History Creator / CSPAN

->''Created by Cable. Offered as a Public Service.''
-->-- '''C-SPAN slogan'''

The '''Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network''', or '''C-SPAN''', is an American non-profit cable network which primarily covers proceedings and policy discussions within the U.S. government. It was founded in 1979 by journalist and cable executive Brian Lamb. With an audience of 100 million cable viewers, C-SPAN offers unedited "gavel-to-gavel" coverage of Congress, political rallies and conventions, speaking engagements with lawmakers and authors, and one-on-one interviews. In recent years, C-SPAN -- through its sister channels C-SPAN 2 and C-SPAN 3, as well as its D.C.-area radio station-- has expanded its programming to historical documentaries and coverage of UsefulNotes/PrimeMinistersQuestionTime in the U.K. It is the only channel devoted to PoliticalProgrammes that is consistently politically non-aligned, and works very hard to keep it that way; unusually, every host (or moderator) of a C-SPAN program has [[LossOfIdentity never said their name on the air]] in order to keep the pure politics the only thing in focus.

Notable programs:

* ''The Communicators'': A weekend show focusing on politicians, journalists, and businesspeople involved in the media.

* ''Book TV'': A weekend programming block on C-SPAN 2 which deals with authors promoting non-fiction (usually political) books; interview programs in this block include ''After Words'' and ''In Depth''.

The '''Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network''', or '''C-SPAN''', is an American non-profit cable network which primarily covers proceedings and policy discussions within the U.S. government. It was founded in 1979 by journalist and cable executive Brian Lamb. With an audience of 100 million cable viewers, C-SPAN offers unedited "gavel-to-gavel" coverage of Congress, political rallies and conventions, speaking engagements with lawmakers and authors, and one-on-one interviews. In recent years, C-SPAN -- through its sister channels C-SPAN 2 and C-SPAN 3, as well as its D.C.-area radio station-- has expanded its programming to historical documentaries and coverage of UsefulNotes/PrimeMinistersQuestionTime in the U.K. It is the only channel devoted to PoliticalProgrammes that is consistently politically non-aligned, and works very hard to keep it that way.

The '''Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network''', or '''C-SPAN''', is an American non-profit cable network which primarily covers proceedings and policy discussions within the U.S. government. It was founded in 1979 by journalist and cable executive Brian Lamb. With an audience of 100 million cable viewers, C-SPAN offers unedited "gavel-to-gavel" coverage of Congress, political rallies and conventions, speaking engagements with lawmakers and authors, and one-on-one interviews. In recent years, C-SPAN -- through its sister channels C-SPAN 2 and C-SPAN 3, as well as its D.C.-area radio station-- has expanded its programming to historical documentaries and coverage of PrimeMinistersQuestionTime in the U.K. It is the only channel devoted to PoliticalProgrammes that is consistently politically non-aligned, and works very hard to keep it that way.

The '''Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network''', or '''C-SPAN''', is an American non-profit cable network which primarily covers proceedings and policy discussions within the U.S. government. It was founded in 1979 by journalist and cable executive Brian Lamb. With an audience of 100 million cable viewers, C-SPAN offers unedited "gavel-to-gavel" coverage of Congress, political rallies and conventions, speaking engagements with lawmakers and authors, and one-on-one interviews. In recent years, C-SPAN -- through its sister channels C-SPAN 2 and C-SPAN 3, as well as its D.C.-area radio station-- has expanded its programming to historical documentaries and coverage of PrimeMinistersQuestionTime in the U.K. It is pretty much the only channel devoted to PoliticalProgrammes that is politically non-aligned, and works very hard to keep it that way.

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''Washington Journal'': C-SPAN's morning news program.
''Book TV'': A programming block on C-SPAN 2 which deals with authors promoting non-fiction (usually political) books; interview programs in this block include ''After Words'' and ''In Depth''.
''Newsmakers'': A Sunday morning political chat show.
''Q&A'': A Sunday evening interview program hosted by Brian Lamb.
''The Communicators'': A weekend show focusing on politicians, journalists, and businesspeople involved in the media.

The '''Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network''', or '''C-SPAN''', is an American non-profit cable network which primarily covers proceedings and policy discussions within the U.S. government. It was founded in 1979 by journalist and cable executive Brian Lamb. With an audience of 100 million cable viewers, C-SPAN offers unedited "gavel-to-gavel" coverage of Congress, political rallies and conventions, speaking engagements with lawmakers and authors, and one-on-one interviews. In recent years, C-SPAN -- through its sister channels C-SPAN2 and C-SPAN3, as well as its D.C.-area radio station-- has expanded its programming to historical documentaries and coverage of PrimeMinistersQuestionTime in the U.K. It is pretty much the only channel devoted to PoliticalProgrammes that is politically non-aligned, and works very hard to keep it that way.

''Book TV'': A programming block on C-SPAN2 which deals with authors promoting non-fiction (usually political) books; interview programs in this block include ''After Words'' and ''In Depth''.