hours than you can in 24 minutes. >> you've had this maverick down in atlanta, georgia, who decided he was going to provide news around the clock, 24 hours a day. not just at 6:00 when cronkite or the others would be coming on with the evening news. >> we're a live worldwide news network. >> we had no background in news. but it was plainly a major genre in cable television that was missing. >> you can see our new cable television news headquarters. 90,000 square feet of the future. >> most thought the idea was crazy. >> people did look upon that as a foolish idea that was destined for failure. but they underestimated ted turner. >> we signed on on june 1. and barring satellite problems in the future, we won't be signing off until the world ends. we will cover it live.