Media Advisory - Live 12th Congressional District Debate in Belleville
For Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Contact: Jak Tichenor, WSIU-TV, (618) 453-6187, jak.tichenor@wsiu.org
Carbondale, Ill. -- Reporters, camera crews, and photographers are invited to cover the third and final broadcast debate between Illinois 12th Congressional District candidates William Enyart (D-Belleville), Jason Plummer (R-O'Fallon), and Paula Bradshaw (G- Carbondale).
The final broadcast debate will take place before a live audience this Wednesday, October 10 at 7pm at Lindenwood University Auditorium, 2600 West Main Street in Belleville.
WSIU-TV's Jak Tichenor will moderate the debate, with questioning from Jennifer Fuller of WSIU Public Radio, Gary Metro of the Southern Illinoisan, and Beth Hundsdorfer of the Belleville News-Democrat.
The 90-minute debate will air live on the WSIU Radio stations WSIU 91.9 FM, WUSI 90.3 FM, and WVSI 88.9 FM and will be streamed live at bnd.com and thesouthern.com.
WSIU-TV will record the debate for broadcast on their primary HD channels -- WSIU-TV 8 and WUSI-TV 16 -- this Friday, October 12 at 8pm, with a repeat on Sunday, October 14 at 4pm.
WSIU also will air repeats on their WORLD channels -- WSIU-TV 8.2 and WUSI-TV 16.2 -- on Saturday, October 13 at 1:30pm, Sunday, October 14 at 4:30pm, and Monday, October 15 at 6:30pm.
The three candidates previously debated at the WSIU-TV studios in Carbondale and the Marion Cultural and Civic Centerin Marion.
Presented by WSIU Public Broadcasting, the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, the Southern Illinoisan, the Belleville News-Democrat, and Lindenwood University, and sponsored on WSIU in part by Forbes Financial Groupand Marion Subaru.
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