Company Town
Washington bureau chiefs of every TV network have made a joint request to Sen. Mitch McConnell to ensure better pictures for next week’s coverage.
Jan. 15, 2020
Politics
While the broadcast networks wrestle with hours and ways of covering the Democratic National Convention on prime-time TV this week, C-SPAN, the TV network beloved by policy wonks and congressional-hearings junkies everywhere, will be in its usual element: providing gavel-to-gavel coverage of everything that moves at the podium--and a lot that doesn’t--with no editing, no commercials, no high-priced political commentators and no famous TV anchors.
July 13, 1992
Entertainment & Arts
C-SPAN has been heralded along with CNN by media critics as a smart choice for television viewers who want to stay briefed on the events in the Persian Gulf.
Feb. 24, 1991
Awards
The Democratic House members’ 25 ½ hour sit-in over gun legislation turned C-SPAN into TV’s hottest cable network.
June 23, 2016
Television
The Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network--best known as C-SPAN--will be recognized by its cable peers Sunday during “The 14th Annual CableACE Awards” ceremony, which will be telecast live on Lifetime Television.
Jan. 17, 1993
TV or not TV. . . .
Nov. 6, 1990
The U.S.
Nov. 14, 1988
Margie Grills charged toward the canary yellow bus with “C-SPAN” emblazoned across its side.
April 3, 1994
In a policy shift that will cost it thousands of dollars in advertising revenue, the Fox network will be joining ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN and C-SPAN in airing the series of three presidential debates that begin Sunday at 4 p.m.
Oct. 10, 1992
C-SPAN has been heralded along with CNN by media critics as a smart choice for television viewers who want to stay briefed on events in the Persian Gulf.