Texas Cable News
| Texas Cable News | |
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| Launched | January 1, 1999 |
| Closed | May 1, 2015 |
| Owned by | Gannett Company |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Slogan | The State of Texas 24/7 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Texas |
| Headquarters | Dallas, Texas |
| Sister channel(s) | WFAA, KVUE, KHOU, KENS, KBMT, KYTX, KIII, KIDY, KXVA, KCEN-TV, KAGS-LD |
Texas Cable News (TXCN) was an American regional cable news television channel that was owned by the Gannett Company. The channel operated out of offices in Dallas, Texas, located on Young Street in the city's downtown district.
The 24-hour channel launched on January 1, 1999, and was founded by its original owner, the Belo Corporation. TXCN combined the news staffs of four television stations in Texas owned by Belo at the time – ABC affiliates WFAA in Dallas and KVUE in Austin (acquired from Gannett shortly after this channel's launch), and CBS affiliates KHOU in Houston and KENS in San Antonio – in addition to The Dallas Morning News (which was co-owned with TXCN and the four television stations under common ownership until 2008) and the company's Washington, D.C. news bureau. During the first few years on the air, most of the cable operators have aired TXCN on channel 38 as advertised by the channel itself. In addition to rolling news, weather, and sports coverage, TXCN had public affairs, sports-talk, and entertainment news programming. In its early years, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram has called TXCN "CNN Headline News with a Texas flavor."
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