CNN Airport

CNN Airport
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaAvailable in select airports
HeadquartersAtlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format480i (SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerCNN
(WarnerMedia News & Sports)
Sister channelsCNN
CNN-News18
CNN en Español
CNN International
HLN
History
LaunchedJune 3, 1991 (1991-06-03)[1]
ClosedMarch 31, 2021 (2021-03-31)
Former namesCNN Airport Network (1991–2010)
Links
Websiteedition.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/airport.network/homepage.html
CNN Airport Network offices at the CNN Center in Atlanta, GA.

CNN Airport was an American television network. Owned and operated by WarnerMedia, it was a special version of CNN that only played in United States airports. The network broadcast news, entertainment, stock market updates, weather, and travel news to 58 airports across the United States.[2] CNN paid airports to show the channel exclusively on their monitors.[3]

CNN Airport's 24-hour schedule was described as roughly 16% news, 19% live sports, 24% lifestyle, 24% travel, and 10% for custom messages from airports if they wish to use the timeslot.[4]

On January 12, 2021, CNN's president Jeffrey Zucker announced that the network would be closed by the end of March.[5]

References

  1. ↑ TBS to begin testing The Airport Channel, The Boston Globe (via HighBeam Research), May 12, 1991.
  2. ↑ "PARTICIPATING AIRPORTS". edition.cnn.com. Archived from the original on January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  3. ↑ SFGATE, Dianne de Guzman (April 26, 2018). "Congressman proposes government keep CNN off airport televisions". SFGATE. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  4. ↑ "CNN Airport Network Media Kit" (PDF). CNN.
  5. ↑ "CNN will end "CNN Airport Network" after 30 years". The Desk. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.

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