi
Bob Van DillenRobert S. Van Dillen , is an American meteorologist currently working on the Morning Express with Robin Meade show on CNN Headline News....
Lyn VaughnLyn Vaughn is an American news anchor who is most notable for her stint on Headline News from 1984 to 1997.Vaughn left CNN in 1997 for many reasons, mainly because she was tired of doing four hour shifts, repeating the same stories in different ways, and just wanted a change...
Jane Velez-MitchellJane Velez-Mitchell is a television news journalist, often seen commenting on high-profile cases for CNN, MSNBC, Court TV, Fox News, E! and other national cable TV shows. She currently has her own show on HLN, Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell...
Dave Walker
Gary Warner
Shelley Walcott
Rafer WeigelRafer Weigel is the sports anchor for CNN HLN’s Morning Express with Robin Meade.-Background:Weigel grew up in a journalism household in Chicago—the son of the late legendary sports anchor and newspaper columnist Tim Weigel and former WGN-Radio news anchor Kathy Worthington...
Jennie West
Jim Wilkerson
Jack Womack
Van Earl WrightVan Earl Wright is an American sportscaster with over 20 years of national and local experience.A graduate of the University of South Carolina, Wright is known for a homespun delivery which reflects his Southern roots. His signature greeting is "Hellllooooo Everybodyy."Until the summer of 2007, he...
Jay YoungSilas Joseph Young Jay Young was born October 1, 1949 in Eunice, Louisiana) - He died following a heart attack August 23, 2006). He was one of the original news anchors on CNN's Headline News in Atlanta, Georgia, in the 1980s....
Charles ZeweCharles F. Zewe II is a former anchor for CNN Headline News in the 90s, and also a reporter for CNN, where he was Dallas bureau chief. Zewe had his start in the New Orleans market, anchoring and executive-producing for stations WWL-TV and WDSU-TV. Famously reported on the Hersee Crisis.He is...
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