Congressional PSAs Satellite Feed

posted on 7.06.2011

Several Texas members of Congress or their spouses last month recorded 30-second PSAs through the National Association of Broadcasters? 25-year old Congressional Public Service Announcement program for airing during off-election cycles.

The PSAs address breast and skin cancer awareness and prevention, mental health awareness, heart health, volunteerism, emergency preparedness, literacy and online predators. 

NAB offers these announcements for airing through December 15, 2011.  Below you?ll find:

• details of PSA satellite feeds on July 7, July 14 and July 21, and
• a list of participating Texas members of Congress and spouses 

Airing these PSAs is an excellent way for you and your station to foster a closer relationship with your lawmaker and to remind legislators of the enduring power of free and local broadcasting.  

You can select and download the broadcast-quality PSAs at http://nab.psamedia.org/. 

To access regional spots, first register to create a login account; then click on the Texas folder from the homepage. Select and download PSAs featuring your stations? respective members of Congress.  NAB Public Service Initiatives has also arranged for one HD and two SD satellite feeds for television broadcasters to take down the spots on July 7, July 14 and July 21. Click here to view the time code for downloading Texas? PSAs from the satellite feed.

Texas? PSAs will be fed approximately from 5:00 ? 5:25 PM EST. 

For more information about the satellite feeds, to request a dub of the PSAs, or if you have any questions about the campaign, please contact Allison Kreutzjans, manager, NAB Public Service Initiatives at AKreutzjans@nab.org or (202) 429.5448.

TEXAS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS/SPOUSES PARTICIPATING IN NAB?S CONGRESSIONAL PSA PROGRAM

• Rep. Francisco Canseco (TX-23): Literacy, Literacy (Spanish)
• Rep. John Carter (TX-31): Emergency Preparedness, Online Predators
• Suzanne Conaway (spouse, TX-11): Skin Cancer Awareness, Volunteerism
• Sandy Cornyn (spouse, TX): Healthy Heart Awareness, Skin Cancer Awareness
• Rep. Blake Farenthold (TX-27): Breast Cancer Awareness, Online Predators, Volunteerism
• Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX- 01): Online Predators
• Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (TX-20): Breast Cancer Awareness, Healthy Heart Awareness
• Rep. Kay Granger (TX-12): Breast Cancer Awareness
• Rep. Gene Green (TX-29): Breast Cancer Awareness, Skin Cancer Awareness
• Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30): Literacy, Mental Health Screening
• Dana Neugebauer (spouse, TX-19): Mental Health Screening
• Rep. Randy Neugebauer (TX-19): Emergency Preparedness, Skin Cancer Awareness
• Rep. Ted Poe (TX-02): Literacy, Volunteerism
• Rep. Silvestre Reyes (TX-16): Literacy, Mental Health Screening, Literacy (Spanish); Mental Health Screening (Spanish)

NAB CONGRESSIONAL PSA SATELLITE FEED SCHEDULES

SD Feed #1

• Date: Thursday, July 7, 2011
• Time: 1200-1800 ET with a 15 minute approx
• Origination: DVS
• Destination: Galaxy 16 C24 Slot A
• D/L: 4166.5 V
• Symbol: 6.1113 Msps
• FEC: 3/4 Modulation: QPSK
• Color: NTSC PacTV Ref: 211774

HD Feed

• Date: Thursday, July 14, 2011
• Time: 1200-1800 ET with a 15 minute approx
• Origination: DVS
• Destination: Galaxy 16 C24 Lower D/L: 4171 V Symbol: 14.0 Msps FEC: 3/4
• Modulation: QPSK Color: 1080i / 59.94 PacTV Ref: 211775

SD Feed #2

• Date: Thursday, July 21, 2011
• Time: 1200-1800 ET with a 15 minute approx
• Origination: DVS
• Destination: Galaxy 16 C24 Slot A
• D/L: 4166.5 V
• Symbol: 6.1113 Msps
• FEC: 3/4
• Modulation: QPSK
• Color: NTSC
• PacTV Ref: 211777

Should you encounter any technical issues during the satellite feed, please contact PacTV Master Control at (310) 287-3800.

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