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Line 1: {{short description\|Element of public broadcasting}} {{For\|other uses of "public affairs"\|public affairs (disambiguation)}} {{Notability\|date=December 2019}} ~~{{multiple issues\|~~ ~~{{Unreferenced\|date=November 2006}}~~ ~~{{Globalize/US\|date=September 2012 \|discuss=Talk:Public affairs (broadcasting)#Globalize }}~~ }} In [[broadcasting]], '''public affairs''' [[Radio broadcasting\|radio]] or [[television program]]s focus on matters of [[politics]] and [[public policy]]. In ~~Among~~the United States, among [[commercial broadcaster]]s, such programs are often only to satisfy [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) regulatory expectations and are not [[Broadcast programming\|scheduled]] in [[prime time]]. Public affairs television programs are ~~usually~~often broadcast at times when few listeners or viewers are tuned in (or even awake) ~~in the [[United States\|U.S.]],~~ in time slots known as [[graveyard slot]]s; such programs can be frequently encountered at times such as 5-6 a.m. on a Sunday. [[Sunday morning talk show]]s are a notable exception to this obscure scheduling. [[Harvard University]] claims that the public affairs genre has been losing popularity since the beginning of the [[digital era]].<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Aufderheide\|first=Pat\|url=https://cyber.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/Public%20Broadcasting%20and%20Public%20Affairs_MR.pdf\|title=Public Broadcasting & Public Affairs\|last2=Clark\|first2=Jessica\|others=Editorial participation by Jake Shapiro\|year=2008\|location=[[Harvard University]]\|pages=2}}</ref> ~~Public affairs coverage is carried as [[digital subchannel]]s of existing [[state network]] [[Public Broadcasting Service]] (PBS) member [[public television]] stations.~~ == References == [[Government-access television]] (GATV) is cable [[channel capacity]] for local government bodies and other legislative entities to access the cable television systems to televise public affairs meetings. <references /> At some (particularly national) broadcasters, "Public Affairs" may be a special unit, separate from the news department, dedicated to producing long-form public-affairs programming, as at the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] prior to 1992. As of 2012, [[C-SPAN]]'s three networks are the most widely known and widely available public affairs channels in the United States. ==See also== [[News broadcasting]] [[Public service announcement]] (PSA) *[[Sunday morning talk show]] {{Broadcasting}} {{Parliamentary broadcasters}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Public Affairs (Broadcasting)}} [[Category:Radio ~~news~~broadcasting]] ~~[[Category:Radio terminology]]~~ [[Category:Television genres]] ~~[[Category:New]]~~ ~~[[Category:Television news]]~~ [[Category:Television terminology]] [[Category:Public sphere\|Affairs]] [[Category:Influence of mass media]]