C-SPAN to Debut Library of Congress Doc on July 18

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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C-SPAN will debut a 90-minute documentary on the Library of Congress July 18 at 8 p.m. and again at 11 p.m.

The original doc takes a high-definition, behind-the-stacks, look at the "past, present and future, of the world's largest library.

The show was produced by C-SPAN vet Connie Doebele. Excerpts from the show are already available on YouTube.

The library has 900 collections of papers from members of Congress dating back to the continental Congress and Josiah Bartlett, Declaration of Independence signer, Congressman and governor from New Hampshire (the name West Wing co-opted for its President and former New Hampshire governor, Martin Sheen).

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.