C-SPAN 25th Anniversary

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1977-1979 | 1980-1981 | 1982-1985 | 1986-1988 | 1989-1991
1992-1994 | 1995-1997 | 1998-2000 | 2001-2003 | 2004-2006 | 2007

1995

January
C-SPAN wins its second Golden Cable ACE award, the industry's highest annual honor, for the C-SPAN School Bus.

March
C-SPAN wins the Golden Beacon Award for the C-SPAN School Bus, as well as a second Beacon for its customer relations efforts using the Bus.

April
C-SPAN launches www.c-span.org.

1996

January 1
National launch of the second C-SPAN School Bus takes place in Washington, D.C.

May
C-SPAN sponsors "First Vote," a $200,000 scholarship competition for students voting for the first time in a presidential election.

May 18
C-SPAN2 launches About Books, a 5-hour weekend programming block devoted to books, authors and the publishing industry.

June
C-SPAN receives award for programming by the National Education Association.

1997

January
C-SPAN offers live, video web coverage of the House and Senate on the Internet.

May 1997-February 1998
C-SPAN produces The Alexis de Tocqueville Tour, a nine-month series retracing the steps of the French aristocrat and author of "Democracy in America."

June
"Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing and the Power of Ideas" is published by Times Books.

The C-SPAN School Bus travels to Hawaii, marking the 50th state the Bus has visited since its launch in November 1993.

September 15
C-SPAN Extra, the network's third television network, debuts with a focus on live coverage of public affairs events.

October 9
C-SPAN Radio 90, a 24-hour public affairs radio station serving the Washington-Baltimore market, goes on the air.


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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