What Channel is HLN On?
HLN is on DIRECTV channel 204 and DISH Network channel 202 nationwide. On Xfinity, Spectrum, Cox, Optimum, Verizon Fios, Mediacom Xtream TV and Astound Broadband, channel numbers vary by location. Find your exact HLN number below.
| Provider | Location | Ch # | Package | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Albuquerque, NM |
32
HD 832
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Atlanta, GA |
35
HD 835
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Baltimore, MD |
59
HD 816
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Boston, MA |
43
HD 843
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Burlington, VT |
26
HD 759
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Charleston, SC |
25
HD 397
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Chicago, IL |
61
HD 318
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Colorado Springs, CO |
31
HD 731
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Denver, CO |
37
HD 737
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Detroit, MI |
41
HD 246
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Fort Wayne, IN |
15
HD 1107
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Harrisburg, PA |
24
HD 816
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Hartford, CT |
61
HD 1112
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Houston, TX |
26
HD 626
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Huntsville, AL |
28
HD 1112
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Indianapolis, IN |
65
HD 1112
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Jackson, MS |
41
HD 397
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Jacksonville, FL |
36
HD 397
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Kansas City, MO |
36
HD 843
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Knoxville, TN |
23
HD 1107
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Little Rock, AR |
44
HD 1112
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Louisville, KY |
25
HD 397
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Manchester, NH |
39
HD 759
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Memphis, TN |
31
HD 763
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Miami, FL |
29
HD 397
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Minneapolis, MN |
61
HD 843
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Nashville, TN |
47
HD 1112
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Newark, NJ |
58
HD 816
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Orlando, FL |
41
HD 397
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Philadelphia, PA |
46
HD 816
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Pittsburgh, PA |
33
HD 816
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Portland, OR |
45
HD 745
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Richmond, VA |
26
HD 816
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Sacramento, CA |
41
HD 774
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Salt Lake City, UT |
42
HD 735
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | San Francisco, CA |
57
HD 774
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | San Jose, CA |
57
HD 774
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Savannah, GA |
31
HD 397
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Seattle, WA |
45
HD 648
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Springfield, MA |
43
HD 843
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Tampa, FL |
31
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Tucson, AZ |
23
HD 577
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Washington, DC |
35
HD 816
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Wilmington, DE |
45
HD 816
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Spectrum | Akron, OH |
26
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Albany, NY |
47
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Alton, IL |
39
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Ashford/Willimantic, CT |
56
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Atlanta, GA |
45
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Austin, TX |
47
HD 204
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Bakersfield, CA |
83
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Barre, VT |
35
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Bergen County, NJ |
61
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Billings, MT |
32
HD 614
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Birmingham, AL |
31
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Bolivar, TN |
47
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Buffalo, NY |
42
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Charlotte, NC |
33
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Cheyenne, WY |
33
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Cincinnati, OH |
10
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Clarksburg, WV |
26
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Cleveland, OH |
35
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Coburg & Elmira Area, OR |
23
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Coeur d'Alene, ID |
33
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Columbus, OH |
27
HD 351
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Conway, NH |
25
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Crisfield, MD |
45
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Dallas-Fort Worth, TX |
40
HD 720
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Dayton, OH |
20
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | El Paso, TX |
32
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Erie, PA |
37
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Fairfield County, CT |
62
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Greensboro, NC |
31
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Greenville, SC |
44
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Gunnison, CO |
44
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Hammond, LA |
42
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Honolulu, HI |
52
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Indianapolis, IN |
26
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Kansas City, KS |
