MEDIA ONLY OPEN DRESS REHEARSAL SCHEDULE AND LIVE FEEDS FOR PBS's 25TH ANNIVERSARY BROADCAST OF THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT

MEDIA ONLY OPEN DRESS REHEARSAL SCHEDULE AND LIVE FEEDS FOR PBS's 25TH ANNIVERSARY BROADCAST OF THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT

Featuring Joe Mantegna, Gary Sinise, General Colin Powell, Jennifer Nettles, Danielle Bradbery, Dianne Wiest, Megan Hilty, Jackie Evancho and Anthony Kearns Live from the U.S. Capitol

WHAT:
Open dress rehearsals for accredited media of the National Memorial Day Concert.

Note: The concert will be broadcast live on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Sunday, May 25, 2014 from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. ET (check local listings).

WHEN:
SAT., MAY 24 TALENT REHEARSAL SCHEDULE (subject to change):

11:00A - 11:20A Anthony Kearns
11:20A - 12:05A Jennifer Nettles
12:05 - 12:30P Danielle Bradbery
2:00P - 2:30P Gerald McRaney
2:30P - 3:00P Dianne Wiest 3:00P - 3:45P Jackie Evancho
3:45P - 4:45P Megan Hilty (and dancers)
5:00P - 5:45P Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise
5:45 - 6:15P American Idol Season 13 Winner
8:00 to 10:30 p.m. FULL CONCERT DRESS REHEARSAL (see below for live feed info)

** CLOSED SET FRIDAY AND SUNDAY, MAY 23 & 25: NO MEDIA ACCESS **

WHERE:
U.S. CAPITOL, WEST LAWN, IN FRONT OF THE STAGE.

ADMISSION:
Admission is based on current, valid press credentials; call for information about on-site parking for media trucks.

LIVE FEED:
Pool members -- CNN, CBS, NBC, FOX and ABC -- are invited to use the live program feed available at Verizon's AVOC pool switch Source Port #5 by calling the NBC (pool chair) assignment desk at 202-885-4200. The feed will be available in HD 1080i on Saturday, May 24, 20:00 - 22:30 EDT (full dress rehearsal) and Sunday, May 25, 20:00 - 21:30 EDT (live broadcast). All media are welcome to receive the live broadcast of the concert on PBS's Digital Clear Feed which can be found on AMC 1, C-Band Transponder 20 located at 103 degrees West Longitude. This service is an unencrypted digital clear feed with both a HD 1080i PID and a Standard Def. PID. (The digital IRD setup parameters follow on page two of this advisory.) Additionally, a mult feed will be available from the production truck on site.

CREDIT:
The maximum footage allowed for use is 3 minutes and the video credit which must be chyroned while footage is broadcast is National Memorial Day Concert/PBS.

CONTACT:
Technical contact for all other information and for assistance on site is:
Tad Scripter/Capital Concerts, Inc.
Cell phone: (818) 903-5711

PBS FEED:
The PBS digital clear feed can be received by readily-available digital consumer receivers. The feed is on Transponder 20 of the AMC-1 satellite located at 103 degrees West Longitude.

Technical parameters of the feed are:

AMC-1, 103 degrees West Longitude
C-Band Transponder 20 (Vertical polarization)
DVB-S QPSK modulation
Carrier Center Frequency: 4091 Mhz (1059 Mhz L-Band)
Symbol rate: 14.028731 Msps

The feed is MCPC with two services:

1. High Definition Service: MPEG Service # 3


Video PID: 49 (decimal) / 31 (hex) MPEG-2
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Audio1 PID: 52 (decimal) / 34 (hex) MPEG
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Audio2 PID: 53 (decimal) / 35 (hex) MPEG
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Audio3 PID: 54 (decimal) / 36 (hex) MPEG
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Audio4 PID: 55 (decimal) / 37 (hex) Dolby AC-3 2.0/5.1
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Closed Captions: 608 & 708
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2. Standard Definition Service: MPEG Service # 11


Video PID: 177 (decimal) / B1 (hex) MPEG-2
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Audio1 PID: 180 (decimal) / B4 (hex) MPEG
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Audio2 PID: 181 (decimal) / B5 (hex) MPEG
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Audio3 PID: 182 (decimal) / B6 (hex) MPEG
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Closed Captions: 608 & 708
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For additional assistance call:877.727.4144, or send email to: backyardfeeds@pbs.org.

Stephenie Hope: cell (818) 326-8256
Kristina Hallman: cell (202) 361-7090 (On-site contact)
Carol Marshall: cell (213) 598-5888 (On-site contact)

Press Web Site: www.pbs.org/pressroom
Web Site: www.pbs.org/memorialdayconcert

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- May 21, 2014/

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