Sunday, December 11: Gov. Rick Perry
RECORDED at 11 a.m. 12/11
FIRST BROADCAST at 6:30 p.m. 12/12
Monday, December 12: Sen. Rick Santorum
RECORDED at 10 a.m. 12/12
FIRST BROADCAST at 6:30 p.m. 12/13
Wednesday, December 14: Rep. Michele Bachmann
RECORDED at 4:15 p.m. 12/14
FIRST BROADCAST at 6:30 p.m. 12/14
Thursday, December 15: Rep. Newt Gingrich
RECORDED at 8 a.m. 12/15
FIRST BROADCAST at 6:30 p.m. 12/15
these were all livestreamed; Ron Paul ended up not
participating
Des Moines, IA– The Des Moines Register and Iowa Public Television will conduct conversations with presidential candidates the weeks of Dec. 12 and Dec. 19.
The Des Moines Register and Iowa Public Television “Conversations with the Candidates” will be held at Iowa Public Television, 6450 Corporate Drive, Johnston, Iowa.
Kathie Obradovich, political columnist of The Des Moines Register will host the candidates. Obradovich has directed coverage of Iowa’s first-in-the nation presidential caucuses, the Iowa Statehouse and Congress. Previously, she was the lead editor of the award-winning Iowa Poll, developing questionnaires and coordinating the reporting of results. Obradovich is an Iowa native with strong roots in the state.
Each conversation will be 30 minutes and will air on Iowa Public Television each week night at 6:30 p.m. during the weeks of Dec. 12 and Dec. 19. Candidate commitments include Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum. The conversations will also be live-streamed on DesMoinesRegister.com and iptv.org.
To participate in the conversation, the candidate:
1. Must have formally announced his or her candidacy and filed all necessary paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission.
2. Must have received an average of at least 2 percent support in national polls of likely Republican voters conducted from Oct. 1, 2011-Nov. 10, 2011. The polls must have been conducted by the following, solely or in partnership: ABC, AP, Bloomberg, CBS, CNN, FOX, Gallup, NBC, New York Times, Pew, Reuters, USA Today, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.
“We are just weeks away from the Iowa Republican caucuses and Iowans continue to remain undecided about the candidate they will support on Jan. 3. We believe Iowans want substantive conversations about the issues that matter most,” said Laura Hollingsworth, President and Publisher of The Des Moines Register.
“In an era of sound bites, voters are hungry for substance, and this series will provide them with in-depth conversations that move beyond talking points,” said Daniel K. Miller, Executive Director and General Manager of Iowa Public Television. “With Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses serving as an important first test, we’re proud to give Iowans this opportunity to hear from the candidates in a way that can truly inform their decision-making.”
Des Moines Register Media is a multi-platform, news and information and advanced marketing services company. Des Moines Register Media, a Gannett Co., publishes The Des Moines Register, along with 10 community and weekly newspapers, Juice, five monthly lifestyles magazines, and a multitude of web and mobile sites including DesMoinesRegister.com,
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Iowa Public Television is Iowa’s statewide public broadcasting network. IPTV provides quality, noncommercial programming to make a difference in the lives of Iowans. As one of the last locally controlled media enterprises in the state, IPTV is committed to telling Iowa’s stories like no one else can. Our mission to educate, inform, enrich, and inspire Iowans enables IPTV to present an unequaled array of programs of lasting value to Iowans regardless of where they live or what they can afford. More than 2.2 million viewers a month turn to IPTV for programming that reflects a range of interests for Iowans in all demographic categories. Iowa Public Television stations include: Channel 11, Des Moines; Channel 12, Iowa City; Channel 21, Fort Dodge; Channel 24, Mason City; Channel 27, Sioux City; Channel 32, Waterloo; Channel 32, Council Bluffs; Channel 36, Davenport; Channel 36, Red Oak.