| Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 FOR BROADCAST ON THE MINNESOTA CHANNEL 8 a.m. - (delayed broadcast from Thursday) Senate floor session 9:15 a.m. - (delayed broadcast from Thursday) House floor session 9:30 a.m. - (delayed broadcast from Thursday) House/Senate bipartisan press conference Agenda: House and Senate members unveil legislation establishing a health insurance exchange 10 a.m. - (live) House Ways and Means Committee Agenda: Introductions of members and staff, and overview of committee procedures; overview of November Economic Forecast and “fiscal cliff” issues by Minnesota Management and Budget. 11 a.m. - (live or delayed broadcast) Senate floor session Following - (delayed broadcast from Wednesday) House/Senate press conference Agenda: House Speaker Paul Thissen, House Majority Leader Erin Murphy, Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk and Senate Assistant Leader Katie Sieben lay out their vision for the 2013 session; Senator David Hann responds 12 p.m. - (live) Senate Health, Human Services and Housing Committee Agenda: Overviews of Department of Health and the Housing Finance Agency 3 p.m. - (live) House floor session Following - (live, or joined in progress) Senate Transportation and Public Safety Division Agenda: Overview of transportation and public safety financing Following - (delayed broadcast from Thursday) House Capital Investment Committee Agenda: Member and staff introductions; House Research bonding overview. The Minnesota Legislature provides broadcasts of legislative television coverage live from the Minnesota State Capitol. Coverage is provided during legislative sessions Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., with extended evening and weekend coverage available for debates on high-profile issues. • Legislative television programming is produced and created by the Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate. • ********************************************************** LEGISLATIVE WEBCASTS (All times are Central Time Zone) HOUSE WEBCAST: (Windows Media Player Required) 10 a.m. - (live) House Ways and Means Committee Agenda: Introductions of members and staff, and overview of committee procedures; overview of November Economic Forecast and “fiscal cliff” issues by Minnesota Management and Budget. 12:30 p.m. - (live) House State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs Committee Agenda: First Day: Begin Building. Philosophy; Announcements; Expectations; Agencies/Accounts; and Issues, challenges and opportunities facing the committee and its accounts in 2013 and beyond. 3 p.m. - (live) House floor session SENATE WEBCAST: Flash Media Windows Media - Closed Captioned 10 a .m. - (live) Senate Rules and Administration Committee Agenda: Subcommittee appointments 11 a.m. - (live) Senate floor session 12 p.m. - (live) Senate Health, Human Services and Housing Committee Agenda: Overviews of Department of Health and the Housing Finance Agency 3 p.m. - (live) Senate Transportation and Public Safety Division Agenda: Overview of transportation and public safety financing *************************************************************************** CHANNEL GUIDE: Legislative television coverage is broadcast statewide on the Minnesota Channel which is carried by the six public television stations around the state. All programming broadcast on the Minnesota Channel is closed-captioned. • For viewers using over-the-air antennas, legislative television coverage is available on the Minnesota Channel, which is broadcast by your local public television station. • For cable subscribers, legislative television coverage is available if your local cable system carries the Minnesota Channel. Check your local listings, contact your cable provider or call your local public television station to find the Minnesota Channel on your cable system. • For satellite television subscribers, legislative television coverage is available on DirecTV. Check your local listings, contact your satellite service provider or call your local public television station to find the Minnesota Channel on your satellite television service. Legislative television coverage is not available on DISH Network. • Check channel listings below. Subscribe to the daily television broadcast schedule email list by going to: www.senate.mn/schedule/subscribe.php?ls . Choose "TV Schedules", type in your email address and click "Submit Information." STATEWIDE ON THE MINNESOTA CHANNEL • Twin Cities Public Television (St. Paul and Minneapolis) Look for “tptMN” Broadcast: Channel 2-2 Cable: Comcast channel 202 in Minneapolis and channel 243 in St. Paul; Mediacom channel 102; and Charter channel 396. DirecTV: Channel 17-2 * DirecTV is in the process of replacing old (silver) home receiver units. To receive the Minnesota Channel on channel 17-2 from DirecTV, subscribers have to: 1. Have local to local service. 2. Have a new (black) home receiver unit. 3. Open the small panel on the lower right side of the receiver unit and hit the red (reset) button while the TV is on. This reset should successfully allow you to receive the Minnesota Channel on channel 17-2 • WDSE (Duluth) Look for “The Minnesota Channel” Broadcast: Duluth channel 8-4; Hibbing-Iron Range channel 31-4 Cable: Duluth/Superior - Charter channel 396 • KSMQ (Austin) Look for “KSMQ MN Channel” Broadcast: Channel 15-4 • Lakeland Public Television (Bemidji & Brainerd) Look for “Lakeland Minnesota” Broadcast: Bemidji channel 9-6 or Brainerd Lakes channel 22-6 Cable: Lakeland - Paul Bunyan channel 175 • Pioneer Public Television (Appleton) Look for “Pioneer MN” Broadcast: West Central Minnesota Channel 10-3 or Southwestern Minnesota Channel 20-3 • Prairie Public Television (Northwestern Minnesota) Look for “MN Channel” Broadcast: KCGE Crookston/East Grand Forks area channel 16-3 and KFME (Fargo/Moorhead/Fergus Falls area) channel 13-3 • Other cable channels Alexandria - channel 396 Austin - channel 396 Brainerd - channel 396 Buffalo - channel 396 Eagle Lake - channel 133 Ellendale - channel 133 Faribault - channel 133 Lake Crystal - channel 133 Little Falls - channel 396 Lowry - channel 396 Mankato - channel 133 Minnesota Lake - channel 84 New Richland - channel 133 North Mankato - channel 133 Owatonna - channel 396 Rochester - channel 396 St. Clair - channel 133 St. Cloud - channel 396 |