North Texans Turn to NBC 5 for Continuous Election Coverage

North Texans Turn to NBC 5 for Continuous Election Coverage

DALLAS and FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- For complete coverage of the critical midterm 2006 November elections on Tuesday, November 7, North Texans can stay informed with NBC 5 on television and the internet. Follow continuous live coverage, from 7 - 10 p.m., available via webcast on http://www.nbc5i.com/. Viewers can track up-to-the-minute results on races, bond issues and ballot initiatives from across North Texas. NBC 5 News at 10 will continue the election coverage live on-air.

Anchor Kevin Cokely's live webcast on http://www.nbc5i.com/ will provide the most complete online coverage available, monitoring the issues that are important to North Texas voters with live reports and interviews. Plus NBC 5 reporters will be on location with all four candidates for Texas Governor.

In addition, http://www.nbc5i.com/ will have political commentary and analysis from:

Mark Cichock, PhD, professor, political science, The University of Texas at Arlington; JR Labbe, Star-Telegram columnist; Victoria A. Farrar-Myers, PhD, associate professor, political science, The University of Texas at Arlington; Bob Ray Sanders, Star-Telegram columnist; and James Matthew Wilson, PhD, associate professor, political science, Southern Methodist University.

On television, NBC 5 viewers can keep up with important election results with the latest information positioned across the bottom of programming. There will also be live cut-ins detailing the election story throughout evening.

NBC 5's coverage of this major story is ongoing with live candidate interviews during NBC 5 DFW Today, the station's 10 a.m., Monday-Friday newscast. A special hour edition of Hardball with Chris Matthews will stream live on http://www.nbc5i.com/ at 6 p.m., Monday, November 6, previewing key national races.

"This is our largest ever commitment to election coverage on http://www.nbc5i.com/. We have a great track record of covering the largest number of races in North Texas on our web site. Our live 3-hour webcast will be full of live reports from the field, interesting commentary and perspective from the experts," said Susan Tully, NBC 5 vice president of content development.

NBC 5 / KXAS-TV / http://www.nbc5i.com/ and Telemundo 39 / KXTX-TV are the NBC owned and operated media centers serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

Source: NBC 5

CONTACT: James A. Martinez, NBC 5, +1-817-654-6405

Web site: http://www.nbc5i.com/

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