1/19/2010 - Proposal to End State Funding for IdahoPTV
You may have heard about the Governor's recent proposal to reduce and ultimately eliminate state funding for Idaho Public Television. To read more about this proposal and what impacts it might have, we have gathered news articles, columns and editorials from around the state, both pro and con. To find this information, please go to our website at idahoptv.org.
12/11/2009 - IdahoPTV Gears Up for the 2010 Legislative Session
Idaho Public Television is your source for up-to-the-moment news and perspective about the 2010 Idaho legislative session. And it will be a session of historic proportions. After two and a half years of capitol building renovation and expansion, policy makers will be grappling with the effects of a down-turned economy on the state revenue that funds basic governmental services.
IdahoPTV is poised to dramatically expand your ability to stay on top of the issues with both Idaho Reports and Idaho Legislature Live.
It all begins on Thursday, January 7th, with Capitol Of Light: The People's House, a documentary look at our historic capitol and the unprecedented renovation efforts for it, all shot in high definition.
Here's a schedule of our efforts:
- Capitol of Light: The People's House
- Airs: Thursday, January 7 at 7:00 p.m. MT/8:00 p.m. PT
- Repeats: Saturday, January 9 at 6:00 p.m. MT/5:00 p.m. PT
- Dialogue: "Legislative Preview"
- Airs: Thursday, January 7 at 8:30 p.m. MT/7:30 p.m. PT
- Repeats: Sunday, January 10 at 5:30 p.m. MT/4:30 p.m. PT
- Idaho Reports (weekly series premier)
- Airs: Friday, January 8 at 8:00 p.m. MT/PT
- Repeats: Sunday, January 10 at 11 a.m. MT/10:00 a.m. PT
- Rededication of the Idaho State Capitol: An Idaho Reports Special
- Airs: Saturday, January 9 at noon MT/11:00 a.m. PT
- Repeats: Saturday, January 9 at 6:30 p.m. MT/5:30 p.m. PT
- Governor Otter's State of the State Address:
- Airs: Monday, January 11 at 1:00 p.m. MT/noon PT
- Repeats: Monday, January 11 at 8:00 p.m. MT/8:00 p.m. PT
- Idaho Legislature Live:
- http://idahoptv.org/leglive/
- Streaming begins: Monday, January 11 at 12:30 p.m. MT/11:30 a.m. PT
11/10/2009 - 2010 Legislature Live Funding
I'm pleased to announce that funding for the 2010 season of Idaho Legislature Live is now complete. I'd like to thank the Idaho State Broadcasters Association, Union Pacific Foundation, Idaho Association of Counties, and the Idaho Public Television Endowment for their support of this outstanding service!
