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Republican National Convention | PBS NewsHour & NPR

The Republican National Convention
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Aug. 24-27 at 8 p.m. on WKAR-HD 23.1 & 9 p.m. on 105.1 FM | Live coverage of the 2020 Republican National Convention.

PBS NewsHour Special Coverage | 8 p.m. on WKAR-HD 23.1 
PBS NewsHour will be anchored by managing editor Judy Woodruff at the studio in Arlington, Virginia, with senior national correspondent Amna Nawaz, correspondent Lisa Desjardins, and White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor reporting in the field and/or remotely (Desjardins reporting from Wilmington, Del. August 17 – 20).

Guests – likely remote as well – include Cook Political Report national editor Amy Walter, syndicated columnist Mark Shields, New York Times columnist David Brooks, Washington Post columnists Jonathan Capehart and Gary Abernathy, Washington Post national political reporter and moderator of PBS’s Washington Week Robert Costa, American Greatness editor Chris Buskirk, and former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, with more to come.

NPR Special Coverage | 9 p.m. on 105.1 FM & streaming on wkar.org

Special coverage also took place Aug. 17-20 for the Democratic National Convention on PBS NewsHour and NPR

NPR BLOG SUMMARY
Day 1 | August 24
Day 2 | August 25
Day 3 | August 26
Day 4 | August 27

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