Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon
	The current logo used from 2009
Launched	December 1, 1977 (as The Pinwheel Network) April 1, 1979 (as Nickelodeon)
Owned by	Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment (1977-1985); Viacom Enterprises (1985-1986)Viacom (1986-present)
Picture format	480i (SDTV)1080i (HDTV)
Slogan	Putting kids first
Country	United States
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Headquarters	New York City
Formerly called	The Pinwheel Network (1977-1979)
Sister channel(s)	Nick Jr. Nicktoons TeenNick Nick at Nite MTV TV Land
Website	nick.com
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV	Channel 299 (East/HD); Channel 300 (West); Channel 1300 (VOD)
Dish Network	Channel 170 (East/HD); Channel 171 (West)
Cable
Verizon FiOS	Channel 252 (East); Channel 253 (West); Channel 752 (HD)
Time Warner Cable	Channel 56(West); Channel 185(West); Channel 33(East)
Available on many other cable systems	Check local listings for channels
IPTV
AT&T U-verse	Channel 314 (East); Channel 316 (West); Channel 1314 (HD)
Google Fiber	Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally called The Pinwheel Network, is an American television childeren's channel owned by Viacom and operated under its Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group. The channel is primarily aimed at children in grade school and early teens, with their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers ages 2–6. Since 2006, Nickelodeon has been run by Cyma Zarghami. It is ranked as the #1 cable channel as of 2011, and had been promoted as "The First Kids' Network", as it was the first American television network aimed at children since the Pinwheel days. Nickelodeon's broadcast day runs on Sundays from 6 a.m.- 8 p.m., Monday-Thursdays from 7 a.m.-8 p.m., Fridays from 7 a.m.-9 p.m., and Saturdays from 6 a.m.-10 p.m. (Eastern and Pacific Time). Since 1985, it shares its channel space with Nick at Nite, a night time channel that airs sitcom reruns during the interim hours. It is treated as a separate channel from Nickelodeon by A.C. Nielsen Co. for ratings purposes. The two services are sometimes referred to under the collective name "Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite", due to their association as two individual channels sharing the same channel space.