Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Produced by WTBS to sell CNN to local cable operators. He could've called it "Turner News Network", but Ted Turner called it "Cable" so that existing cable subscribers would feel like they should be receiving it, and "call their cable operator" to get it. Also, Ted was cable's fierceist advocate, promising cable ops he would "make those wires sing" with good programming to help grow cable.
Produced by WTBS to sell CNN to local cable operators. He could've called it "Turner News Network", but Ted Turner called it "Cable" so that existing cable subscribers would feel like they should be receiving it, and "call their cable operator" to get it. Also, Ted was cable's fierceist advocate, promising cable ops he would "make those wires sing" with good programming to help grow cable.
