General C-Span Coverage Question

[ThomWV]

The hearing going on now raises the question.

If they loosley schedule in 2.5 hours for a hearing how long will they continue to broadcast it if it goes long?

Will they shut it off at two and a half hours or let the camera roll?

[Orrex]

1. Depends on what's scheduled next, usually

For instance, when they rerun Washington Journal, they often cut away when it's time for a more pressing broadcast, such as a live press conference or a scheduled panel discussion.

Unless they have a more urgent live broadcast in the wings, I don't think that they'd cut away if the hearing went long.

[napi21]

2. I think it depends on what is on the schedule.

If they've committed to cover something else, they'll have to cut it off. If they are scheduled to air nothing on cspan3, or some rerun, I suspect they'll cover it until it's over.