News ticker a map of an entire state or the station's viewing area (through a system known as First Warning). In both cases, the start of the ticker's cycle was often accompanied by an attention signal, such as warning tones, an abbreviated cut from the station's news theme or a jingle used by their affiliated network (such as the NBC Chimes). The first network to utilize a continuous ticker was CNN Headline News. In 1989, the cable network introduced a ticker that initially featured stock market data with indexes of the major stock exchanges (including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ and
CNN Tonight CNN Tonight CNN Tonight, branded as CNN Tonight with Don Lemon, is a late evening news/opinion program airing on CNN, focusing on the news of the day. Hosted by American journalist Don Lemon, the show airs weeknights from 10 p.m. to midnight (Eastern Time). The first hour is simulcast on CNN International. A program of the same name aired on CNN in the spring of 1985, as a replacement for Sandi Freeman until "Larry King Live" premiered. Another program of the same name debuted in 2001 with Bill Hemmer as anchor, but it was cancelled the same year. Another program