Video: 'FOX NEWS Channel to Launch October 7, 1996'

(Monday, October 7, 1996, 6:00 a.m. EDT) — The Fox News Channel (FNC), an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City, launched today to 17 million cable subscribers.

Video: 'Outfoxed • Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism • FULL DOCUMENTARY FILM exposes Fox News'

Fox News was created by Australian-born American media mogul Rupert Murdoch in 1996 to appeal to a conservative audience, hiring former Republican media consultant and CNBC executive Roger Ailes as its founding CEO.