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C-SPAN 2 right now is airing LIVE the Harlem Book Fair. Great discussion at the symposium "Class Divide In Black America". Also Tupac was quoted.
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This is the C-SPAN Paradigm.
The C-SPAN Companion Networks would emulate this paradigm.
starting 8pm friday night
25 hours of Phone calls on C-SPAN network One.
This is the paradigm The Citizens for C-SPAN Companion Networks advocate.
C-SPAN is going to prove how popular a Companion Network, that functions as a National Town Hall, will be.
The phones should be "lighted up" the entire program.
Tried going to the Randi Rhodes website to mention her guest appearance on C-SPAN's 25 years of call-in programs, but was not allowed to post a comment. Too bad.
Note to self: become more bias (it must payoff some how)
http://virtualmatter.blogspot.com/2005/10/...truth-on-c.html
http://www.thecccn.org/
is the better url as it is a grassroots, "real" citizens effort...
We hope NOT to hear from Barry Katz unless it's positive.
Susan Swain
By Ted Hearn | Jan 31 '05
It has been an exhilarating past few months for Susan Swain, who oversees all programming and marketing decisions at C-SPAN.
She just issued last rites to Booknotes , the long running author-interview program, while recently baptizing two successor programs. “I've been having a blast these past couple of weeks with these new series,” says Swain, one of C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb's first hires in early 1980s. “I find all of this invigorating.”
Thirteen years into her career at the public affairs network, Swain became C-SPAN's executive vice president and co-chief operating officer in 1995. She has responsibility over everything produced by C-SPAN, a portfolio that is more expansive than many people would assume: three TV networks; an FM radio station in Washington, D.C.; 10 Web sites; rebroadcast deals with XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio; and two school buses roaming the nation.
And now there's one more product, designed for C-SPAN's mobile devotees. To inform lawyers and lobbyists about the latest Senate filibuster, C-SPAN is now available live on cell phones equipped with the MobiTV service as part of a $10 monthly add-on, which also includes a few cable entertainment channels.
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A Quarter-Century of Lamb and C-SPAN
By Staff | Mar 15 '04
When C-SPAN launched on March 19, 1979, it was a minor media creation with four employees, including founder Brian Lamb. Today, the nonprofit public-affairs network is a Washington, D.C., institution and so much a part of the political fabric that it (and progeny C-SPAN 2 and C-SPAN 3) can almost be viewed as a fourth branch of the federal government. In an interview with Multichannel News Washington News Editor Ted Hearn, Lamb discussed his time with the network and what the future might hold.
MCN: Media ownership is a hot topic. Who actually owns C-SPAN?
Brian Lamb: C-SPAN is a 501(c)(3) corporation that in effect is not owned by anybody, but is controlled by a board of directors made up of some 21 people. And the only thing they can really do with it is vote to disband it. They could sell the assets.
But no matter what we would do with any sale of anything we have, it would have to go to charity, disbursed to charity. So nobody can physically take money out of C-SPAN for their own, you know, corporate good.
MCN: Did you ever own C-SPAN?
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12/2/05
Failing at Its "No. 1 Goal"
Lack of balance at C-SPAN’s Washington Journal
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2764
it is amazing to hear the ingornants who still support this war. Also to that caller that mentioned liberals spitting in the face of vietnam vets, my dad is a vietnam vet and also opposes this war. Who is really spitting in the face of troops?
Bush is not equiping the troops properly. He closed walter reed. He sends them into war without bulletproof vests. He is cutting vet benefits. Republicans in congress have closed the door on veteran groups to hearings on vet benefits but opens the door to oil companies. seems to me that Bush and the republican polticans are really the ones spitting in the face of the troops.
Nice to see someone post here. It's not a "traditional" message board, but posts can be made.
Thanks, Jim.
By Peter Block
We live in a culture of commerce and it invades not only what we do, but what we become. At the heart of commerce is the capacity to market, sell and build a future on what is most often a false promise. It is most obvious in this season of a presidential campaign where each candidate promises a future that not one of their predecessors has been able to deliver. If I vote Republican, Democrat or Green, my taxes will go down, my children will learn more in school, my health care will improve and cost less, the streets will be safe, my family will be preserved and happy, the environment will be sustained and I will be able to sleep through the night.
