CBS Television Commits Air Time for Political Debates

Topic: Politics and Election Coverage
Posted on 11/20/2014

CBS Television owned-and-operated stations produced and aired debates across the country:

KTXA Dallas, Oct. 5, Governor [Greg Abbott, Wendy Davis]; Lt. Governor [Dan Patrick, Leticia Van de Putte]

KYW-TV Philadelphia, Oct. 5, Governor [Tom Corbett, Tom Wolf]

WBZ-TV Boston, Oct. 7, Governor [Charlie Baker, Martha Coakley, Evan Falchuk, Scott Lively, Jeff McCormick]

WJZ-TV Baltimore, Oct. 7, Governor [Anthony Brown, Larry Hogan]

WBBM-TV Chicago, Oct. 14, Governor [Pat Quinn, Bruce Rauner]

WFOR-TV Miami, Oct. 15, Governor [Charlie Crist, Rick Scott]

KCNC-TV Denver, Oct. 24, Governor [John Hickenlooper, Bob Beauprez]

WCCO-TV Minneapolis, Oct. 26, Governor [Mark Dayton, Jeff Johnson]

WCCO-TV Minneapolis, Nov. 2, U.S. Senate [Al Franken, Mike McFadden]

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