“WSU Presents” to Premiere June 14 on TVW

PULLMAN, Wash. — “WSU Presents,” a weekly broadcast of public affairs events from Washington State University, will premiere Monday, June 14, on TVW, Washington State’s Public Affairs Network.

The first broadcast will feature a recent panel discussion by several WSU political science professors on “And the Winner is…The 2004 Presidential Primaries.”  Upcoming programs will feature presentations by former U.S. House Speaker Thomas S. Foley, former Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus and Seattle Times publisher Frank Blethen. The programs will air Mondays at 7 p.m. and will be repeated at 11 p.m.

The series will include many programs that have already been broadcast on WSU’s two PBS stations, KWSU and KTNW.

“World-class experts from a wide range of disciplines come to Washington State University to discuss their work. We are pleased that, through these broadcasts on TVW, those speakers will be able to share their expertise with an even wider audience,” said Dennis Haarsager, associate vice president for educational telecommunications and technology for WSU.

”The WSU series adds an important element to our service as more and more citizens from throughout the state discover TVW as a way to tune into civic life,” said Cindy Zehnder, TVW president.

Founded in 1993, Washington’s Public Affairs Network, TVW, is a private, non-profit corporation whose purpose is to provide unedited television coverage of Washington state government proceedings and public policy events of statewide significance.  Programming includes gavel-to-gavel coverage of the State Legislature, the Supreme Court, executive branch boards and commissions and public policy events. For channel information, visit www.tvw.org.