The C-SPAN Bus Program is an umbrella term for the activity surrounding several vehicles that have been used by C-SPAN since 1993, starting with the C-SPAN School Bus. The inspiration for the bus program was at least partly taken from Douglas Brinkley's book The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey, which described Prof. Brinkley's experiences taking groups of college students on tours of historic sites around the U.S.[1] The first C-SPAN school bus began its service in 1993, and a second bus was introduced in 1996.[2] In 2010, the C-SPAN Digital Bus and the first Local Content Vehicle debuted, and the original two buses were retired.[3]
The original two buses served as mobile television studios, with technical facilities and an interview area that could be used for production of live or taped content. Between them, the two original C-SPAN School Buses visited all fifty U.S. states, and over 2,000 communities.[4] They were used for many of the remote programs produced by C-SPAN, including their programs on the Lincoln–Douglas Debates, the American tour of Alexis de Tocqueville, the American Presidents series, the American Writers series, and many more.
In January 1995, C-SPAN was awarded the Golden CableACE Award for programming and educational efforts related to the C-SPAN School Bus.[5]
The C-SPAN bus has hosted over 1.5 million visitors, which includes 40,000 teachers and 800,000 students.
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The C-SPAN Digital Bus, which launched in June 2010C-SPAN Digital Bus covering the 2016 election
The C-SPAN digital bus was introduced in June 2010.[6] It is a 45-foot Prevost coach, and was custom-built by Creative Mobile Interiors of Grove City, Ohio.[7]
Local Content Vehiclesedit
In 2010, in addition to the Digital Bus, C-SPAN introduced a Local Content Vehicle ("LCV"), a Ford Transit Connect specially outfitted for use in producing content from locations around the country. This program was later expanded to include a total of three vehicles.[8] Each of the three vehicles is staffed by one person, and is equipped with a video camera and a laptop editor.
In 2011, C-SPAN introduced the Local Content Vehicles Cities Tour, in which all three of the LCVs would spend a week in a particular city, gathering content to be aired shortly thereafter over the course of a weekend. Typically, one vehicle would focus on history and historic sites in a particular city; another would focus on aspects of that city related to books; and the third would focus on community relations, in co-operation with the local cable provider. Between May and December 2011, the LCVs visited eight U.S. cities following this pattern. The practice was renewed in 2012, with visits to six other cities scheduled between January and June. Typically, the footage and interviews from a particular city visit would air three to four weeks after the visit took place.
In 2013, C-SPAN expanded their LCV fleet from three vehicles to six, allowing the network to double the number of cities it visits each month.[9][10]
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Departure of the first C-SPAN Bus from Washington, November 8, 1993
C-SPAN School Bus Special, July 11, 1994 - 2 hour 30 minute retrospective on the first seven months of the first C-SPAN School Bus.
C-SPAN Bus FAQs
Creative Mobile Interiors page on the Digital Bus
Creative Mobile Interiors page on the LCVs
MSNBC tour of Digital Bus with Chuck Todd, Savannah Guthrie, and Brian Lamb
April 12, 2024
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The C SPAN Bus Program is an umbrella term for the activity surrounding several vehicles that have been used by C SPAN since 1993 starting with the C SPAN School Bus The inspiration for the bus program was at least partly taken from Douglas Brinkley s book The Majic Bus An American Odyssey which described Prof Brinkley s experiences taking groups of college students on tours of historic sites around the U S 1 The first C SPAN school bus began its service in 1993 and a second bus was introduced in 1996 2 In 2010 the C SPAN Digital Bus and the first Local Content Vehicle debuted and the original two buses were retired 3 C SPAN digital bus 2010 Contents 1 C SPAN School Buses 2 C SPAN Digital Bus 3 Local Content Vehicles 3 1 Cities visited on LCV tours 4 References 5 External linksC SPAN School Buses editThe original two buses served as mobile television studios with technical facilities and an interview area that could be used for production of live or taped content Between them the two original C SPAN School Buses visited all fifty U S states and over 2 000 communities 4 They were used for many of the remote programs produced by C SPAN including their programs on the Lincoln Douglas Debates the American tour of Alexis de Tocqueville the American Presidents series the American Writers series and many more In January 1995 C SPAN was awarded the Golden CableACE Award for programming and educational efforts related to the C SPAN School Bus 5 The C SPAN bus has hosted over 1 5 million visitors which includes 40 000 teachers and 800 000 students C SPAN Digital Bus edit nbsp The C SPAN Digital Bus which launched in June 2010 nbsp C SPAN Digital Bus covering the 2016 electionThe C SPAN digital bus was introduced in June 2010 6 It is a 45 foot Prevost coach and was custom built by Creative Mobile Interiors of Grove City Ohio 7 Local Content Vehicles editIn 