Has it really been that long?
Today marks the 15th anniversary when Liz Claman did the channel's first huge interview with Berkshire Hathaway CEO and what she calls affectionately as "The Oracle of Omaha" in Warren Buffett.
We were so fortunate to watch, especially when Jenna Lee and Nicole Petallides were the first voices that greeted viewers early that first morning of October 15, 2007:
https://youtu.be/i19nB_puW9wAnd none other than Nicole sent along this tweet marking the anniversary. Guess how Jenna responded:
https://twitter.com/JennaLeeUSA/status/1581621819148161026Since then, Liz Claman continues her excellent show simply named as "The Claman Countdown" (but still check out her podcast "Everyone Talks To Liz" every Tuesday.)
Back in the day Rebecca (Gomez) Diamond took us through fun times on "Happy Hour", and by 2014 Maria Bartiromo would slide into the mornings. Other names we were fortunate to see are her frequent foil in Charlie Gasparino, Adam Shapiro, Ashley Webster (then a London correspondent), Sandra Smith, Melissa Francis, Lori Rothman, Lea Gabrille, Gerri Willis, Jo Ling Kent, Tracee Carrasco, and Nicole Petallides (thanks to doing a search on their YouTube channel to refresh my memory on a few of the names).
If you still watch FBN to this day, all I can say is wow.
Here is Liz Claman's tweet from Friday to commemorate this happy occasion:
https://twitter.com/LizClaman/status/1580901424653033473Several key anchors--including her former longtime "After The Bell" co-host David Asman, Lauren Simonetti, Charles Payne, Elizabeth MacDonald, and Stuart Varney to name a few were on hand to ring the opening bell on the NASDAQ.
Also included are some great comments and a short video from Liz herself where she talks about how they managed to survive those initial years (Fox Translator anyone?) and yet are still around, while other cable channels (remember CNN+ and CnnSI?) simply crashed and burned:
https://www.foxnews.com/media/fox-business-network-celebrates-15th-anniversary-liz-claman-much-fight-helped-network-thriveWhat a run it has been. Looking forward, who knows.
At least, if anyone has questions about what anyone says on the air--they have a dedicated phone line and email so you can share your thoughts/frustrations:
https://help.foxnews.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009219334-How-can-I-provide-feedback-about-the-network-s-coverage-As a bonus, Liz was featured in a YouTube short with David Meltzer earlier this summer. Enjoy:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/muRKdWDhQ4Q