Live Feed of PBS' 'All-American Presidential Forums' Moderated by Tavis Smiley

Live Feed of PBS' 'All-American Presidential Forums' Moderated by Tavis Smiley

Democratic Candidates to Appear on Live Broadcast From Howard University in

Washington, DC, Airing Nationwide on PBS on June 28

WHAT: The "All-American Presidential Forums" on PBS, moderated by Tavis Smiley, is an historic broadcast marking the first time that a panel exclusively comprised of journalists of color will be represented in primetime. Tavis Smiley, along with journalists Michel Martin of National Public Radio, nationally syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr. and USA Today and Gannett News Service columnist DeWayne Wickham, will question candidates on issues ranging from healthcare and housing to Katrina relief, the economy and the environment, among others, as outlined in the #1 The New York Times best-seller, Covenant With Black America. This forum will provide the first major opportunity for the candidates to present a detailed discourse and dialogue on their social agendas.

(A second forum for Republican presidential candidates will be held on September 27, 2007, on the campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.)

WHO: Democratic presidential candidates - U.S. Senator Joe Biden, U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd, former U.S. Senator John Edwards, former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel, U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Senator Barack Obama and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson.

   WHEN:   THURSDAY, JUNE 28           9:00 to 10:30 p.m.     Democratic Presidential Forum (see below           for live feed info)    WHERE:  Cramton Auditorium at Howard University in Washington, DC   

WHITE HOUSE POOL FEED ID WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THURS. 6/28, LOOK FOR SEPARATE ANNOUNCEMENT.

   SATELLITE FEED COORDINATES:           AMC 3 k18 Ch 807           14365 H up           12064 V dn           Access # 850 414 0104           S/R 6.62           FEC 3 / 4           Data 9.1512   

Feed is in clear and will be available June 28, 20:55-22:30 EDT (live broadcast).

PBS will allow use of up to 2 minutes of footage from the program for news purposes. All footage in excess of 2 minutes is subject to KCET consent.

This video credit must be chyroned while footage is broadcast: PBS/All- American Presidential Forum with Tavis Smiley. Please contact: Yvonne Johnson, KCET, 323-953-5354

   Technical contact for all other information:   O'Brian McKinley, Director, Network Operations Center/ PBS   (703) 739-5271 (work)      (571) 436-4423 (cell)    Web Site: http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/special/forums/   Press Web Site: http://www.pbs.org/pressroom   

CONTACT: Carrie Johnson, +1-703-739-5129, +1-202-368-8228 (cell), Stephanie Aaronson, +1-703-739-5074, +1-703-338-6986 (cell), both of PBS; or Dawn Bergantino, +1-202-973-5800, +1-202-270-3211, for PBS.

PRNewswire-USNewswire -- June 27

Source: PBS

Web site: http://www.pbs.org/

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