One America News Network

One America News Network (abbreviated as OANN), also referred to as One America News (abbreviated as OAN), is an American cable news television channel that is owned by Herring Networks, Inc.. The network is headquartered in San Diego, California, and operates a news bureau in Washington, D.C. and New York City.

OAN's programming includes national and international news coverage and political talk shows, along with network special documentary-style reports. Originally launched with the intention of targeting a conservative and center-right audience, OAN states a goal of delivering objective news coverage throughout the day while its prime time political talk shows illustrate a conservative view.

The channel was launched on July 4, 2013. One America has national carriage on DirecTV, Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-verse, along with a number of regional cable providers, including Frontier Communications, CenturyLink PRISM TV, Consolidated Communications, Buckeye Broadband, and GCI. On April 5, 2017, DirecTV started carrying OAN on channel 347. As of April 2017, One America News Network reaches approximately 35 million homes in the United States. Despite of its name, OAN focuses on U.S.news and can only be received in the U.S.

History

Formation

The formation of the organization was announced on March 14, 2013 by Herring Networks, Inc., an independent and family-owned national video programming company owns and operates OAN and sister channel AWE (formerly WealthTV; the initialism being an acronym for "A Wealth of Entertainment"). When the network began in 2013 it had a limited partnership with The Washington Times.

The network launched with the intention of targetting a conservative-leaning audience with OAN President Charles Herring telling CPAC that, â€œFox News has done a great job serving the center-right and independent audiences...But those who consider themselves liberal have a half dozen or more choices on TV each day from which to get their news.â€ Herring also stressed the network's separation of news and opinion content, with straight news reporting throughout the day and limited opinion commentary from evening talk shows, including The Daily Ledger hosted by Graham Ledger. Early advertisements for the channel touted the network's lack of commentary and focus on straight news reporting. The channel was formally launched on July 4, 2013.

Early years

In July 2014, OAN relocated its news and production studios out of The Washington Times Building to its new location at 101 Constitution Avenue NW, near the United States Capitol. The move ended OAN's relationship with The Washington Times, which provided news and analysis, as well as a lease space arrangement, for the network. While its Washington Bureau was previously located within the Times building, OAN remains solely owned and operated, including all editorial control, by Herring Networks, Inc.

In August 2014, OAN launched the show On Point with Tomi Lahren. Many clips of the program later went viral, and Lahren gained widespread attention for her commentaries in 2015. On August 19 2015, Lahren completed her final show at OAN. On the week of August 24th, former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin guest hosted a program on the network.

Some media commentators have praised the network for its rolling news coverage. In March 2015, media professor Marty Kaplan praised the network for its focus on what he viewed as impartial news reporting, writing in The Huffington Post that, "Ten minutes of OAN tells me eight stories; 10 minutes of Fox or MSNBC tells me one story, to make me mad." Don Kaplan of the New York Daily News echoed similar sentiments, writing in December 2016 that, "it's by far one of the most fair news outlets around, serving up a daily diet of ad-free, non-ideological, nonstop news â€" without smirking, snarky anchors or much fanfare." Marc Fisher of The Washington Post considers the network "a reliably sympathetic voice of the [Trump] administrationâ€™s goals and actions".

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Programming

Current programming

One America News â€" the network's flagship newscast airs daily around the clock
The Daily Ledger â€" political talk and discussion with Graham Ledger
Tipping Point â€" political talk and discussion with Liz Wheeler