1. As it is, the networks are squeezing convention coverage into half times of pre-season football games. 2. Broadcast executives spoke openly about abandoning live convention coverage altogether and leaving it to cable. 3. Certainly, CBS and NBC hardly are going to fill their airwaves with hours of convention coverage. 4. For two decades, the amount of convention coverage has been a testy issue. 5. He granted CBS an interview on his whistle-stop train ride and the network interrupted its convention coverage to show portions of it. 6. He said the best convention coverage was on PBS and Comedy Central. 7. If that happens, ABC would pledge to devote at least two hours a night to convention coverage. 8. Is it possible to change the steps in the reluctant dance between conventions and convention coverage? 9. Jeff Gralnick, an ABC News vice president who is executive producer of convention coverage, said he had done the right thing in broadcasting the Reagan video. 10. Its convention coverage includes an event guide, newsstand, a special area for young voters, and detailed information about Dole, the party and the platform. |
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