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2001

January 22
C-SPAN3 is launched as a national digital cable network, offering live coverage of national events on weekdays and long-form history programming overnights and weekends.

March 19 - September 10
"American Writers: A Journey Through History" is launched-a ten-month series exploring America's history through writers.

September 11
C-SPAN brings in New York City and Washington, D.C. local news feeds of the attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon as well as international news from around the world. C-SPAN offers multiple hours of phone segments for viewer reaction.

November 7
"Booknotes: Stories from American History," the third book related to the Booknotes series is published by Public Affairs.

November 12
C-SPAN Radio reaches a national audience with the advent of satellite radio.

December 12
The first of over 50 Enron bankruptcy-related congressional hearings is aired.

2002

March
The C-SPAN in the Classroom American Writers Web Site receives a 2002 Beacon Award.

March 31 - July 7
C-SPAN launches the history series, American Writers II: The 20th Century, a live two-hour program from a historic site exploring a writer's significance in the twentieth century. Featured authors include: Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, H.L. Mencken, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Ayn Rand, Ernie Pyle, Jack Kerouac and James Baldwin.

August 15
C-SPAN airs the first of over 100 Senate, House and Gubernatorial debates for the 2002 midterm election.

October 9
C-SPAN Radio marks its 5th anniversary.

2003

April-May
C-SPAN and Comcast present "Students and Leaders" - an educational experience for students at 40 DC-area schools during which national journalists and leaders discussed leadership and their commitment to public service.

May
C-SPAN's Students and Leaders launches in Washington, D.C. Education program brings local leaders to high school classrooms to discuss leadership and public service, and airs to a national audience on the C-SPAN networks. Subsequent Students and Leaders held in New York City, Los Angeles and San Diego.

September 12
BookTV celebrates its 5th anniversary.


ONLINE PRESS KIT >>

Contest Winners
Read the essays of the 25 contest winners.

Press Releases
Sep. 28, 2005 -- Winners Named in C-SPAN Viewer Essay Contest Marking 25 Years of Viewer Calls

Sep. 14, 2005 -- C-SPAN Marks 25 Years Of Viewer Calls-Ins With LIVE, 25-Hour Call-In Program On Oct. 7

Aug. 17, 2005 -- C-SPAN Marks 25 Years Of Viewer Calls-Ins With LIVE, 25-Hour Call-In Program On Oct. 7

News Articles
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) - Oct. 10, 2005
Talkers Magazine - Cover Story Oct. 2005
Jewish World Review - Columnist David Brooks, Nov. 1999

History of Call-Ins on Radio and Television
A timeline of call-in programs

Evolution of Call-Ins on C-SPAN
A timeline of call-in programs at C-SPAN

More about C-SPAN's 25 Years of Viewer Call-Ins
Background information on C-SPAN call-in programs

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