Invitation to Media to Attend Live Broadcast of
US SENATE DEBATE
At NJN Studios, Trenton, NJ
Monday, June 26 at 8 pm

What: NJN will air a televised debate between US Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat, and his Republican opponent NJ State Senator Tom Kean Jr. A panel of reporters will question the two candidates. The media is invited to attend the live one-hour broadcast that will be simulcast on NJN Public Radio. The debate will be rebroadcast on Sunday, July 2 at noon, and will be web cast and archived at www.njn.net. The program is close-captioned.

Where: Studio D, NJN Studios, 25 South Stockton Street, Trenton, NJ.

When: Monday, June 26, at 8 pm. The studio will be open at 6 pm. Please enter NJN through the front entrance on Stockton Street. Parking is available in the garage on Ernie Kovacs Place. Media should arrive by 7:30 pm; doors to the studio will be closed at 7:45 pm. In-place photo opps will be available on the set between 7:35 pm and 7:45 pm.

Moderator: Kent Manahan, NJN News anchor.

Panelists: Michael Aron, senior political correspondent, NJN News; Jim Hooker, NJN State House correspondent; Raju Chebium, Gannett Washington Bureau; and Mike Kelly, The Record.

Reserve seats: To reserve seats, please contact JoAnne Ruscio at (609) 777-3993 or at jruscio@njn.org by 5 pm on Friday, June 23, with the names of reporters who will be attending. Any changes must be phoned in before 6 pm on Monday, June 26. After 6 pm, please call (609) 865-5508 (cell).

Media: Media must have press credentials to be permitted in press area. Seating for the media will be available in Studio D where the debate will be held or in the adjoining Studio A where computer lines will be available and a monitor broadcasting the debate. If you sit in Studio D where the debate takes place, you will not be able to leave until the debate is over since it is a live broadcast. Please note – both studios are kept very cool! Hot coffee and tea will be provided.

Photos: Still photography will be permitted before the debate begins and after the debate has been completed. No audio or video equipment may be used in Studio D during the debate. In-place photo opps will be available on the set between 7:35 pm and 7:45 pm.

Pool Feed: A pool feed will be available on site and the debate will be up-linked on satellite SBS 6 (KU) DIG Transponder11-CHA. Downlink frequency 11953 (H). TEST from 7:30 pm to 8 pm. PROGRAM from 8 pm to 9 pm.

Sponsors: PSE&G, Wachovia, Verizon, Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, New Jersey Education Association, Delta Dental of New Jersey, BP, The Proformance Insurance Company, The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey and The Hall Institute of Public Policy New Jersey.