43
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Kansas City, MO |
43
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Las Cruces, NM |
32
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Lexington, KY |
31
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Lincoln, NE |
20
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Los Angeles, CA |
38
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Louisville, KY |
73
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Madison, WI |
61
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Manatee County, FL |
30
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Medford, OR |
60
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Milwaukee, WI |
11
HD 351
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Moscow/Pullman, WA |
34
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | New York City, NY |
64
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Orlando, FL |
23
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Ottawa County, MI |
31
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Picayune, MS |
42
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Portland, ME |
39
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Raleigh, NC |
41
HD 204
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Reno, NV |
45
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Richlands, VA |
24
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Rochester, NY |
21
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Rosemount, MN |
29
HD 730
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | San Antonio, TX |
52
HD 204
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | St. Louis, MO |
39
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Syracuse, NY |
23
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Tampa, FL |
30
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Worcester, MA |
42
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Yuma, AZ |
50
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| DIRECTV | United States: Nationwide |
204
HD
|
Entertainment | Satellite |
| DIRECTV | United States: Nationwide |
204
|
Entertainment | Streaming over Internet |
| DISH Network | United States: Nationwide |
202
|
Flex Pack | Satellite |
| Cox | Baton Rouge, LA |
45
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Cleveland, OH |
31
HD
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Enfield, CT |
53
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Fairfax County, VA |
70
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Fort Smith, AR |
37
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Fort Walton Beach, FL |
34
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Gramercy, LA |
45
HD
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Hampton Roads, VA |
26
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Las Vegas, NV |
22
HD
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Manchester, CT |
53
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Meriden Area, CT |
53
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Middle Georgia, GA |
24
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | New Orleans, LA |
33
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Northwest Arkansas, AR |
45
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Ocala, FL |
36
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Oklahoma City, OK |
47
HD
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Omaha, NE |
44
HD
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Orange County, CA |
45
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Palos Verdes, CA |
50
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Pensacola Area, FL |
34
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Phoenix, AZ |
38
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Providence, RI |
50
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Roanoke, VA |
15
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | San Diego North, CA |
32
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | San Diego South, CA |
32
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Santa Barbara, CA |
23
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Southeast Kansas, KS |
26
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Sun Valley, ID |
38
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Tucson, AZ |
32
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Tulsa, OK |
42
HD
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Wichita Metro, KS |
26
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Optimum | Bayonne, NJ |
59
|
Extra TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Bergen County, NJ |
59
|
Extra TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Bridgeport, CT |
63
|
Extra TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Bronx, NY |
77
|
Extra TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Brookhaven, NY |
59
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Brooklyn, NY |
77
|
Extra TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Dutchess, NY |
59
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | East Hampton, NY |
59
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Eastchester, NY |
59
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Elizabeth, NJ |
59
|
Extra TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Freehold, NJ |
59
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Great Neck, NY |
59
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Hamilton (Philly DMA), NJ |
59
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Hamilton, NJ |
59
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Hauppauge, NY |
59
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Hendersonville, NC |
38
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Islip, NY |
59
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Jersey City, NJ |
59
|
Extra TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Litchfield, CT |
59
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Lynbrook, NY |
59
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Morris County, NJ |
59
|
Extra TV | Cable |
| Optimum | New Haven, CT |
63
|
Extra TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Newark, NJ |
59
|
Extra TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Norwalk, CT |
