Big event tonight! Get your rant on! CSPAN w/24 hours of viewer call ins

[notadmblnd]

Here is DU's chance to be heard. Beginning tonight at 8.p.m. EST CSPAN is celebrating 25 years of programming by honoring viewers with 24 hours of open calls.

Everyone.... get your rants together and call!

[0007]

1. Phil Donahue will kick it off at 8:00pm est. Should be great!

[AllegroRondo]

14. Call Phil and tell him he was great on O'Reilly!

He really showed Billy how debates are won!

[Bozita]

2. Thanks for the reminder

recommended

[WatchWhatISay]

3. The only people who really watch C-Span already have their minds firmly

made up. They are people who are more interested than most in political matters. It's hard to imagine anyone changing sides because of what they heard on Cspan.

[notadmblnd]

4. thank you for that small note of optimisim

Gee I just love it when people are full of sunshine :sarcasm:

[stillcool]

6. So?

i generally can't listen to those whacko's anymore...because rarely are they called on their crap. Might be nice to have the opportunity to respond before they change the topic or switch programming.

[notadmblnd]

10. my post said "get your rant on"

not listen to the wackos. you don't have to listen to be able to call in and for those of you that don't care... you don't have to grace this thread with your presence.

However, I do still believe that there are people here that may be interested and I absolutely know that DU and it's community has the ability to make a difference!

[stillcool]

15. i wasn't referring to your post....

it was in reply to 'not changing anyone's mind'.

[notadmblnd]

16. Sorry, My bad.

nt

[stillcool]

18. no prob...

:hi:

[The Witch]

12. I disagree

I have learned a lot from watching c-span. it's a place to see where other people think, and THAT other people think... for every wacko there's someone who's giving reasoned points and i am very thankful for it, because it humanizes us all.

[Pithy Cherub]

5. Is it set up to discuss topics by hours?

:popcorn: My fave programming...:rant: ;)

[notadmblnd]

7. It doesn't say in the program discription

A 25-hour call-in marathon commemorates 25 years of viewer calls that began with television's first-ever, regularly scheduled, national viewer call-in program on October 7, 1980, when the 19-month-old network televised a live viewer call-in program from the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

I do know they have scheduled guest, but have no idea if topics will be structured.

[ThomWV]

8. No Shit! That's Great.

I will be listening. Here's something I have said before that doesn't seem to be much appreciated, but something I believe to the depth of my heart: C-Span is of greater value in perserving our Democracy than any one of the branches of our military - usually I say the Marine Crops.

[in_cog_ni_to]

9. RANDI RHODES is one of the hosts! I "think" she's on tomorrow??

at 1:00 P.M.? Does C-SPAN have the schedule up for this?

[The Witch]

11. 1-2 pm et saturday

:loveya: randi

[notadmblnd]

13. not in any detail

I'll check tonight before I post my nightly CSPAN schedule. look for it later in the CSPAN group forum on DU.

[zanne]

17. Y'AWL call in!

I haven't heard the words "y'all" used so much since Reagan was president! Do normal people really say that in everyday life? (And, if they do, WHY?)

[notadmblnd]

20. Who said that?

I checked to see if I used y'all, it wasn't me so I'm not sure what you are talking about.

[crispini]

24. I do. It's the plural of YOU.

Quite useful. :D

[CottonBear]

26. I've used y'all many times each day for my whole life.

It's what we say in the South. Everyone says y'all here. It's a great word. :) It's the contraction of you all.

Where do you live? Don't they say "you guys" in the Northeast?

[never cry wolf]

19. Here's the schedule and topics

http://www.c-span.org/c-span25/viewercalls.asp



C-SPAN MARKS 25 YEARS OF CALL-IN PROGRAMMING

C-SPAN launched television’s first-ever, regularly scheduled national viewer call-in program on October 7, 1980 from the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. We’re marking the call-in anniversary with a live, 25-Hour Call-In Marathon starting on Friday, October 7, 2005, at 8 p.m. and continuing through Saturday, October 8, 2005 at 9 p.m. ET.

Every hour, the special program will highlight key events from a year in recent history starting with 1980. Interviews with guests who helped shape or cover the event, archival video and statistics from that year are scheduled. Also, interviews with 25 winners from C-SPAN’s Viewer Call-In Essay Contest will be featured hourly.

25th ANNIVERSARY OF C-SPAN CALL-INS: PROGRAM SCHEDULE
(All Times Eastern -- Video will be available Sunday, October 9.)

