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To: Zardoz who wrote (3552)	8/18/1999 12:53:00 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

Never seen the FNN of 80's, I was working to hard back then... I watched FNN for a few years. Near the end, the speculation about FNN's future was quite riveting. It seems that GE and Westinghouse were in a bit of a competition for it. GE won, and we ended up with FNN/CNBC for a while. Somewhere along the path the FNN part was discarded. Some familiar faces from the old days came along. I thought the 'news' content improved, but the 'educational' component withered. Too bad, because investors could learn quite a bit from FNN's explanations. I taped the last FNN show. It was quite sad to see familiar faces say good-bye for the last time, and to know that these people were also losing their jobs: Jobs very well done, in my opinion. If I remember correctly, after the last good-bye, the TV went blank. Cheers, PW.

To: Zardoz who wrote (3552)	8/18/1999 2:05:00 PM
From: Yogizuna	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

Hutch, You really missed something far superior to the current CNBC then. I have some tapes of the old FNN, and every great once and awhile, will play one just to make sure I was'nt imagining things. <g> The guests back then were FAR more interesting and stimulated the thinking process, even if they were sometimes very far off the mark. Watching the current version of CNBC is like watching a combination of the Comedy Channel (bad humor, except for the old reruns and movies), and the Weather Channel (same old same old). Hey Maria "Bart", I love your hot pink suit today! (at least that is somewhat refreshing) Yogi