63
|
Extra TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Oakland, NJ |
59
|
Extra TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Ossining (Rockland), NY |
59
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Ossining, NY |
59
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Paterson, NJ |
59
|
Extra TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Port Chester, NY |
59
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Ramapo, NY |
59
|
Extra TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Raritan, NJ |
59
|
Extra TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Rockland County, NY |
59
|
Extra TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Seaside, NJ |
59
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Southern Westchester, NY |
59
|
Extra TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Sparta, NJ |
28
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Wall, NJ |
59
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Wappingers Falls, NY |
59
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Warren-Sussex, NJ |
28
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Warwick, NY |
59
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | West Jefferson, NC |
35
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Yonkers, NY |
59
|
Extra TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Yorktown, NY |
59
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Verizon Fios | Alexandria, VA |
101 / 1542
|
Insider · More · Most | Fiber |
| Verizon Fios | Boston, MA |
101 / 1542
|
Insider · More · Most | Fiber |
| Verizon Fios | Greenwich, CT |
101 / 1542
|
Insider · More · Most | Fiber |
| Verizon Fios | Hempstead, NY |
101 / 1542
|
Insider · More · Most | Fiber |
| Verizon Fios | Jersey City, NJ |
101 / 1542
|
— | Fiber |
| Verizon Fios | Montgomery County, MD |
101 / 1542
|
Insider · More · Most | Fiber |
| Verizon Fios | New York City, NY |
101 / 1542
|
— | Fiber |
| Verizon Fios | Philadelphia, PA |
101 / 1542
|
Insider · More · Most | Fiber |
| Verizon Fios | Providence, RI |
101 / 1542
|
Insider · More · Most | Fiber |
| Verizon Fios | Washington, DC |
101 / 1542
|
Insider · More · Most | Fiber |
| Verizon Fios | Wilmington, DE |
101 / 1542
|
Insider · More · Most | Fiber |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Albany, GA |
42
HD 868
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Albany, KY |
30
HD 768
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Ames, IA |
30
HD 868
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Apache Junction, AZ |
67
HD 868
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Ardmore, TN |
29
HD 868
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Berlin, MD |
36
HD 868
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Bettendorf, IA |
36
HD 768
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Burlington, IA |
74
HD 868
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Cedar Rapids, IA |
39
HD 868
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Clinton, IA |
36
HD 768
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Columbia, MO |
43
HD 768
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Davenport, IA |
36
HD 768
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Des Moines, IA |
30
HD 868
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Dubuque, IA |
34
HD 768
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Hutchinson, MN |
61
HD 868
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Iowa City, IA |
39
HD 868
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Jefferson City, MO |
43
HD 768
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Kendallville, IN |
64
HD 768
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Mason City, IA |
72
HD 868
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Mattawan, MI |
57
HD
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Menifee, CA |
47
HD 547
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Milton, FL |
29
HD 868
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Mobile, AL |
34
HD 868
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Moline, IL |
36
HD 768
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Osage City, KS |
71
HD 768
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Prairie du Chien, WI |
49
HD 868
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Springfield, MO |
48
HD 768
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Valdosta, GA |
46
HD 868
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Waterloo, IA |
67
HD 868
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Waveland, MS |
47
HD 547
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | West Des Moines, IA |
30
HD 868
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Astound Broadband | Austin, TX |
45
HD
|
Preferred TV | Streaming TV |
| Astound Broadband | Brownwood, TX |
48
|
Basic TV | Digital TV |
| Astound Broadband | Brownwood, TX |
41
HD
|
Basic TV | Streaming TV |
| Astound Broadband | Corpus Christi, TX |
43
HD
|
$ Add-on | Digital TV |
| Astound Broadband | Corpus Christi, TX |
43
HD
|
Preferred TV | Streaming TV |
| Astound Broadband | Dallas, TX |
38
HD
|
$ Add-on | Digital TV |
| Astound Broadband | Dallas, TX |
38
HD
|
Preferred TV | Streaming TV |
| Astound Broadband | Midland & Odessa, TX |
44
HD
|
$ Add-on | Digital TV |
| Astound Broadband | Midland & Odessa, TX |
44
HD
|
Preferred TV | Streaming TV |
Streaming availability
HLN is also available on Hulu + Live TV's Base plan, Sling TV's Sling Blue plan and YouTube TV's Base plan.
Streaming services do not use cable-style channel numbers. Availability can change; check the service before subscribing.
About HLN
HLN is a U.S. cable channel that began as CNN2, later became CNN Headline News, and is now best known for its long-running true-crime programming.
What's on HLN
HLN launched in 1982 as CNN2, a 24-hour headline news service designed as a companion to the original CNN. The channel was renamed CNN Headline News and shortened to HLN in 2008 as the format shifted away from a continuous news wheel. The network's most durable on-air identity has been its true-crime block, anchored by Forensic Files reruns and the spinoff Forensic Files II, which launched on HLN in 2020.
Written by Manikandan · Last updated April 15, 2026