1980-1981: Friday 8-9:30pm
Topic: Have call-ins changed the political discussion?
Guest: Phil Donahue
Guest: Pat Buchanan
Contest Winners: Carole Troll, Woodhaven, NY &
Barret Kalellis, Pinckney, MI

1981-1982: Friday 9:30-11pm
Topic: Memorable Members of Congress
Guest: Tony Blankley, Op-Ed page editor, Washington Times
Contest Winner: Kathleen Holowach, El Cajon, CA

1983: Friday 11pm-midnight
Topic: The Middle East
Guest: Georgie Anne "Gigi" Geyer, author and reporter
Contest Winner: Scott Gray, Birmingham, AL

1984: Saturday midnight-1am
Topic: Iowa/NH and presidential politics
Guests: David Yepsen, Des Moines Register & Joseph McQuaid, The New Hampshire Union Leader
Contest Winner: Joel Steinberg, Fairfax Station, VA

1985: Saturday 1am-2am
Topic: The Reagan years
Guest: Lou Cannon, Reagan biographer
Contest Winner: Mary McGinnis, Rupert, ID

1986: Saturday 2am-3am
Topic: Space exploration
Guest: Dr. Louis Friedman, Executive Director, Planetary Society
Contest Winner: Ron LueDecke, Palms, CA

1987: Saturday: 3am-4am
Topic: Presidential scandals and their impact on democracy
Guests: Susan Page, USA Today & Carl Leubsdorf, Dallas Morning News
Contest Winner: Anthony Lee, Berkeley, CA

1988: Saturday 4am-5am
Topic: The legacy of President Bush "41"
Guest: Jim Pinkerton, syndicated columnist and contributor, Fox News Channel
Contest Winner: Patrick Turner, Hermosa Beach, CA

1989: Saturday 5am-6am
Topic: Role of the U.S. in the world
Guests: Christopher Hitchens, columnist, Vanity Fair
Contest Winner: Christina Carlson, Lihue, HI

1990: Saturday 6am-7am
Topic: Congressional scandals
Guest: Kwame Holman, Washington correspondent, The Newshour with Jim Lehrer (PBS)
Contest Winner: Maria Lyda, Tulsa, OK

1991: Saturday 7am-8am
Topic: Supreme court nominations
Guest: Joan Biskupic, Supreme Court reporter, USA Today
Contest Winner: Joe Martin, Oceanside, CA

1992: Saturday 8am-9am
Topic: The legacy of President Clinton
Guest: John Podesta, former Chief of Staff to President Clinton
Contest Winner: Judy Hammond, Alachua, FL

1993: Saturday 9am-10am
Topic: Role of the media in covering Washington
Guest: Nick Gillespie, editor, Reason magazine
Contest Winner: Kathleen O'Donnell, Keene, NH

1994: Saturday 10am-11am
Topic: GOP takeover
Guests: Former Rep. Tom Foley (D-WA) & Former Rep. Robert Walker (R-PA)
Contest Winner: Dain Pascocello, Hopewell Junction, NY

1995: Saturday 11am-Noon
Topic: Race relations
Guest: Commissioner Gerald Reynolds, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Contest Winner: Carolyn Ross, Oxford, MS

1996: Saturday Noon-1pm
Topic: Social Washington
Guest: Sally Quinn, author and former reporter for Style section of Washington Post
Contest Winner: Robert Meehan, Houston, TX

1997: Saturday 1pm-2pm
Topic: Influence of talk radio
Guests: Randi Rhodes, "Randi Rhodes Show on Air America," and Janet Parshall, "Janet Parshall's America"
Contest Winner: Stephanie Clemens, State College, PA

1998: Saturday 2pm-3pm
Topic: The Clinton impeachment
Guest: Matt Drudge, The Drudge Report
Contest Winner: Robert Ewoldt, Chicago, IL

1999: Saturday 3pm-4pm
Topic: Violence in schools
Guest: Reg Weaver, president, National Education Association
Contest Winner: Andrew Ohmer, Indianapolis, IN

2000: Saturday 4pm-5pm
Topic: President Bush "43"
Guests: TBD
Contest Winner: Krystal Reyes, Moline, IL

2001: Saturday 5pm-6pm
Topic: International terrorism
Guest: Jessica Stern, professor, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and author
Contest Winners: Cesar Muedas, Brentwood, TN &
Diane Shockey, Gaylord, MI

2002: Saturday 6pm-7pm
Topic: Corporate scandals
Guests: Marilyn Geewax, economics and technology correspondent, Cox News Service
Contest Winner: Andrew Emerson, Dallas, TX

2003: Saturday 7-8pm *
Topic: War in Iraq
Guests: William Kristol, editor, The Weekly Standard & Frank Rich, columnist, The New York Times
*Erika Barger, Grand Prize Winner in C-SPAN's Viewer Call-In Essay Contest, to co-host with C-SPAN's Brian Lamb this hour

2004/2005 Saturday 8pm-9pm
Topic: Wrap-up and viewer calls

[zanne]

22. So we can't call in?

According to the schedule, they'll feature calls from 1980 to the present. They don't mention anything about live call-ins.

[CottonBear]

25. Yes we can cal in. They have viewer guest hosts for each segment.

The viewers won essay contests and get to host and take the calls! Cool!

[zanne]

28. Thank you, CottonBear! n/t

[CottonBear]

30. You are welcome! Take the baton! Peace CB n/t

[zanne]

21. I can yell at my TV for 24 hours?

Bad news for the cats. The poor things will be begging to go outside tonight.

[notadmblnd]

23. kick

:kick:

[guajira]

27. Thanks for the Heads up and the schedule

Du posters are the greatest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:loveya: :kick:

[doublethink]

29. This is worth a .....

:kick: between this and the Angels vs Yankees game tonight there should be a few rants going on in this household too. :)