AFGE Radio Show to Spotlight C-SPAN, the Progressive Review

AFGE Radio Show to Spotlight C-SPAN, the Progressive Review

Coverage of Capitol Hill, Fight for D.C. Voting Rights Among Topics to Be Discussed on 'Inside Government'

WASHINGTON, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two media mainstays inside the beltway, C-SPAN and The Progressive Review, will be featured this week on the American Federation of Government Employees' "Inside Government" radio show. The show will air on Friday, April 3 at 10 a.m. EDT nationwide on Federal News Radio at www.federalnewsradio.com and 1500 AM in the Washington, D.C., area.

Terry Murphy, vice president of programming at C-SPAN, will discuss the channel's coverage of the recent confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill and the G-20 summit in London. Murphy also will highlight C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" television program and Web-based teaching resource, www.c-spanclassroom.org. Finally, Murphy will address C-SPAN's popular Web site collection, including sites dedicated to the famous Blair House in Washington, D.C., and Abraham Lincoln.

Sam Smith, editor of the Progressive Review online newsletter, then will discuss his years covering the District and Capitol Hill. He'll share his thoughts on Mayor Adrian Fenty, labor's fight to pass the Employee Free Choice Act, and the challenges to enact D.C. voting rights. Smith also will address the economic crisis, and the difference between Wall Street bailouts and auto maker bailouts.

"Inside Government" is hosted by AFGE Assistant General Counsel J. Ward Morrow. Programs are archived on the Federal News Radio Web site and can be heard on demand at http://www.federalnewsradio.com/ or http://www.afge.org/insidegovernment. Please note there will be a short advertisement prior to the start of the program. The program also is available via iTunes podcast by clicking here. Users must install iTunes on their computers before accessing "Inside Government" via podcast.

For instructions on how to listen to "Inside Government," click here.

The program also airs on Saturdays at 6 a.m. on News Talk 940 WMAC in Macon, Ga., sponsored by AFGE Local 987.

"Inside Government" is a one-hour weekly nationwide radio/Internet program dedicated to issues that impact federal and D.C. government employees. The show airs each Friday at 10 a.m. on Federal News Radio 1500 AM in Washington, D.C. and online at www.federalnewsradio.com. It is also available to 70 million iPod users through Apple's iTunes podcast. "Inside Government" is produced by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the nation's largest federal employee union, representing 600,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia.

Source: American Federation of Government Employees

CONTACT: Jason Fornicola of the American Federation of Government
Employees, +1-202-639-6448

Web Site: http://www.afge.org/
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/
http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/

NOTE TO EDITORS: For more information, please e-mail InsideGovernment@afge.org or go to www.federalnewsradio.com.

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