Sure, there are fewer smoke filled rooms at conventions any longer and very little suspense, but as USA Today quoted a Professor today, “This is appointment television.”  No matter your political affiliation, there is something about watching the convention speeches that is still enthralling.

Watch PBS to see the team of Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff  – the first ever all-female anchor team to lead a network’s political convention coverage.  PBS will offer substantially more prime time coverage than any other broadcaster airing each night of the conventions from8-11PM.  NPR News will continue its extensive multimedia coverage of Election 2012 with live broadcasts and online coverage of the conventions. Be sure to tune in to 89.7 FM every morning for a full report on convention news.

WOSU will  have a strong online presence for Campaign 2012 featuring our own reporting on the presidential and senate race here in Ohio as well as pull in resources from PBS and NPR. I especially like the PBS Newshour Electoral Map that shows the presidential race as a real tossup.  Check it out and tell us what you think!

WOSU will carry PBS’s coverage of both conventions, which will differ from other national networks in that we will show all of each evening’s proceedings unedited and commercial free.  WOSU is repeating the previous night’s convention coverage on the WOSU PLUS digital channel the following night. And PBS will be making broadcast history during the conventions – co-anchors Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill will be the first all-female team in news broadcast history to spearhead a network’s convention coverage.  Hard to believe it took this long, but true!

89.7 NPR News will broadcast each convention day from 8 pm to 11 pm, when proceedings are scheduled to wrap and will include live podium speeches; expert analysis; and interviews with newsmakers, delegates, and NPR reporters and editors inside the hall.  Once again, you can count on central Ohio’s all day NPR station for unbiased, noncommercial coverage.

The political season will be in full boil across Ohio in the coming weeks and you can get up-to-date through our award winning weekly TV program, Columbus On The Record and through the guests on All Sides with Ann Fisher on 89.7 NPR News. We hope you tune in!