Release Date: Tue, Jan 17, 2012

WPT to Offer Live Coverage of Gov. Scott Walker's State of the State Address

For More Information:Lynn Brockmeyer, WPT publicist, 608-263-3364, [email protected] Joel Waldinger, WPT producer, 608-890-2840, [email protected] Public Television (WPT) will provide live coverage of Gov. Scott Walker's State of the State Address at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25. The address will be simulcast on Wisconsin Public Radio and streamed live at wpt.org. Video of the speech will also be archived for future viewing on the website. The governor will deliver his speech, highlighting priorities for 2012, before a joint session of the Legislature in the Assembly Chambers of the State Capitol Building. Members of the Legislature, the lieutenant governor, Wisconsin Supreme Court justices and cabinet members, along with honored guests, attend the speech. The television broadcast will be co-anchored by WPT's Frederica Freyberg and Wisconsin Public Radio's Shawn Johnson. Following the speech, Democrats will offer a response to Walker's remarks. WPT is a service of the Educational Communications Board and the University of Wisconsin-Extension. Wisconsin Public Television is a place to grow through learning on WHA-TV, Madison; WPNE-TV, Green Bay; WHRM-TV, Wausau; WLEF-TV, Park Falls; WHLA-TV, La Crosse; and WHWC-TV, Menomonie-Eau Claire.

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