Interviews with California Candidates Can Help Voters Decide

Sacramento, Calif.—Voters across California now have an opportunity to learn more about the candidates whose names will appear on the November 2 ballot. Interviews of candidates for most major elected offices in the state are now being aired on The California Channel and online at www.calchannel.com. 

These interviews are provided to the public by Cable’s Free Airtime Project, a collaborative effort between the League of Women Voters of California, The California Channel and your local cable provider.

“The League of Women Voters of California Education Fund is proud to partner again with the California Channel on the Free Air Time Project,” said Janis R. Hirohama,

President of the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund. “This unique public service gives Californians an in-depth, up-close look at the candidates for statewide office—real information from the candidates themselves, not ads and sound-bites.  We consider Free Air Time one of the League’s most valuable tools for providing nonpartisan information to California voters in this election.”

All candidates were invited to participate in the interviews. Interviews of candidates for the following offices can be found at https://www.calchannel.com/channel/fap2010/ :

 Governor (interviews available soon)

• U.S. Senate (interviews available soon)
• Lieutenant Governor
• Attorney General
• Secretary of State
• State Controller
• State Treasurer
• Insurance Commissioner
• Supreme Court Justices
• Appellate Court Justices, Third District
• Superintendant of Public Instruction
• State Board of Equalization District 1
• State Board of Equalization District 2
• State Board of Equalization District 3

“Making these interviews available to the public is in line with The California Channel’s mission of informing Californians about the issues that shape the state,” said John Hancock, President of The California Channel. “We hope that as the election draws near, voters turn to The California Channel for the unedited, first-hand information.”

To find out when the interviews will be aired on The California Channel’s local cable stations, please check the television schedule at https://www.calchannel.com/channel/schedule/.

About the California Channel

The California Channel is an independent, non-profit public affairs cable network governed by California's cable television industry, and modeled after the national C-SPAN service. The channel’s primary mission is to provide Californians direct access to "gavel-to-gavel" proceedings of the California Legislature, and other forums where public policy is discussed, debated, and decided - all without editing, commentary, or analysis and with a balanced presentation of viewpoints.

To view streaming and archived video, or to learn on what station the California Channel is carried on your local cable system, visit www.calchannel.com.

Contact:   John Hancock, 916.444.9792, john [at] calchannel.com
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League Partners with Cal Channel to Interview Candidates for Free Airtime Project

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