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'''HLN''' is a [[24-Hour News Networks|24-hour news network]] that was spun off from [[Cable News Network|CNN]]. The channel was established as CNN2 in 1982, partly in order to double-team [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and Westinghouse's Satellite News Channel (which had a similar format) out of existence, and changed its name to CNN Headline News the following year, although use of the word "CNN" in the title was always fairly intermittent. Its original focus was a 30-minute newscast called the Headline News Wheel which filled viewers in on the day's most prominent stories, repeated on a 24-hour loop, thus allowing viewers to catch up on a day's worth of news in just half an hour, any time of the day (something that is very useful in places like airports and bars). There would be general news at the top and bottom of the hour taking up half the program, personal finance reports (known as "Dollars and Sense") at the 15 minute mark, sports at 20 minutes, the "Hollywood Minute" immediately after sports, and lifestyle reports in the last five minutes. This is the format that CNN Headline News enjoyed for over twenty years. In this form Headline News was also easily adaptable for radio, and stations that wanted a dependable "all-news" format would air the audio of the network, giving Headline News a second, though less obvious audience. It also syndicated its live feed to broadcast channels that wanted to air something other than a test pattern between 2:30 and 5-6:00 am.