NEW YORK, July 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Hearst
Television Inc., one of the country's largest television station
groups and a Peabody- and Cronkite-award-winning leader in
television and digital political journalism, today announced it
will televise the August 3 Voters
First Forum, featuring GOP presidential candidates, in the 27
local Hearst markets across the United States. The forum is
produced and hosted by New
Hampshire's Union Leader newspaper and C-SPAN.
The two-hour forum will start at 7pm
ET at the Dana Center at St. Anselm
College in Goffstown, New
Hampshire, on Monday, August 3. Currently 14
candidates are scheduled to appear: Jeb
Bush, Ben Carson,
Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly
Fiorina, Lindsey Graham,
Bobby Jindal, John Kasich, George
Pataki, Rand Paul,
Rick Perry, Marco Rubio, Rick
Santorum and Scott
Walker. Jack Heath of
Manchester's WGIR-AM Radio, host
of the station's New Hampshire Today program, will moderate
the forum. Each candidate will have approximately five minutes to
answer questions individually on the stage.
Hearst Television, collectively reaching nearly 21 million
households, will provide the C-SPAN telecast to its stations for
local broadcast. The forum will air on either the station's
primary or digital channel and will be streamed from its
website. This enables broadcast-only viewers in these markets
the opportunity of seeing the forum as part of Hearst Television's
ongoing Commitment 2016 initiative, which will include
multiple debates at the national, regional and local levels, as
well as other special political coverage leading up to November 2016.
Hearst Television reaches millions of viewers throughout key
election states. Three Hearst stations serve viewers in the first
three caucus and primary states: WMUR-TV in Manchester, NH, KCCI-TV in Des Moines, Iowa, and WYFF-TV in Greenville, South Carolina.
"This is an opportunity for us to provide our viewers a chance
to see and hear from the large majority of the GOP candidates in
advance of the first national debate," said Emerson Coleman, vice president, programming, at
Hearst Television. "There are more than two million
households in the cities we serve that may not otherwise have the
ability to view this important event on television."
C-SPAN will show the forum, in its entirety, on C-SPAN TV,
C-SPAN Radio, and via livestream on C-SPAN.org. In addition
to C-SPAN, the Union Leader, WGIR-AM and St.
Anselm, forum co-sponsors include: I-Heart Networks; the
Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette; KCRG –TV, Cedar Rapids; the Charleston (S.C.) Post & Courier; and
WLXT-TV, Columbia, S.C.
About Hearst Television
Hearst Television, a national multi-media company, owns and
operates 31 local television stations and two local radio stations,
serving 32 U.S. cities and reaching approximately 19% of U.S.
television households. The TV stations broadcast 60
video channels, featuring local and national news, weather,
information, sports and entertainment programming, and local
community service-oriented programs. The stations also host
and operate digital on-line and mobile platforms that extend the
company's brands and content to local, national and international
audiences. Hearst Television is recognized as one of the
industry's premier companies, and has been honored with numerous
awards for distinguished journalism, industry innovation, and
community service. Hearst Television is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Hearst Corporation. The Company's Web address
is www.hearsttelevision.com.
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