The capture record
Every count the desk publishes from the airwaves is a count of captured tape, not of a network’s full air. This page is the attendance record behind that caveat: for each channel, which UTC hours actually have evidence on file — transcribed spoken lines or ingested chyrons. An hour counts as covered only if the record exists; that the recorder was merely running is annotation, not coverage. Per-second capture instrumentation began 2026-07-15; nothing before that date is claimed. Capture interruptions are labeled by kind only — the raw capture log stays internal.
Ledger incomplete: 856 transcribed lines sit outside every logged session — early capture ran before per-session bookkeeping was airtight. Those hours still render as covered (the evidence exists); the session ledger under-reports them.
Fox News capturing now
151 evidence hours · 94.3 captured hours across 171 sessions (not continuous) · 87,662 spoken lines · 5,140 chyrons
MS NOW (MSNBC) capturing now
151 evidence hours · 80.5 captured hours across 220 sessions (not continuous) · 76,515 spoken lines · 5,689 chyrons
CNN capturing now
152 evidence hours · 67.5 captured hours across 316 sessions (not continuous) · 73,289 spoken lines · 6,090 chyrons
BBC World Service capturing now
152 evidence hours · 17.4 captured hours across 25 sessions (not continuous) · 7,010 spoken lines · 5,391 chyrons
POTUS Politics capturing now
8 evidence hours · 7.1 captured hours across 84 sessions (not continuous) · 4,348 spoken lines · 0 chyrons
FOX News Headlines 24/7
2 evidence hours · 0.7 captured hours across 13 sessions (not continuous) · 736 spoken lines · 0 chyrons
Bloomberg Radio
3 evidence hours · 1.5 captured hours across 92 sessions (not continuous) · 553 spoken lines · 0 chyrons
CNBC
1 evidence hour · 1.4 captured hours across 91 sessions (not continuous) · 488 spoken lines · 0 chyrons
Fox Business
1 evidence hour · 0.7 captured hours across 93 sessions (not continuous) · 285 spoken lines · 0 chyrons