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Democratic National Convention | PBS NewsHour & NPR

The Democratic National Convention
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Aug. 17-20 at 8 p.m. on WKAR-HD 23.1 & 9 p.m. on 1501. FM | Live coverage of the 2020 Democratic National Convention. 

PBS NewsHour Special Coverage | 8 p.m. on WKAR-HD 23.1 & streaming at PBS NewsHour
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.

NPR Special Coverage | 9 p.m. on 105.1 FM & streaming at wkar.org
Follow live updates and analysis of the Democratic National Convention with NPR.

Special coverage will also take place Aug. 24-27 for the Republican National Convention on PBS NewsHour and NPR.

NPR BLOG SUMMARY
Day 1 | August 17 
Day 2 | August 18
Day 3 | August 19
Day 4 | August 20

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Day 1 | August 17 | Democratic National Convention

Day 2 | August 18 | Democratic National Convention 

Day 3 | August 19 | Democratic National Convention 

Day 4 | August 20 | Democratic National Convention 

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