The California Channel
The California Channel | |
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Launched | February 4, 1991 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Broadcast area | California |
Headquarters | Sacramento, California |
Formerly called | Cal-SPAN |
Website | CalChannel.com |
The California Channel or CalChannel is a public service news television channel funded by the California Cable Television Industry.[1] The channel started out by operating every weekday from 9:00am to 3:30pm; broadcasting proceedings of the California Senate, Assembly and their various committees.[2] It now runs twenty four hours a day reaching 5.5 million subscribers across the state.[1] The channel was created by the Center for Governmental Studies together with the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Southern California and first broadcast on February 4, 1991. In 1993, the California Cable Television Industry assumed responsibility for governance and funding for the channel.[3]
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