I saw some ANC Newscasts on KMOV during the early/mid-1990s, when I couldn't sleep on some nights. They were good back then. But, when MSNBC and Fox News Channel both began operating in 1996, ANC was on its way out, and sure enough, six years later, ANC was all gone.
@1985OldSkool The biggest problem for ANC was 9/11 when they couldn't compete offering continuous news. The live 1/2 hour then repeat same show format no longer worked.
@tvrewind I wonder if they could've survived if they had moved online? CNN tried something similar, it lasted for a couple years, called "CNNpipleline" I think.
I worked at ANC for the final 13 months of its life. 9/11 was really the beginning of the end because ANC only did live shows once every four hours, and ANC was not equipped for such a news event. I still have two 9/11 shows. One of them only devoted half the show to 9/11; the other still had weather and sports segments.
Ah, ANC. They'd been in a death spiral for a few years after USSB merged into DirecTV. USSB was their major satellite provider, where it was the only news channel available (considering Hubbard owned them both, that wasn't surprising). I remember having USSB as a kid in the mid-90s and watching ANC every once in a while. It wasn't a bad product at the time and was a pretty neat idea.
And as I said, it was a carbon copy of the old CNN Headline News format (half-hour newscasts); the only difference was that ANC took their news from local stations throughout the country.
I remember ANC when I was growing up. It would actually be on a local television station during the middle of night. I also remember Stan Turner, because I am from Minnesota. When I was growing up, my dad insisted upon watching Channel 5 KSTP news and no other. It was Stan Turner and Angela Astore.
ANC was almost a carbon copy of the old CNN Headline News format (half-hour newscasts; the only difference was that ANC took their news from local stations throughout the country).
It was one of the things that made many stations start going 24 hours instead of signing off at night. We had one station in Sacramento that aired this overnight, another aired CNN Headline News.
Wow. I hadn't seen Stan Turner since, well, Namzso1's video of the KSTP Eyewitness News Update from May 1986. It's actually quite jarring to see him as an older person.
Wish I'd been into news in 2002 the way I am now, I could have seen this live.
I saw some ANC Newscasts on KMOV during the early/mid-1990s, when I couldn't sleep on some nights. They were good back then. But, when MSNBC and Fox News Channel both began operating in 1996, ANC was on its way out, and sure enough, six years later, ANC was all gone.
1985OldSkool 5 months ago
@1985OldSkool The biggest problem for ANC was 9/11 when they couldn't compete offering continuous news. The live 1/2 hour then repeat same show format no longer worked.
tvrewind 5 months ago
@tvrewind I wonder if they could've survived if they had moved online? CNN tried something similar, it lasted for a couple years, called "CNNpipleline" I think.
Halo4Lyf 2 months ago
When my father bought a DirecTV package, he often turned on this channel shortly before its final air.
1983parrothead 6 months ago
I worked at ANC for the final 13 months of its life. 9/11 was really the beginning of the end because ANC only did live shows once every four hours, and ANC was not equipped for such a news event. I still have two 9/11 shows. One of them only devoted half the show to 9/11; the other still had weather and sports segments.
therobz 10 months ago
anc was only phillpines worldwide news channel it is owned by abs-cbn
terstv1 1 year ago
Ah, ANC. They'd been in a death spiral for a few years after USSB merged into DirecTV. USSB was their major satellite provider, where it was the only news channel available (considering Hubbard owned them both, that wasn't surprising). I remember having USSB as a kid in the mid-90s and watching ANC every once in a while. It wasn't a bad product at the time and was a pretty neat idea.
fullervisiondotnet 1 year ago
I don't remember the ANC at ALL! How long did it air??
lurch321 1 year ago
ANC was okay for me. But with heavy competition from MSNBC, CNN, and FOX News, I pretty much knew ANC would go out of business eventually.
stevieboy247 1 year ago
ANC was the only American news network that didn't air coverage of 9/11
looooooool 1 year ago
ANC was a really poor effort.
ASKconard 2 years ago 5
And as I said, it was a carbon copy of the old CNN Headline News format (half-hour newscasts); the only difference was that ANC took their news from local stations throughout the country.
gameshowguy2000 2 years ago
I remember ANC when I was growing up. It would actually be on a local television station during the middle of night. I also remember Stan Turner, because I am from Minnesota. When I was growing up, my dad insisted upon watching Channel 5 KSTP news and no other. It was Stan Turner and Angela Astore.
libertyeconomics 2 years ago
Wonder if they hired him because he had the same last name as the guy who started CNN (Chicken Noodle News)?
eyeh8nbc 1 year ago
I don't remember ANC
WishesNetwork 2 years ago
ANC was almost a carbon copy of the old CNN Headline News format (half-hour newscasts; the only difference was that ANC took their news from local stations throughout the country).
gameshowguy2000 3 years ago
The affiliate station I worked for aired ANC overnight. We always called it the poor man's CNN.
TXNews 2 years ago 4
It was one of the things that made many stations start going 24 hours instead of signing off at night. We had one station in Sacramento that aired this overnight, another aired CNN Headline News.
eyeh8nbc 1 year ago
What happened after the screen faded to black?
kstar8706 3 years ago
ANC kept running the same 1/2 hour final broadcast all night. Stations aired these as needed. Service wasn't available the next night.
tvrewind 3 years ago
Wow. I hadn't seen Stan Turner since, well, Namzso1's video of the KSTP Eyewitness News Update from May 1986. It's actually quite jarring to see him as an older person.
Wish I'd been into news in 2002 the way I am now, I could have seen this live.
chibicelchan 3 years ago