Dear (Name of Educator/Historical Society):
As part of our ongoing commitment to public affairs programming and public service, (name of system) is pleased to announce the launch of C-SPAN 3 as part of our digital package.

C-SPAN 3, airing on channel (x), is a twenty-four hour non-commercial digital service that offers more choice in public affairs television. Mondays through Fridays, from mornings through prime-time, C-SPAN 3 will televise key national events from Washington: congressional hearings, press conferences, the best in political seminars and conferences, and National Press Club speeches in the unique long-form style that is classic C-SPAN.

Late nights and weekends, C-SPAN 3 spotlights American history with features from award-winning original history series such as The Lincoln Douglas Debates, Traveling Tocqueville's America, American Presidents: Life Portraits and American Writers: A Journey Through History. Also look for contemporary history programs from the C-SPAN library including profiles of political leaders, museum tours and chronicles of congressional hearings.

We are proud that our support of the C-SPAN networks makes this additional choice in public affairs programming available to you. The C-SPAN networks were created by the cable television industry as a public service. C-SPAN provides LIVE, gavel-to-gavel coverage of the U.S. House of Representatives. C-SPAN 2 offers similar coverage of the U.S. Senate and every weekend Book TV programming devoted to nonfiction books. C-SPAN can be seen on channel (x), C-SPAN 2 on channel (x) and C-SPAN 3 on (x). (Name of system) and the C-SPAN networks are members of Cable in the Classroom, a non-profit educational service of the cable television industry that provides quality, commercial-free educational programming and support materials to educators.

C-SPAN in the Classroom is a FREE membership service. Educators of all grade levels and subjects can tap into C-SPAN's television and online resources as a teaching and research tool. C-SPAN in the Classroom offers FREE support - matching the C-SPAN networks' television and online resources with lesson plans, online activities and classroom posters. Teachers can join online anytime at www.c-span.org/classroom/enroll.

Sincerely,

(System Contact Name, Title)

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