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• Television network C-SPAN features original public affairs programs and provides 24-hour coverage of government proceedings. Much of the network's programing is focused on live coverage of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

• Fast Facts

  1. Acronym for "Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network"
  2. Founder: Brian Lamb
  3. Launched: March 19, 1979
  4. Headquarters: Washington, DC
  5. Parent Company: National Cable Satellite Corporation
  6. Launched with $25,000 of start-up capital
  7. First broadcast was a speech by Congressman Al Gore
  8. C-SPAN2 covers all live sessions of the Senate
  9. C-SPAN Radio launched in 1997

• Organization

  C-SPAN is operated as a non-profit subsidiary of the National Cable Satellite Corporation. The network does not solicit or accept advertising, and is primarily funded through subscription fees to cable and satellite operators. C-SPAN retains exclusive rights to all of its recordings.

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  U.S. Senate | U.S. House of Representatives

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