The Call (American TV program)

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The Call is an American television business news program which aired on

• Here's The Call On...: The appropriately titled first segment of the show (discontinued since October 2007) looks at the morning's business headlines.
• The Bond Report: Rick Santelli reports from Chicago with a look at the United States Bond market.
• Your Best Trades Now: A guest joins the show with the anchors and a guest contributor to talk about what his/her best stock picks are right now.
• Stocks To Watch: In this segment, we look at the United States stocks making news.
• MSNBC News Update: News headlines from MSNBC. Seen shortly after the bottom of the hour.
• 2 Hours Into the Trading Day...: An update on the U.S. stock markets after the first 2 hours of trading. Seen at the start of the program's second half-hour.
• CNBC.com Blog Watch: Seen during the program's second half-hour with a look at the key business stories blogged by CNBC reporters, such as Jim Goldman ("Tech Check"), Mike Huckman ("Pharma's Market"), Diana Olick ("Realty Check") and Darren Rovell
  ("Sports Biz").
• The Journal Report: Seen on Mondays with a reporter from The Wall Street Journal. This segment was discontinued at the end of 2007.
• Seidman Speaks: CNBC's chief commentator
  Bill Seidman
  made guest appearances and answered viewers' Email questions. This segment was seen on Thursdays, but was discontinued after Seidman's death in 2009.
• Mutual Fund Pick and Pan of the Week: Seen on Fridays with Christine Benz of Morningstar.
• West Coast Call: A guest from the West Coast joins the program, similar to the "West Coast Wake Up" segment on Squawk on the Street.
• The Last Call: The last segment of the program.

Quote

"America is open for business coast-to-coast." This was the opening phrase used at the start of the show just before the opening title sequence.

CNBC Asia

On June 14, 2010, CNBC Asia debuted their own version of The Call. That program was anchored by Bernard Lo in Hong Kong, and ended on March 28, 2014.

Cancellation

The United States version of The Call was cancelled October 14, 2011, and was replaced 3 days later by the newly expanded third hour of Squawk on the Street.

See also

• Asia Market Watch
  (discontinued after March 23, 2007)
• Morning Exchange
  (discontinued after December 16, 2005)
• Worldwide Exchange
• Morning Call (former name of this program)
• CNBC's Cash Flow
  (a mid-morning business program airing on CNBC Asia)
• Fox Business Network
  program aired from 10 AM-3 ET)
• The Call (CNBC Asia's version of this program)