From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbanner headlineˌbanner ˈheadline noun [countable] TCNwords printed in very large letters across the top of the first page of a newspaper The front-page banner headline read ‘Disgraced police chief to stand trial’.
Examples from the Corpus
banner headline• It was given a banner headline on page one and was continued on two inner pages.• The story also earned a front-page banner headline in the national newspaper, the Globe and Mail. 