It is similar to the story of a person who broke their arm and went to the doctor. As the doctor was setting the arm, the patient asked the doctor, "When my arm heals, will I be able to play the violin?" The doctor said, "Yes, definitely." The patient said, "That's wonderful news, because I didn't know how to play the violin before I broke my arm."
The candidates have become products, we are the consumer and the winner is the one with the best merchandising talent and resources. The issues become background and the action is about positioning, reach and mass customizing messages so that every citizen receives a message that is aimed at their particular interest.
The campaign is simply an extension of the marketing culture that we have learned to accept and participate in. I have been puzzled lately why:
• It takes three hours to get your pictures developed in a "One Hour
Photo Developing" store?
• Dollar Car Rental charges $55.00 to rent a car?
• It takes up to eight months to get an article published in Fast Company magazine?
• At a Ford Motor Company conference on total quality, all participants received a
gift of a portable car repair kit.
• When I buy a set of wrenches from TV for $59.95, I get 300 screws and fasteners "absolutely free."
And we are all guilty, we each contribute to the illusion. I give talks at conferences and read in the publicity brochure that I am an "International Leading Change Management Expert." Really...Well, who am I leading and when did the race begin, who is ahead of me, and what is "change management" anyway? I think I must have become an expert the first time my advice was not followed. And as far as being "international," I gave a talk in Toronto six years ago, so that must count.
An Oasis of Integrity
If we are not careful, we begin to believe that this is the way it has to be-not true. Much of the selling of America comes through the medium of television and it is on television that the alternative to the "Big Promise" and the "Big Promotion" can be found. It is on C-SPAN. It is two cable channels that tell the truth, and treat me like something more than a consumer. C-SPAN is non-commercial and funded by the cable industry. It was originally created to live-broadcast the sessions of Congress, and in the early days was profoundly boring. In fact, I used to threaten my children that if they did not behave themselves, their punishment would be to watch three hours of C-SPAN.
Not so any more. Here are some of the qualities of this media treasure:
1. You get viewpoints that never make it on the major networks and cable channels. One weekend I watched the National Libertarian Convention. I heard the argument for no government which included the legalization of marijuana. The proponent of legalization presented the evidence that the drug has no medical liability and does not affect the brain cells or our memory. After presenting the findings, the speaker stood in silence for a few moments, having forgotten the rest of the speech-interesting.
2. Programming is presented without editorial comment. No one interprets the world for me, it is just presented. The campaign conventions were just shown, beginning to end, uninterrupted by talking heads telling me the tactical importance and nuances of what I am watching. Other recent events aired were a conference of Nobel Prize winners and world leaders at the Aspen Institute speaking on globalization and poverty. Almost every cause and institute has its day here which makes it a powerful force for the democratic expression of ideas. All with no fanfare, no commerce, no effort to sell derivative products, just content.
3. On the weekends, there is "Booknotes." You see authors talking about their work. Sometimes you see them in local bookstores discussing a book, answering questions or being interviewed by Brian Lamb. You hear about their writing, their lives, their view of the world, all in a quiet, thoughtful, conversational way. No crossfire, no dramatic confrontations, just ideas and the people behind them.
4. C-SPAN is the only channel that puts the program first and the time slot second. Shows do not start at the beginning and end of the hour. They are shown for as long as they take. Some last twenty minutes, some four hours. Plus, programs get repeated several times to fit my schedule. If you are among those that are awake in the middle of the night, you can watch the same quality of programs that were on during the day.
5. Finally, if you like what you see and want a copy of it, you can get the video tape of it for $19.95 plus shipping and handling. Transcripts are even less.
This is all the good news. Being an imperfect world, the bad news is that C-SPAN is still required to broadcast congressional speeches when Congress is in session, which keeps it as a candidate for child discipline possibilities. Also, even when it is free to really inform us, it is a virtually unwatched national asset. The number of people watching C-SPAN does not even show up on the Neilson rating scale. That is what needs to change. Watching programming that treats the viewer as a thoughtful adult is an answer to the commercial and dumbing down broadcasting that captures most of our attention.
At the moment each of us decides to support those media, like C-SPAN, that live out free speech and are truly democratic and pluralistic in their actions, something in the culture will start to shift. Granted the Internet offers this potential, but even this is increasingly becoming commercialized and controlled by corporate interest.
