THE
“CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY,” “CBS THIS MORNING” AND “FACE THE
NATION WITH BOB SCHIEFFER” WILL BROADCAST LIVE FROM BOTH CONVENTIONS
CBS NEWS WILL
PROVIDE LIVE, PRIMETIME COVERAGE TUESDAY-THURSDAY FROM EACH CONVENTION
STARTING AT 10:00 PM, ET
The
most experienced team in broadcast news – CBS EVENING NEWS Anchor and
Managing Editor Scott Pelley, CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent
and FACE THE NATION Anchor Bob Schieffer and CBS THIS MORNING co-hosts
Charlie Rose and Norah O’Donnell – will lead CBS News’ division-wide
coverage of the Republican National Convention and the Democratic
National Convention.
They
will be joined by an extensive team of correspondents, providing
original reporting for coverage that will include live broadcasts of
the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY, CBS THIS MORNING and FACE THE
NATION, in addition to primetime coverage from both convention sites.
The following is an overview of CBS News’ planned convention
coverage:
- Scott Pelley will anchor three hours of live, primetime coverage
from the Republican Convention in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, August
28-Thursday, August 30 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET) and three hours of live
coverage from the Democratic Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday,
Sept. 4-Thursday, Sept. 6
(10:00-11:00 PM, ET). Joining Pelley will be Bob Schieffer and Norah
O’Donnell. Additionally, CBS News Correspondent Bill Whitaker will
report from the convention floor in Tampa; CBS News Chief National
Correspondent Byron Pitts will report from the convention floor in
Charlotte; CBS News Political and Chief Legal Correspondent Jan
Crawford will travel to Tampa with GOP presidential candidate Mitt
Romney; and Congressional Correspondent Nancy Cordes will travel to
Charlotte with President Barack Obama. CBS News Senior White House
Correspondent Bill Plante and CBS News Political Director John
Dickerson will contribute to the coverage.
- The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY will broadcast live from
both conventions Monday-Thursday (6:30-7:00 PM, ET).
- Charlie Rose will co-host CBS THIS MORNING live from both
conventions Tuesday-Thursday (7:00-9:00 AM, ET). Gayle King will
co-host from New York.
- FACE THE NATION WITH BOB SCHIEFFER will broadcast live from Tampa
on Sunday, August 26 and from Charlotte on Sunday, Sept. 2 (10:30 AM,
ET).
- CBS
Radio News’ coverage will include live updates each night of the
conventions, live anchored and unanchored feeds of all major events,
the Republican and Democratic acceptance speeches, as well as other
reports and features for CBS Radio News affiliates’ websites. CBS Radio
News will also stream live, gavel-to-gavel coverage on its iPhone app.
- CBSNews.com will stream gavel-to-gavel coverage, as well as pre-
and post-broadcast webcasts, from the Republican Convention on Tuesday,
August 28-Thursday, August 30 (8:30 PM, ET and 11:00 PM, ET) and the
Democratic Convention on Tuesday, Sept. 4-Thursday, Sept. 6
(8:30 PM, ET and 11:00 PM, ET). CBSNews.com’s coverage will also
include additional reporting, on-demand video and comprehensive
social
media coverage of all events.
- CBS News, National Journal and The Atlantic will
present daily
briefing events each morning featuring
informed insight on the latest convention developments with incisive
analysis from leading reporters from all three organizations. Among the
moderators are Bob Schieffer, Norah O’Donnell, Bill Plante and John
Dickerson. CBSNews.com will live stream the events.
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Press Contacts:
Kelli Halyard
Lance Frank