C-SPAN Bus to Roll Through Mobile

Jul 29th, 2008

Mobile residents will join the thousands who have toured C-SPAN’s Campaign 2008 Bus as part of the “Road to the White House” tour when the bus stops in Mobile on July 30, 2008. The 45-foot mobile production studio is on the campaign trail to promote and enhance C-SPAN’s comprehensive political coverage. It is currently traveling to major political events such as conventions, candidate debates and speeches, touring state capitols, and conducting educational programs for teachers and students. Since its January 2007 launch, the bus has been to 43 state capitols; 136 universities and 213 schools where 374 elected officials; 5,500 teachers; over 40,000 students and 4 presidential candidates have been on board.

These events, in partnership with Comcast, are part of the bus’s inaugural “Road to the White House” tour, named after C-SPAN’s renowned political program that marks its 20th year on the air in 2008.

Event:
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
10:00 am - 1:00 pm - Government Plaza/ East Side
*Bus will be parked on Conception Street.

“With interest in presidential politics growing we’re excited to be on the road with the Campaign 2008 Bus,” said Rebecca Stewart, C-SPAN Marketing Representative. “As the political network of record, we’re pleased to offer a variety of resources for educators, students, first-time voters and the general public as part of our extensive coverage of the 2008 conventions and the presidential election. We plan to log over 5,000 hours of Campaign 2008 programming on our network and the Campaign 2008 Bus helps play a part in bringing C-SPAN coverage into the community.”

A revamped version of the network’s award-winning School Bus, the Campaign 2008 Bus sports a new exterior design wrap in election themes along with interior modifications that include the latest television production equipment.

C-SPAN Classroom, www.c-spanclassroom.org, a free membership service for middle and high school teachers, offers a selection of free, downloadable video clips picked from the network’s extensive political programming including “Road to the White House” that are updated weekly and “classroom-ready” allowing teachers to readily incorporate a study of presidential politics into their curriculum.

Look for C-SPAN’s political coverage on the C-SPAN networks, C-SPAN Radio, c-span.org, or the one-stop 2008 election Web site, CampaignNetwork.org.

In Mobile, C-SPAN can be seen on Comcast channel 44, C-SPAN2 on channel 45, and C-SPAN3 on channel 105.