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CNN, C-Span shine on election night.

Multichannel News, November, 1990 by Haugsted, Linda

CNN, C-SPAN Shine On Election Night There was really only one place to be on Election Night, and it wasn't in a stuffy ballroom eating stale cheese puffs while bad cover bands played Proud Mary loud enough to drown out conversation in two states. The place was at home, with a cable-ready set.

I must admit, I came late to the Tuesday night television feast ... my cable was out until primetime. But this made me appreciate the coverage on CNN and especially C-SPAN all the more when Sammons Communications restored service in my neighborhood. Until I was re-armed with my remote, I was "stuck" watching what the Big Three networks had to offer as coverage during the 7 p.m. nightly news cycle. By God, they had numbers and they were bound and determined to...

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