Financial News Network
Screen caption of channel logo and the network's original iteration of its ticker. | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Closed | May 21, 1991 |
| Replaced by | CNBC Bloomberg Television |
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The Financial News Network (FNN) was an American financial and business news television network launched on November 30, 1981. The network aimed to broadcast programming nationwide, five days a week, for seven hours a day on 13 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 (1950–1956) and a producer of films for the California Department of Education. In February 1991, the channel was purchased by NBC and operations were integrated with its rival cable financial news network, CNBC, on May 21, 1991.