C-SPAN is a pure play for intellectual diversity and free speech. If it became the most watched TV channel, then the market pressure of our attention might result in our once again being able to get a photo developed in an hour, rent a car for a dollar, get an article published quickly in Fast Company, and, who knows, when my arm heals, I might be able to play the violin.
This article appeared in News for a Change published by AQP in October 2000
RealVideo Raises Real Questions
On the Future of Broadcasting
By LISA NAPOLI
ehind the fanfare and hyperbole surrounding Progressive Networks' new Web video technology lurk many questions about the long-term impact webcasting may have on traditional broadcasting.
At a news conference this week in Manhattan, Progressive's president, Rob Glaser, proclaimed, "This will turn the Internet into the next great mass medium." But he acknowledged that what that means in the great multimedia landscape is still largely unexplored.
The company's new product, RealVideo, allows users to view live and, for the first time, on-demand video on their computers with a no more than a 28.8 modem and a free player. The cable channels C-SPAN and Fox News debuted live feeds of their programming, using the technology, on their Web sites this week.
At the New York event unveiling RealVideo, the crowd, composed largely of representatives of the 60 partner companies in the venture, broke into applause after a clip from a Counting Crows music video was played live off a Web site as an illustration. Though the picture quality was hardly equivalent to broadcast, it played instantaneously; in the Web business, such a feat is equivalent to landing on the moon.
"Now, with a $295 server, anyone can be a broadcaster," said Doug Wills, a spokesman for Progressive. But when asked about what this means for cable channels looking for distributors, and whether Progressive's partners have raised concerns about angering cable operators by broadcasting on the Internet, Wills acknowledged: "Those are issues that have come up. The competition to get placement is intense, and as the video quality improves more and more, the cable programmers will look at this more closely."
For the new 24-hour news channel Fox News, which has had trouble getting channel space in markets like New York and which is paying cable systems to carry it, the Internet allows new ways to transmit its content. As part of a promotion, viewers can watch the signal on the Web site for the next two weeks.
Perhaps more significantly, for C-SPAN, the non-commercial venture which has complained that it is losing channel space on certain cable systems because of ventures like Fox, broadcasting on the Web not only allows it to reach audiences in a different medium and supplement its live programming, but to offer an archive of events for users to access on demand.
"We have seven camera crews around town every day, and many of them are sending back live feeds," said Rob Kennedy, senior vice president at C-SPAN. "Now, we can put them on the Web, and there's a way to call up things you missed." C-SPAN is broadcasting live on the Web for 13 hours each day; C-SPAN2 will be added sometime next month, and events not seen on either broadcast channel will ultimately be webcast at programmers' discretion. Already, a small archive of events, such as the recent State of the Union address, is available.
The RealVideo technology is in its infancy and still does not provide the quality of conventional television broadcasting. But ultimately, it could change the face of television transmission. As with many Internet-related issues, however, the rules have not yet been written.
"Cable operators will be very angry if they find their subscribers can actually access programming over the Internet," said John Aronsohn, senior policy analyst at the Yankee Group in Boston. "That hurts the cable franchise, and it further cuts into the revenue stream for cable operators. There are a lot of questions."
When the streaming video file is accessed, a helper application launches the RealVideo player.
"It's so early, nothing has happened yet," said Morgan Broman of the FCC's Cable Services Bureau of the potential impact of RealVideo on cable channel relationships with cable system operators. He said the Cable Services Bureau generally investigates such issues only when a complaint is registered; but this issue introduces potential concerns raised by other telecommunications issues in the news. "They are delivering video at a fraction of the cost," Mr. Broman said, trying to categorize this issue. "It's somewhat similar to the concerns commons carriers have about phone service over the Internet. There are a lot of things that deal with the channel capacity. Another wrinkle is that cable companies are providing Internet service as well."
A spokesman for Time Warner Cable, the nation's second-largest cable operator, said he believed that ultimately cable companies will provide faster and better quality online access. He dismissed the RealVideo technology's impact on the cable industry.
"While I guess it's nice to be able to look at some moving images on your computer, it's not something people are going to want to do," said the spokesman, Mike Luftman. "I don't think anybody is going to be using this to look at ER."
In the demonstration using a film created by Spike Lee, the player was incorporated into the html of the site, creating a seamless interface for the user.
