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Article: National Geographic Channel is cable's newest gem.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- July 17, 2002
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WASHINGTON _ In its 118 years of publishing magazines and three-plus decades of making TV specials, the National Geographic Society has brought the world's most exotic creatures and jaw-dropping sights to American eyes. Now, through its new cable channel, Geographic is doing that all day, every day.
But the most awe-inspiring spectacle on the National Geographic Channel may not even be outdoors. It might just be the gleaming new television studio here at Geographic world headquarters.
From this impressive high-tech fishbowl in the heart of the nation's capital, National Geographic Channel will produce more than 300 hours of news programming this year, ...