Over “the Hill” C-SPAN Turns 30!
C-SPAN turned the big 3-0 today! To commemorate their 30 year mark, the fine folks at C-SPAN released a list of “30 Facts About C-SPAN.” Check out a few below – the full list after the jump.
Number of current U.S. Representatives born after C-SPAN’s March 1979 launch: 1.
Percentage of C-SPAN viewers who say they voted in 2008: 90%.
Number of hours of Congressional Committee hearings that C-SPAN has covered since 1981: 19,641.
Estimated number of cable viewers who watch C-SPAN at least once or twice a week: 39 million.
More from The Hill, The Roanoke Times here, The Baltimore Sun here.
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1.
Date the U.S. House of Representatives goes on TV and the cable industry launches C-SPAN to 3.5 million homes: March 19, 1979.
2.
First U.S. Representative to speak on the House floor as C-SPAN’s live coverage begins on March 19, 1979: Al Gore.
3.
Number of hours of U.S. House debate televised live by C-SPAN since 1979: 28,603.
4.
Number of current U.S. Representatives who were in office when C-SPAN begins televising House sessions in March 1979: 18.
5.
Number of current U.S. Representatives born after C-SPAN’s March 1979 launch: 1.
6.
Date that the cable industry launches C-SPAN2 with live U.S. Senate debate: June 2, 1986.
7.
Number of hours of U.S. Senate debate C-SPAN2 has carried live since 1986: 26,954.
8.
Number of current U.S. Senators who were in the Senate when C-SPAN2 began live floor coverage in June 1986: 17.
9.
Number of hours of Congressional Committee hearings that C-SPAN has covered since 1981: 19,641.
10.
Number of video cameras currently owned by C-SPAN: 57.
11.
Hours of programming stored in C-SPAN’s video archives since they were established in 1987: 156,715
12.
Number of U.S. TV households that can watch C-SPAN: 97 million.
13.
Estimated number of cable viewers who watch C-SPAN at least once or twice a week: 39 million.
(based on Hart Research numbers)
14.
Male/female percentages of C-SPAN’s regular audience: 50/50.
(source: Hart Research)
15.
Percentage of C-SPAN viewers who say they voted in 2008: 90%.
(source: Hart Research)
16.
Percentage of C-SPAN viewers who say they’ve watched their Senator or Representative on C-SPAN: 49%.
(source: Hart Research)
17.
Number of C-SPAN’s Washington Journal morning call-in programs since the series began in January 1995: 5,110.
18.
Number of individual guests who have appeared on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal morning call-in programs since the series began in 1995: 7,439.
19.
Number of Presidential events covered by the C-SPAN networks since 1980: 7,219.
20.
Number of hours of first-run coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign on the C-SPAN networks: 4,190.
21.
Since 1993, number of miles traveled by the C-SPAN Buses as they visited nearly 4,000 schools: 875,985.
22.
Number of teachers who have signed up as members of C-SPAN Classroom, a free civics teaching program: 24,306.
23.
Number of entries submitted to C-SPAN’s 2009 StudentCam video documentary competition: 921.
24.
Broadcast frequency of WCSP-FM, C-SPAN’s Washington, DC, public affairs radio station, launched in1997: 90.1 MHz.
25.
Number of nonfiction authors featured on C-SPAN2′s BookTV since it launched in 1997: 5,503.
26.
Number of unique public affairs and history websites currently produced by C-SPAN: 16.
27.
Year that C-SPAN begins streaming live video on the web: 1997.
28.
Number of times C-SPAN’s video of President Obama’s Inaugural Address has been viewed on YouTube: 3.7 million.
29.
Total license fees paid by cable and satellite companies since 1979 to support C-SPAN operations: $872 million.
30.
Amount of federal funds received by C-SPAN to support operations during its 30-year history: $0.
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