Friday, August 22, 2008

National Political Coverage from WCTV

Starting next week, for the first time, WCTV will be joining other public access television centers across the nation for live and tape-delayed coverage of the Republican, Democratic, and Green Party Conventions.

We are pre-empting some of the schedule for Channel 20 that is in your current listings. Here are the corrected Channel 20 listings for the week of Sunday August 24th to Saturday August 30th:

Democratic National Convention Coverage 2008: Monday at 10 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday at 3 a.m., 6 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m., and 9 p.m.; Thursday at 3 a.m., 6 a.m., and 2 p.m.; Friday at 5 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Democracy Now!: An award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, expanding to two hours with Convention coverage. Monday at 8 a.m., 11 a.m., 7 p.m., and 11 p.m.; Tuesday through Thursday, 5 a.m., 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 7 p.m., and 11 p.m.; Friday at 5 a.m., 8 a.m., 11 a.m., 11 a.m., 7 p.m., and 11 p.m.

GRITtv with Laura Flanders: Laura Flanders from the RNC and the DNC, with phone and blog interactivity and a positive take on what's going on. Monday at 8 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday 1 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 8 p.m.; Thursday 1 a.m., 10 a.m., and 1 p.m.; Friday at 10 a.m.

Live Obama Acceptance Speech Coverage: Anchored by Ashara Ekundayo and Laura Flanders for pre and post acceptance speech analysis with special guests. Thursday 8:00 p.m.

Green Party National Convention 2008: Presidential candidates acceptance speeches and press conference. Saturday at 1 a.m., 5 a.m., and 1 p.m.


The TV listings for Channel 20 for the week of August 31st will accurately reflect the Republican Convention schedule for that week, including Live McCain Acceptance Speech Coverage on Thursday September 4th at 8 p.m.

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