Guests for First Episode of TV One's New Sunday Public Affairs Series Washington Watch with Roland Martin Premiering Sunday, Sept. 27 Include Vice President Joseph Biden and House Majority Whip James Clyburn

Guests for First Episode of TV One's New Sunday Public Affairs Series Washington Watch with Roland Martin Premiering Sunday, Sept. 27 Include Vice President Joseph Biden and House Majority Whip James Clyburn

SILVER SPRING, Md., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Vice President Joseph Biden and U.S. House of Representatives Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) are the scheduled guests on the premiere episode of TV One's new Sunday public affairs series Washington Watch with Roland Martin, which premieres Sunday, Sept. 27 at 11 AM, repeating at 5 PM (all times ET).

Hosted by TV One political editor, CNN and Tom Joyner Morning Show analyst Roland Martin, the new hour-long weekly public affairs series will focus on issues of importance to African Americans, through interviews with officials from the Administration, Congress and other policymakers who represent black communities, as well as discussions with journalists and commentators, and a wide range of policy experts.

Other panelists on the premiere episode are expected to include: The Washington Post National Editor Kevin Merida; syndicated columnist and author Deborah Mathis; American Urban Radio Networks White House correspondent April Ryan; Comcast Network Washington Bureau Chief and Philadelphia Tribune columnist Robert Traynham; Washington Times columnist and commentator Armstrong Williams; and Interactive One Chief Content Officer Smokey Fontaine.

Launched in January 2004, TV One (www.tvoneonline.com) serves more than 48.3 million households, offering a broad range of entertainment, reality and lifestyle-oriented original programming, classic series, movies, and music designed to entertain, inform and inspire a diverse audience of adult African American viewers. TV One's investors include Radio One (Nasdaq: ROIA and ROIAK; www.radio-one.com), the largest radio company that primarily targets African American and urban listeners; Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA and CMCSK; www.comcast.com), the leading cable television company in the country; The DirecTV Group; Constellation Ventures; Syndicated Communications; and Opportunity Capital Partners.

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