Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Better than City Desk's Marin w/Emanuel and Durbin: Berkowitz w/Emil Jones, Mike Madigan, Jim Edgar, Frank Watson, Karl Rove, Steve Scully and more

This week’s suburban edition of "Public Affairs," includes primarily clips and interviews from the Democratic and Republican Party National Conventions, but also a few clips of a prior “Public Affairs,” show, featuring Barack Obama being interviewed by show host Jeff Berkowitz.

You can also watch the show on your computer.

This week’s suburban edition of "Public Affairs," consists of the following segments: a clip of the prior show with Obama, clips of a Convention film about Senator McCain and then of McCain; Barack and Michelle Obama discussing their early dating days, State Rep. Jim Durkin(R-Western Springs) casting Illinois’ votes for McCain, a cameo by Secretary Bill Daley, a cameo by Fox's Megyn (Meg) Kelly and Bill Hemmer, interviews with Illinois Senate President Emil Jones (D-Chicago), House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago), Eric Garcetti-an Obama superdelegate who chaired Obama’s California campaign, Senate President Emil Jones, Cong. Eric Cantor (R-Va), former Governor Jim Edgar, former Speaker Newt Gingrich, Senate Republican Leader Frank Watson, State Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs), Fox analyst Karl Rove, CNN’s John King, Fox and NPR’s Juan Williams and C-Span’s Steve Scully.
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Public Affairs Chicago Metro suburban airing schedule.

The show with footage from the Democratic and Republican Party conventions is airing this week in the North and Northwest Chicago Metro suburbs in its regular slot:

Tonight (Tuesday) at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, parts of Inverness, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, Palatine, Rolling Meadows and Wilmette

and Tonight (Tuesday) at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 35 in Arlington Heights, Bartlett, Glenview, Golf, Des Plaines, Hanover Park, Mt. Prospect, Northbrook, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Schaumburg, Skokie, Streamwood and Wheeling.

and on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8:30 pm airing on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Bannockburn, Deerfield, Ft. Sheridan, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Kenilworth, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods and Winnetka.
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The "Public Affairs," show featuring clips and interviews from the Democratic and Republican Party conventions will also air throughout the City of Chicago this coming Monday night, Sep. 22, at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21 (CANTV) and that same night on cable in Aurora and surrounding areas at 7:30 pm on ACTV-10. The Aurora station, Aurora Community Television, Comcast Cable Ch. 10, reaches all of Aurora, Bristol, Big Rock and parts of Oswego, Sandwich, Sugar Grove and Montgomery.
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"Public Affairs," is a weekly political interview show airing in Chicago on CANTV, in the Chicago metro area and in Aurora on Comcast and also often on the Illinois Channel. You can watch the shows, including archived shows going back to 2005, here. You can still read Berkowitz's occasional "glance back," reports from the presidential conventions for and at the Chicago Daily Observer [where you can read these reports first here]. You can contact Berkowitz by sending an email to JBCG@aol.com *************************************************************
Recently posted shows on the Public Affairs YouTube page now include recent shows featuring clips and interviews from the Democratic and Republican National Party conventions, with Cook County Cmsr. and Obama Media Team Member Forrest Claypool, State Senator Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) and State Rep. Ken Dunkin (D-Chicago), 8th CD Republican Nominee Steve Greenberg, our show with Senator Obama (D-IL), Gov. Sebelius (D-KS), DLC Chairman Harold Ford, Cong. Rahm Emanuel (D-Chicago), Attorney General Madigan, WTTW's Carol Marin, Real Clear Politics' Tom Bevan, Sun-Times Abdon Pallasch and much more, recent shows w/ 16th CD Democratic Nominee Robert Abboud, who is taking on 16 year, 16th CD Republican incumbent, Cong. Don Manzullo; Cook County Cmsr. and Republican State's Attorney Nominee Tony Peraica, Real Clear Politics' Tom Bevan , 13th CD Demoratic Nominee Scott Harper,State Rep. Candidate Tim Stratton (R-Glencoe, 58th Dist.), Sen. Kwame Raoul(D-Chicago), Senator John Cullerton (D-Chicago)- ; State Rep. candidate Joan Solms (R-Aurora), Comm. Forrest Claypool (D-Chicago) on the Obama Presidential campaign and shows with many other pols.
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