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DEMOCRACY NOW! ELECTION NIGHT 2018 SPECIAL BROADCAST

On Tuesday November 6, 2018 from 19:00 ET until 00:59 ET November
7, 2018 (election night) Democracy Now! will broadcast a live 6-hour
election night special.

Our usual weekday broadcasts from 08:00–08:59 ET will not be affected.

Amy Goodman and Juan González co-host this special election night
coverage with real-time results from congressional and gubernatorial
races, as well as ballot initiatives from around the country.

Clock

The election night broadcast will be presented as a single 6-hour block
with one-minute music breaks at :59 past each hour and clean ins at the top of each hour.

Promos

Carriage

The program is available to all TV & Radio stations via the following distribution platforms:

TV

TV C-Band (coordinate change Election Night only)
Satellite: Galaxy 16
Transponder: 23C Upper
Downlink Frequency: 4169.00 H
Bandwidth: 18.00
FEC: 3/4
Data Rate: 18.295441
Symbol Rate: 13.235
MPEG: MPEG-2
Modulaton: DVB-S
Modulaton Std: QPSK
Pilot On: No
Chroma Format: 4:2:0

Please contact broadcasters (at) democracynow (dot) org if you need a test window.

PBS/Westlink
SD06 only

FSTV DISH Network 9415
Available live

Radio

PRSS Content Depot
Available as a stream and subsequent file via Content Depot published as Democracy Now! Special 2018 Election Coverage 11/6/18 19:00 ET–11/7/18.

Pacifica KU
Left Channel

democracynow.org/static
Live audio stream

Audio & Video Downloads

Audio & video downloads will be available as 59-minute segments posted to the top of democracynow.org/static. These files will not be posted to the broadcaster XMLs. Availability times are estimates only and will be updated in the event of delays.

Hour 1

Hour 2

Hour 3

Hour 4

Hour 5

Hour 6
Estimated availability: 2:30am ET

Contacts

Editorial Contact:
Mike Burke
212-431-9090 x8815
mike (at) democracynow (dot) org

Technical Contacts:
Julie Crosby
212-431-9090 x8828
julie (at) democracynow (dot) org

David Prude
212-431-9090 x8887
david (at) democracynow (dot) org

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