events

Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.

Historical image related to Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting. from June 1, 1980

CNN

American news channel

Cable News Network (CNN) is an American multinational news media company and the flagship property of CNN Worldwide, a division of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Founded on June 1, 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel…
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Broadcasting

Distribution of audio or audiovisual content to dispersed audiences

Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and audiovisual content to dispersed audiences via an electronic mass communications medium, typically using the electromagnetic spectrum, in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting began with AM radio, which became popular around 1920 with…
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)