PRESS RELEASE — Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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                     Anne Peterson at 373-7368

September 2 Dialogue Discusses Idaho GOP’s Vote to Repeal 17th Amendment

— Airs September 2 (Thursday) at 8:30/7:30 p.m. MT/PT
— Repeats September 5 (Sunday) at 5:30/4:30 p.m. MT/PT
— See it in HD Thursday, September 2, at 9:30/8:30 p.m. MT/PT and Sunday, September 5, at 8:30/7:30 p.m. MT/PT (High Definition, digital sub-channel 2)

DIALOGUE begins its 17th season next week with a discussion on the 17th Amendment. On Thursday, September 2, host Joan Cartan-Hansen and her guests debate the Idaho Republican Party’s vote in favor of the repeal of the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gives voters the right to directly elect their own U.S. senators. The Idaho GOP’s vote was held during its 2010 state convention earlier this year.

Cartan-Hansen is joined by state Rep. Pete Nielsen, R-Mountain Home; state Sen. Elliot Werk, D-Boise; and David Adler, director of the University of Idaho’s James A. and Louise McClure Center for Public Policy Research. Adler’s appearance is supported by funding from the Idaho Humanities Council.

The live Thursday (September 2) show at 8:30/7:30 p.m. MT/PT will take calls from viewers on a toll-free line: 1-800-973-9800. Questions can also be submitted before the show begins via e-mail at dialogue@idahoptv.org or to the Dialogue Facebook page at www.facebook.com/dialogue. There is no call-in segment on the Sunday (September 5) repeat at 5:30/4:30 p.m. MT/PT. The program also airs on the HD channel (digital sub-channel 2) Thursday at 9:30/8:30 p.m. MT/PT and Sunday at 8:30/7:30 p.m. MT/PT.

In 1787, George Mason called on his fellow delegates at the Constitutional Convention to let state legislators elect U.S. senators as a check on the new federal government. Mason’s idea prevailed and for more than 100 years as voters elected their U.S. representatives and state legislators elected U.S. senators.

But in the early 1900s, U.S. Sen. William Borah of Idaho sponsored efforts to reform the Constitution and called for the direct election of U.S. senators. In 1913 the United States adopted the 17th Amendment, which called for senators to be elected by popular vote.

View or listen to DIALOGUE episodes in a variety of formats:

• Over-the-air broadcast on Idaho digital sub-channel 1 airs Thursdays at 8:30/7:30 p.m. MT/PT, with repeats Sundays at 5:30/4:30 p.m. MT/PT, on channels 12-KUID/26-KCDT, 4-KAID/13-KIPT, and 10-KISU. Analog signals remain available through cable and satellite and many translators; consult local suppliers for channel numbers.
• High-definition over-the-air broadcast on HD digital sub-channel 2 airs Thursdays at 9:30/8:30 p.m. MT/PT, with repeats Sundays 8:30/7:30 p.m. MT/PT, on channels KUID-12, KCDT-45, KAID-21, KIPT-22 and KISU-17. The high-definition broadcast also is available through some cable companies; consult local suppliers.
• Standard-definition over-the-air broadcast airs on World digital sub-channel 4 frequently throughout the week, days and evenings, times vary. The standard-definition broadcast also is available through some cable companies; consult local suppliers.
• Video streaming from idahoptv.org/dialogue is available in high-bandwidth or low-bandwidth format. Windows Media Player is required; a free download is available. DIALOGUE also is available through IdahoPTV’s video player that also features national PBS shows (video.idahoptv.org).
• Video download from idahoptv.org/dialogue; ultra-high bandwidth required.
• Podcasts (MP3, audio-only; and MP4, audio-video for Macintosh and iTunes users) are available for download from idahoptv.org/dialogue.
• NPR News 91 audio-only airs in Southwest Idaho. Sundays, at 11:30 a.m. MT.
• KISU FM audio-only airs in Eastern Idaho. Mondays, at 6:30 p.m. MT.

 

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