That's another question raised by the ability to broadcast live on the Web. For channels that produce original content, like C-SPAN or Fox, it's one thing, but for entertainment channels, governed by a complex set of relationships with program producers and syndicates, it is another.
But what the technology allows for niche programming is potentially unbeatable. For the six major record labels who are also partners with Progressive, RealVideo allows them to circumvent the filter of cable channels like MTV and offer up "channels" about their artists of their own creation.
In the short term, the quality and availability of video for the average Internet user has been vastly improved. And Progressive Networks went Hollywood to illustrate that, commissioning the director Spike Lee to make three short films, which are available at the site.
Mr. Lee, who told the crowd he was basically ignorant of computers and "didn't know you could see video on the Internet, or what RealAudio was" until he was called to do this project, championed the technology for the access it will provide undiscovered filmmakers.
Asked about the broad implications of his technology for the broadcasting industry, and the potential roadblocks, Glaser, Progressive's president, seized upon Mr. Lee's comments and joked, "We're here to help 'starving artists' like Rupert Murdoch."
(2/11/97, NNS) Hard on the word of the CBS/Westinghouse acquisition of the Nashville Network cable channel, ABC News head Roone Arledge appeared at a hastily-called news conference to announce ABC's purchase of the C-SPAN, the cable public affairs network. This was not the news some anticipated from Arledge, with low news ratings spawning recent rumors that Arledge's job might be on the line. But Arledge's performance at the news conference may add fuel to the fire burning under him.
C-SPAN's programming consists mainly of the televised proceedings of Congress and unedited footage of political events and conferences. Arledge praised C-SPAN for having, "a clarity of purpose and dedication to mission rarely seen in other broadcast organizations." Proving he still has a nasty backhand, Arledge continued, "But, of course, this isn't the kind of thing that's going to get the Bud and Pepsi commercials that made modern broadcasting possible."
C-SPAN staffers present appeared more stunned than offended as Arledge ticked off the points in plans for a dramatic make-over of C-SPAN. Some quotes from Arledge:
"Brian Lamb: knows his stuff.. but this guy makes Mike Dukakis look like David Lee Roth... Brian: wake up and DRINK the coffee!"
"Congressional proceedings: great set, big issues... but no dramatic tension! What can you say when the 'high drama' is listening to classical music for half an hour while the vote count glacially ticks up on the screen? Maybe we can't change the process, but what about some play-by-play... hell, if we can make frigid' golf into good TV, this governing stuff should be a piece of cake."
"The product's sound, but the demographics basically suck. Would it kill democracy to add a little zip to this thing? Listen folks, there's no mystery here... I don't care what angle you go for... historical perspective with Jenny McCarthy on Joe McCarthy... go for the boomers with Sonny and Bono... (responding to nervous laughter in the audience) No, listen! Will it be the end of the Constitution to have Rep. Sonny Bono and Bono from U2 mixing it up on Sunday morning?"
"Our new owners at Disney know something about entertainment... these folks have to realize that just because we're talking public policy, there's doesn't there's no room for a little INTERESTING TV. Show me the Consitutional Amendment that says that the government is best that bores the most."
Whatever else could be said, Arledge certainly left no one bored. There were, however, some obvious gaps in his presentation. This was especially evident when in response to a reporter's question Arledge commented, "Well, jeez, we can only do so much with the product as is. Sure, in a couple of years we may want to change things, but let's give these kids here a chance to test their wings with our ownership and a real network budget. Don't get me wrong though, we're not going to hang the C-SPAN folks out to dry if there are problems. We know some recasting may be needed to make it better TV. It's like the first days of the talkies... there are politicians out there who can stand up and talk for hours on any obscure topic, but they've got to getg the message that that isn't what's needed any more. We'll be there for C-SPAN, whatever it takes... guest shots, cross-promotions, whatever. We'll just have to see how it goes."
C-SPAN chief wary of digital TV
C-SPAN Chairman Brian Lamb, the Paul Revere of cable television, has remounted his steed and begun issuing a new call to arms.
A foe of most government regulations on cable, Lamb is afraid that TV viewers — and small channels, such as his C-SPAN 1 and 2 — will be ambushed by a decision the Federal Communications Commission could make sometime this summer.
The FCC has to consider — and might decide — whether cable operators must retransmit all of the digital channels and high-definition TV (HDTV) programming broadcast by local stations. The first digital broadcasts will hit the airwaves in November in the largest television markets.
