Democracy Now! 2024 Conventions Coverage Broadcaster Information

Democracy Now! will provide an extra hour of special on-the ground coverage Monday through Friday during the 2024 Republican and Democratic National Conventions. Amy Goodman and the Democracy Now! crew will travel to Milwaukee and Chicago to report from the streets, to the suites, to the convention floor.

File Downloads

Broadcaster media files for the 2024 Conventions coverage can be downloaded here.

Promos

DNC Video
DNC Audio

If your station has specific promo needs, please contact us.

Live Broadcast Schedule

RNC: July 15–19, 8:00–9:59am ET
DNC: Aug 19–23, 8:00–9:59am ET

During these periods, Democracy Now! will be presented as normal, as a 59-minute program from 08:00-08:59 ET, followed immediately by an additional second, stand-alone hour. There will be a one-minute music break from 8:59-9:00am ET, with a clean in at 9:00am ET, running live from 09:00-09:59 ET. Both hours will include news headlines and an outro.

Stations have the option of running either or both hours, consecutively as a 1:59 hour program or as 2 stand-alone hours.

Clock

All times ET

• 8:00:00–Hour 1 start
• 8:59:00–Music break
• 8:59:57–Silence
• 9:00:00–Hour 2 start
• 9:59:00–Program end

Democracy Now! Streams & Files

Live audio (mp3) and video (HLS & RTMP) streams will be available at https://democracynow.org/static and files of the programs will be available for download on the following schedule:

Audio

• Hour 1: 9:30am ET
• Hour 2: 10:30am ET

Video

• Hour 1: 11:00am ET
• Hour 2: Noon ET

Content Depot

If you receive DN! through Content Depot, you must subscribe to the second hour for each week:

• RNC: Democracy Now! 2024 RNC Hour 2
• DNC: Democracy Now! 2024 DNC Hour 2

Pacifica Audioport

The programs will be streamed via http://ku.audioport.org:37628/kuleft_128
and available as file downloads via https://ku.audioport.org

C-Band Satellite (TV)

If you would like to downlink the second hour via C-Band please contact us to make arrangements.

Westlink (PBS)

There will be a 60 second music break between the hours.

• 8:00am ET: NOLA code DNOW
• 9:00am ET: NOLA code DNEX

LTN

To subscribe via LTN please contact us to make arrangements.

Free Speech TV

When both hours air, there will be a 60 second music break between the hours.

RNC

• 8:00am ET: Hour 1
• 6:00pm ET: Hour 1 & Hour 2
• Midnight ET: Hour 1 & Hour 2

DNC

Mon, Tue & Fri

• 8:00am ET: Hour 1
• 6:00pm ET: Hour 1 & Hour 2
• Midnight ET: Hour 1 & Hour 2

Wed & Thu

• 8:00am ET: Hour 1
• 6:00pm ET: Hour 1
• 10:00pm ET: Hour 1 & Hour 2
• Midnight ET: Hour 1 & Hour 2

Telvue

The second hour of programming will be uploaded to the HD 16:9 MPEG-4 and SD 4:3 MPEG-PS Democracy Now! Series with ”DNC Hour 2” appended to the title. So for example:

• Hour 1: DN! Monday, August 19, 2024
• Hour 2: DN! Monday, August 19, 2024–DNC Hour 2

Telvue stations can also carry both hours live via Playout or Hypercaster using the RTMP and HLS feeds at https://democracynow.org/static.

Contacts

Editorial Contact
Mike Burke
212-431-9090 x8815

Technical Contacts
Send us an email
Jon Randolph
212-542-0538

David Prude
212-431-9090 x8887