2010 in addition to the Digital Bus C SPAN introduced a Local Content Vehicle LCV a Ford Transit Connect specially outfitted for use in producing content from locations around the country This program was later expanded to include a total of three vehicles 8 Each of the three vehicles is staffed by one person and is equipped with a video camera and a laptop editor In 2011 C SPAN introduced the Local Content Vehicles Cities Tour in which all three of the LCVs would spend a week in a particular city gathering content to be aired shortly thereafter over the course of a weekend Typically one vehicle would focus on history and historic sites in a particular city another would focus on aspects of that city related to books and the third would focus on community relations in co operation with the local cable provider Between May and December 2011 the LCVs visited eight U S cities following this pattern The practice was renewed in 2012 with visits to six other cities scheduled between January and June Typically the footage and interviews from a particular city visit would air three to four weeks after the visit took place In 2013 C SPAN expanded their LCV fleet from three vehicles to six allowing the network to double the number of cities it visits each month 9 10 Cities visited on LCV tours edit City Programming originally aired Examples of contentTampa Florida May 28 29 2011 11 Discussion with Scott Deitche about the Trafficante crime family Discussion of the Rough Riders in TampaSavannah Georgia June 25 26 2011 12 Tour of Flannery O Connor s childhood home Discussion of artifacts at the Georgia Historical SocietyCharleston South Carolina July 30 31 2011 13 Tour of the Charleston Library Society Interview with former Senator Fritz HollingsFrankfort Kentucky August 27 28 2011 14 Interview with Mike Veach author of The Social History of Bourbon Discussion of the assassination of William GoebelCharlotte North Carolina September 24 25 2011 15 Interview with Kevin Morgan Watson of Press53 PublishingDiscussion of Gen Cornwallis and the Battle of CharlotteKnoxville Tennessee October 29 30 2011 16 Discussion of the 1982 World s Fair Discussion of the Oak Ridge National LaboratoryBirmingham Alabama November 26 27 2011 17 Interview with Rick Bragg Discussion of Martin Luther King Jr s Letter from Birmingham JailBaton Rouge Louisiana December 24 25 2011 18 Tour of the Slave Narratives Collection of Southern University s John B Cade Library Tour of the Old Louisiana State CapitolBeaumont Texas February 4 5 2012 19 Tour of The Book Bazaar Tour of the Texas Energy MuseumShreveport Louisiana March 3 4 201 20 Tour of the James Smith Noel Collection at the Noel Memorial Library Louisiana State University in Shreveport Discussion of the history of the B 52 bomberLittle Rock Arkansas March 31 April 1 2012 21 Interview with David Welky author of The Thousand Year Flood about the Ohio River flood of 1937 Discussion of the Presidential Gift Collection of the William J Clinton Presidential LibraryOklahoma City Oklahoma May 5 6 2012 22 Tour of the University of Oklahoma s Bizzell Memorial Library s collection of works on the history of scienceTour of the Oklahoma State CapitolWichita Kansas June 2 3 2012 23 Tour of the Special Collections at the Wichita State University LibraryTour of the Kansas Aviation MuseumJefferson City MissouriColumbia Missouri June 30 July 1 2012 24 Tour of the Special Collections area of the University of Missouri s Ellis LibraryTour of the Missouri State Museum s 1904 World s Fair collectionReferences edit Douglas Brinkley Slate Magazine Home front Area man drives C SPAN bus chronicle augusta com Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2013 06 10 Retrieved 2013 09 03 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link http www thesandspur org news c span bus rolls on through 1 2389117 T5X8N9UdySo permanent dead link HBO Takes Bulk of Prizes at the CableACE Awards Los Angeles Times MyEugene Maintenance Mode permanent dead link Creative Mobile Interiors Inc creates dynamic mobile marketing vehicles Decked out Sprinter is the ultimate tailgating machine Rothtstein Betsy C SPAN Rolls Out Second Fleet of Tricked Out Vehicles FishbowlDC MediaBistro Archived from the original on 29 March 2014 Retrieved 22 March 2013 C SPAN Launches Second Fleet Of Vehicles For Bringing Local American Literary Stories History To National Audience PDF Press release C SPAN 12 March 2013 Retrieved 22 March 2013 permanent dead link May 28 29 2011 June 25 26 2011 July 30 31 2011 August 27 28 2011 September 24 25 2011 October 29 30 2011 November 26 27 2011 December 24 25 2011 February 4 5 2012 March 3 4 2012 March 31 April 1 2012 May 5 6 2012 June 2 3 2012 June 30 July 1 2012External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to C SPAN Bus program nbsp Buses portalDeparture of the first C SPAN Bus from Washington November 8 1993 C SPAN School Bus Special July 11 1994 2 hour 30 minute retrospective on the first seven months of the first C SPAN School Bus Booknotes interview with Douglas Brinkley on The Majic Bus An American Odyssey April 18 1993 C SPAN Bus FAQs Creative Mobile Interiors page on the Digital Bus Creative Mobile Interiors page on the LCVs MSNBC tour of Digital Bus with Chuck Todd Savannah Guthrie and Brian Lamb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title C SPAN Bus program amp oldid 1209737369, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
