Friday, May 11 2012 FOR BROADCAST ON THE MINNESOTA CHANNEL Th Eighty-seventh Session of the Minnesota Legislature has adjourned sine die Th Eighty-eighth Session of the Minnesota Legislature is scheduled to convene at noon on January 8, 2013. ********************************************************** LEGISLATIVE WEBCASTS (All times are Central Time Zone) HOUSE WEBCAST: (Windows Media Player Required) No events scheduled SENATE WEBCAST: (Real Player Required) No events scheduled • Legislative television programming is produced and created by the Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate. • *************************************************************************** The Minnesota Legislature provides broadcasts of legislative television coverage live from the Minnesota State Capitol. Coverage is provided during legislative sessions Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., with extended evening and weekend coverage available for debates on high-profile issues. This coverage is broadcast statewide on the MN Channel which is carried by the six public television stations around the state. All programming broadcast on the MN Channel is closed-captioned. • For viewers using over-the-air antennas, legislative television coverage is available on the MN Channel, which is broadcast by your local public television station. • For cable subscribers, legislative television coverage is available if your local cable system carries the MN Channel. Check your local listings, contact your cable provider or call your local public television station to find the MN Channel on your cable system. • For satellite television subscribers, legislative television coverage is available on DirecTV. Check your local listings, contact your satellite service provider or call your local public television station to find the MN Channel on your satellite television service. Legislative television coverage is not available on DISH Network. • Check channel listings below. • Subscribe to the daily television broadcast schedule mailing list by going to: www.senate.mn/schedule/subscribe.php?ls . Choose "TV Schedules", type in your e-mail address and click "Submit Information." STATEWIDE ON THE MINNESOTA CHANNEL • Twin Cities Public Television - tpt channel 2-2 - Comcast cable channel 202 in Minneapolis - Comcast cable channel 243 in St. Paul - Mediacom cable channel 102 (in some areas) - Charter cable channel 396 - DirectTV: DirecTV is in the process of replacing old (silver) home receiver units. To receive the MN Channel on channel 17-2 from DirectTV, subscribers have to: 1. Have local to local service. 2. Have a new (black) home receiver unit. 3. Open the small panel on the lower right side of the receiver unit and hit the red (reset) button while the TV is on. This reset should successfully allow you to receive the MN Channel on channel 17-2 • Duluth - WDSE channel 8-4 - Charter cable channel 396 • Appleton - KWCM channel 10-3 (west central Minnesota) - KSMN channel 20-3 (southwestern Minnesota) • Austin - KSMQ channel 15-4 • Bemidji - KAWE channel 9-6 (Bemidji area) - KAWB channel 22-6 (Brainerd Lakes area) - Paul Bunyan cable channel 334 • Fargo/Moorhead - KCGE channel 16-3 (Crookston/East Grand Forks area) - KFME channel 13-3 (Moorhead/Fergus Falls area) • Other cable channels Alexandria - Channel 396 Austin - Channel 396 Brainerd - Channel 396 Buffalo - Channel 396 Eagle Lake - Channel 133 Ellendale - Channel 133 Faribault - Channel 133 Lake Crystal - Channel 133 Little Falls - Channel 396 Lowry - Channel 396 Mankato - Channel 133 Minnesota Lake - Channel 84 New Richland - Channel 133 North Mankato - Channel 133 Owatonna - Channel 396 Rochester - Channel 396 St. Clair - Channel 133 St. Cloud - Channel 396