Ted Turner, the media maverick & philanthropist who founded CNN, died Weds, surrounded by his family, according to a news release from Turner Enterprises. He was 87.

For full story at CNN, go to https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/06/us/ted-turner-death

Cable Services (CSi) is a Charter CNN Affiliate, 1 of 10 systems that aired CNN on its initial broadcast. That day, Jim Smorada, Editor of the Jamestown Sun, asked a question from the CSi Studio. A year later, at the CNN 1st Anniversary celebration in Chicago, CNN founder Ted Turner cut the cake and said, “I want to give this to a real cable guy” and presented the first piece of cake to Cable Services founder M. Roy Sheppard.