Press Contact: Teri L. Sullivan
WKNO/Channel 10
(901) 729-8735
tlsullivan@wkno.org
January 5, 2012
For Immediate Release
WKNO Offers Statewide Coverage of the
107th Tennessee General Assembly Sessions
WKNO, along with Tennessee’s other five public television stations, will begin broadcasting coverage of legislative sessions of the 107th Tennessee General Assembly on Tuesday, January 10 at noon. The sessions will air on WKNO2, available over the air on Channel 10.2 and on Comcast Digital Channel 910 and generally air Monday through Thursday while the State Legislature is in session.
The coverage, which is in partnership with the Tennessee General Assembly, offers citizens a chance to witness Senate and House sessions. Selected committee meetings will also air. The schedule for each week’s broadcasts will be decided by the Tennessee Senate and House on the previous Thursdays. Schedule updates will be available each week on wkno.org.
This project is funded under an agreement with the Tennessee General Assembly and with additional support from AT&T and BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and by the following members of the Tennessee Credit Union League: Appalachian Community Federal Credit Union; Ascend Federal Credit Union; Bowater Employees Credit Union; City of Memphis Credit Union; First South Financial Credit Union; Kimberly Clark Credit Union; Leaders Credit Union; Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union; US Community Credit Union; and UT Federal Credit Union.
“Since becoming lieutenant governor, I have done all that I can to make state government more accessible to the people we serve. Our legislative sessions and committee meetings are streamed live over the internet and archived for anyone with access to a computer,” said Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey. “Now, thanks to our public television stations, Tennesseans can now witness their democracy in action from the comfort of their home television. This service is an outstanding expansion of our mission to make Tennessee the most open and transparent state in the Union.”
“The work of public television stations across this great state to bring our legislative proceedings into the living rooms of Tennesseans from Memphis to Mountain City is to be commended,” said Speaker Beth Harwell. “We appreciate their broadcast of state government, and their commitment to ensure the process is more transparent and more accessible to the public. Efforts such as this are the very foundation of principles on which this country was founded.”
“We are proud to have established this partnership with our state government,” said Michael LaBonia, WKNO President & CEO. “Having an informed citizenry is an important part of our democratic process, and WKNO is proud to be a part of informing the public.”
WKNO is a non-profit, private foundation serving the Mid-South for more than 50 years. An important community resource, WKNO uses the power of non-commercial public broadcasting to provide the Mid-South with quality educational and cultural programs that inform, entertain, and inspire. For more information: wkno.org
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