It sounds like the kind of issue that only a C-SPAN viewer could love. But Lamb insists that it will affect everyone, from fans of Beavis and Butt-head to Book Notes.
''People will be shocked if this becomes the law of the land,'' Lamb says. ''They'll see what a disaster it will be.''
The danger? Many systems would have to drop as many as 10 existing channels in order to carry additional digital programming from local TV broadcasters. Most operators have little room to add services.
''If 'digital must carry' becomes law, C-SPAN and C-SPAN 2 will go dark in millions more American households,'' Lamb wrote to Congress last week. C-SPAN reaches 71 million cable and satellite subscribers.
If he's right, it's unclear what programming viewers might see instead. Most broadcasters haven't decided what they'll show on digital TV, although the major networks intend to show HDTV in prime time.
Cable executives say that TV stations could easily devote their digital spectrum to profitable, but not socially useful, fare such as home shopping. ''In the end, if broadcasters have programming that's informative and entertaining, then we'll want to carry it,'' says National Cable Television Association President Decker Anstrom.
Stations that lobby for government help to get on cable, he adds ominously, ''are going to invite questions on why they were given (extra digital) spectrum for free.''
Broadcasters counter that Lamb and the cable industry are just trying to scare lawmakers and the public. Operators have more channel capacity than they let on, or at least they should. ''What have they been doing with rate increases at four-to-six times inflation?'' asks National Association of Broadcasters spokesman Dennis Wharton.
What's really at stake, the NAB says, is stations' ability to make a return on their government-mandated investments in digital TV. The average TV station is spending about $10 million for new equipment and facilities. But that could all go to waste if the programs they offer can't be seen by 65% of all viewers, who receive their TV signals via cable.
''The question is, does this administration support a national policy of digital television or will it allow this to become stillborn because of the monopoly power of the cable industry?'' Wharton asks.
Broadcasters also insist that they're on firm legal ground. The U.S. Supreme Court concluded that free local broadcast TV is so important to the public that the government could insist station signals be carried on cable.
It's easy to see why the FCC would love to have broadcasters and cable operators negotiate a solution — and has all but begged them to do so.
But chances for a settlement appear slim. Both sides believe they are standing for a bedrock principle.
Meanwhile, the FCC's Cable and Mass Media Bureaus are hammering out a position that commissioners can use as a starting point for their deliberations.
Possible alternatives include requiring cable to carry just one additional broadcast signal from each station.
The FCC also might let operators forgo channels that require viewers to pay a subscription fee.
For Lamb, though, the debate itself already has taken its toll. C-SPAN has shelved plans to create channels devoted to international politics, domestic policy, and business and labor issues.
And with digital television sets due to cost at least $5,000 when they hit the market this fall, he worries about a national preoccupation with ''television for the rich.''
''You're putting operations like us in a second-class status to make way for television that nobody asked for,'' he says. ''What kind of sense does that make?''
By David Lieberman, USA TODAY
http://www.c-span.org/about/dmc/usatoday0602.asp
C-SPAN Turns to Verity to Enhance its Booknotes.org Web site
Students, Journalists and Fans of the Booknotes TV Program now have Easy, Instant Access to Transcripts and Content from Hundreds of Interviews
Sunnyvale, CA - 2002-04-02 - Verity, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRTY) today announced that C-SPAN has become its latest high-profile customer, adding Verity K2 Enterprise software to its popular Booknotes.org Web site, providing ease-of-use and accessibility enhancements including advanced search, categorization and personalization. Verity is a leading provider of infrastructure software that powers enterprise and e-commerce portals as well as e-business applications.
Booknotes.org offers over 600 transcripts of interviews with non-fiction book authors, as originally shown on the Booknotes television program. Booknotes can be seen Sunday nights at 8pm ET/PT on C-SPAN, the cable industry’s public affairs network. The Booknotes interviews, which date back to 1989, have included well-known figures such as Colin Powell, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Neil Sheehan, Martin Gilbert, Jean Strouse, Betty Friedan and Henry Louis Gates.
