Pentagon Channel Reaches 1MM Military Viewers in U.S., starring Jeb Bush!

[paineinthearse]

Two related articles from the DoD press site. The first reports the growth of the "pentagon channel", the second describes an event featuring Jeb Bush. Going back through the release archives, he is the only governor so featured.

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U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
News Release

On the Web:
http://www.dod.gov/cgi-bin/dlprint.cgi?http://www.dod.gov/releases/2005/nr20050411-2482.html
Media contact: [phone] Public contact:
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or [phone]

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No. 349-05
IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2005

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Pentagon Channel Reaches One Million Military Viewers in U.S.
The Pentagon Channel, the Defense Department's news and information television service, now provides programming to more than one million men and women in uniform serving on military bases stateside.

The record growth, achieved as the Pentagon Channel approaches its first anniversary of service, has been accomplished, in part, by providing satellite receiving equipment to 165 military installations throughout the United States to allow the Pentagon Channel to be viewed on the base cable networks. Additional audience growth has been achieved through on-base distribution by commercial cable and satellite providers.

“The Pentagon Channel is an excellent communications tool to speak directly to U.S. forces and their families,” said Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

The Pentagon Channel broadcasts military news and information for and about 2.6 million members of the U. S. armed forces: Active Duty, National Guard and Reserve. Programming includes Department of Defense news briefings, original documentaries, newscasts and interviews with top Defense leaders.

Additional distribution – to military bases, Reserve centers and National Guard armories – continues, toward the goal of making Pentagon Channel programming available to everyone in the U. S. armed forces.

"This is an exciting time for the Pentagon Channel, as we approach our one-year anniversary in May,” said Allison Barber, deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs. “We are expanding our programming and our distribution and we are always looking at proactive ways to communicate with our military audiences."

The Pentagon Channel officially launched May 14, 2004, with a live broadcast from the Armed Forces Day opening ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

Distributed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the Pentagon Channel helps ensure that U. S. forces remain the best informed in the world. The television service is also made available to U. S. cable and satellite providers and military audiences overseas in 177 countries via the American Forces Radio and Television Service. The Pentagon Channel is also available to a global audience via web cast at http://www. pentagonchannel.mil .

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U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
News Release

On the Web:
http://www.dod.gov/releases/2005/nr20050411-2465.html
Media contact: [phone] Public contact:
http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html
or [phone]

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No. 345-05
IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2005

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Wynne, Gov. Bush to Brief Media at Joint Services Environmental Management Conference in Tampa

Michael W. Wynne, under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will brief on environmental issues at the Joint Services Environmental Management (JSEM) Conference. The event will take place Tuesday, April 12, 2005, in Room 3 of the Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Fla., at 10:05 a.m. EDT.

Following the Bush/Wynne media availability, the Department of Defense will conduct a media roundtable in Room 3 of the Tampa Convention Center at 10:15 a.m. Participating will be Paul W. Mayberry, deputy under secretary of defense for readiness; Alex Beehler, assistant deputy under secretary of defense for environment, safety and occupational health; Maureen Koetz, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, environment and logistics, Donald Schregardus, deputy under secretary of the Navy for environment; Jan Reitman, Defense Logistics Agency staff director for environment, safety and occupational health; and Mollie Palmer, deputy chief of staff for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

Media may attend the availability and roundtable, as well as cover all the open events at the conference upon media credential validation and registration at the convention center. The media point of contact is Air Force Maj. Susan Idziak, who can be reached at [phone].

Additional information about the 2005 JSEM Conference is available at http://www.jsemconference.com.

[wakeme2008]

1. Doesn't look too bad

if you are in the Miltary... No Rush just reports of different Army/Air Force/Navy bases and things like that.

[jilln]

2. I was at this big outdoor festival

and I saw a guy wearing a PNN T-shirt - looked like the CNN logo but it said Pentagon News Network underneath it. I was just about to burst out laughing when I thought, what if that's the real logo and this guy is a supporter?

[DemBeans]

3. confused -

I thought all of our cable news networks qualify to be The Pentagon Channel. Why clutter up the airwaves with another?