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URGENT
STATIONS, PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING WIRE SENT OUT FROM AFFILIATE RELATIONS RE:
TONIGHT'S PRIMETIME SPECIAL REPORT. Questions, please call us at 212-975-6705.
Thanks, Shannon Burke
RE: CBS News Coverage and Primetime Plans - 7/19/05 - Affiliate Relations
ATTN TELECOMMUNICATIONS: PLEASE RELAY TO ALL
JUly 19, 2005
TO: GENERAL MANAGER, STATION MANAGER, GENERAL SALES MANAGER,
PROGRAM DIRECTOR, NEWS DIRECTOR, OPERATIONS MANAGER
* * * URGENT * * * FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION * * *
RE: CBS News Coverage and Primetime Plans
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
CBS News will provide live coVERAGE OF PRESIDENT bush’s announcement of his
nominee to the Supreme Court beginning at 9:00pm cnyt/6:00pm cpt. coverage is
expected to last approximately 10 minutes.
Coverage will be anchored by john roberts in new york and will be sustaining
with no Network commercials or local station breaks.
At the conclusion of coverage, “"Big Brother 6"” will be joined in progress and
the primetime schedule will conclude on time.
MOUNTAIN TIME ZONE STATIONS PLEASE NOTE:
WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A CLEAN FEED OF “BIG BROTHER 6”. THE TIME AND
COORDINATES WILL BE SENT TO YOU VIA BAS.WEST COAST STATIONS PLEASE NOTE:
your primetime schedule will air as normal.
For those stations who take the 6:00pm cpt feed of the “evening news”,
President BUSH'S announcement will air followed by an abbreviated telecast of
the “evening news”.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR OPERATIONS AND NEWS PERSONNEL ARE AWARE OF THE ABOVE AND
ASK THAT THEY MONITOR BAS, HOTSHEET, SPACEMAIL AND EVA FOR ANY UPDATES.
BEST REGARDS,
NICOLE MERTINE
MANAGER, COMMUNICATIONS & OPERATIONS
CBS/UPN AFFILIATE RELATIONS