“Booknotes.org has been an invaluable resource for students or journalists needing data on particular topics or authors, as well as for book lovers and enthusiasts,” said Chris Long, C-SPAN’s New Media Director. “However, as the sheer quantity of data on the site has accumulated, it has become difficult to track down specific transcripts. Verity’s years of experience helping major corporations improve the navigability and accessibility of their online presence was a major factor in our decision to choose Verity.”
With the new Verity functionality, Booknotes.org users will have the ability to search by author, title or keyword. In addition, the advanced search page will let users search by “sounds like” or “spells like” words, making it easy to find information on hard-to spell authors or subjects. Users can also narrow a search to specific date ranges and search on over a dozen pre-selected categories including American presidents, public policy and media & communications.
C-SPAN expects the addition of Verity technology to be of particular benefit to the primary and secondary educational community. For example, teachers and professors can use the advanced search and classification capabilities to develop lesson plans, while students can search across transcripts to uncover various authors’ viewpoints on historical figures as televised on Booknotes interviews.
“The enhancements made possible by our Verity K2 Enterprise technology will bring further enjoyment and utility to fans of the Booknotes TV program and Web site,” said Verity’s Vice President of Marketing Mike Zuckerman. “The powerful features of Verity’s software, including its ability to categorize data, as well as its flexibility to customize the way results are displayed to users, will be particularly beneficial to C-SPAN.”
About Verity
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Verity is a leading provider of business portal infrastructure software. Verity software gives businesses a multitude of ways to improve access to vital information and perform a range of e-business operations, while enhancing the end-user experience. Verity-powered business portals, which include corporate portals used for sharing information within an enterprise; e-commerce portals for online selling; and market exchange portals for B2B activities, all provide personalized information to employees, partners, customers and suppliers.
Verity products are used by approximately 80 percent of the Fortune 50 and by more than 1,500 corporations in various markets. Customers include Adobe Systems, AT&T, Cisco, CNET, Compaq, Dow Jones, EDGAR Online, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, FairMarket, Financial Times, Globe and Mail, Home Depot, Lotus, NewsEdge Corporation, SAP, Siemens, Sybase, Time New Media and Timex. In 2001, Delphi Group named Verity as the market leader in the portal infrastructure software market.
About C-SPAN and Booknotes.org
Booknotes, C-SPAN's signature author interview program, has served as a forum for books about history, politics and public affairs for a dozen years. C-SPAN's unedited, commercial-free format, allows for an in-depth discussion with an author distinct from other author interview programs. C-SPAN, the political network of record, was created in 1979 by America's cable companies as a public service. C-SPAN is currently available in 85 million households, C-SPAN2 in 68 million households, and C-SPAN3 in 4 million households nationwide. For more information about C-SPAN, visit our web site at www.c-span.org.
This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to Verity and the expected performance of its K2 Enterprise software in the Booknotes.org Web site. Actual results are subject to risks and uncertainties including the risk that integration of the Verity software into the Booknotes.org Web site will be delayed or not occur, or not perform as anticipated, as a result of unforeseen technical difficulties. Risks relating to Verity and its products are set forth in its Form 10-K and other reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under the caption “Risk Factors”.
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Dear WDCU listener:
Thank you for taking the time to contact us about C-SPAN's purchase of
90.1 FM.
While we are sympathetic to your concerns, we don't want to raise the
hopes of WDCU fans that the new 90.1 will program jazz. It is our
intention to offer an all-public affairs format as soon as the FCC
approves the purchase.
What's important to note is that C-SPAN did not seek out 90.1; the
trustees of the University of the District of Columbia made the decision
last Spring to put the station on the market in order to address the
school's serious financial situation. Without the sale, school officials have
explained, UDC would close its doors.
It's also important to understand that - to our knowledge - none of the
interested bidders planned to offer a jazz format. Like C-SPAN, each
potential purchaser of 90.1 had other programming plans in mind. So the
reality is that once UDC put the station on the market, jazz fans were
destined to lose WDCU as an outlet.
WDCU offered a unique service to a special audience in Washington.
C-SPAN radio will be different from WDCU, but we hope it will also grow
to be an important public service to a special group of listeners in the
Washington area.
Sincerely,
C-SPAN Viewer Services
(202) 626-7963
guest Sen. O. Hatch
Pedro is the moderator
they replayed a CALLER's comments from 1-10-06 OPEN PHONES segment after the first day of Alito confirmation hearings.
I've never heard/seen C-SPAN do this.