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 Newsroom CNN Newsroom CNN Newsroom is an American news program on CNN. Broadcasting throughout the week, "Newsroom" features live and taped news reports, in addition to analysis from experts on the issues being covered, and headlines throughout each hour. The program tends to focus on softer news than their hard news primetime lineup. The program is the standard "brand" for general rolling-news programming for the network, originating from their headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. It debuted in September 2006 replacing "CNN Live Today", "Live From", "CNN Saturday", "CNN Saturday Night", "CNN Sunday" and "CNN Sunday Night". "CNN Newsroom" airs continuously for seven