Television Coverage of the DC Leg

There are an abundance of options for folks wanting to catch part of the Pope's DC leg of his journey. Of course, streaming video is available right here at Pope2008.com and at EWTN.com.

In addition, all of the major Washington, DC stations - NBC 4, News Channel 8, Fox 5, and WUSA 9 plan to provide full coverage of the Pope's visit to DC, including the Papal Mass.

ABC 7, News Channel 8, Fox 5, and WUSA 9 will broadcast live from Nationals Park at 5:00 a.m. Live broadcast will continue through the morning, culminating with a live broadcast of the Mass from 10 a.m.-noon. NBC 4 will provide some coverage of the Mass during the morning newscast and continued live coverage of the Mass from 10 a.m.

According to the Archdiocese of Washington, the stations will stream some of their coverage on their web sites:

·        ABC 7: http://www.wjla.com/news/papalvisit.html

·        News Channel 8: http://www.news8.net/news/papalvisit.html

·        WUSA 9: http://www.wusa9.com/news/faith/papalvisit.aspx

·        Fox 5: http://media.myfoxdc.com/papalvisit/

·        NBC 4: http://www.nbc4.com/pope/index.html

Some stations are planning online and TV Papal Visit special broadcasts:

·        Fox 5 is broadcasting a Papal Visit special on Monday, April 14 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. At 7:00 p.m. it will continue until 8:00 p.m. on their Web site: www.myfoxdc.com.

·        ABC 7 and News Channel 8 are simultaneously broadcasting a one-hour special on the pope’s visit on Thursday, April 17 at 7:00 p.m.

·        NBC 4 is running a series of special reports leading up to the visit.

·        WUSA 9 is streaming all the pope’s speeches and travels live via their web site.