Democracy Now! 2024 Election Night Coverage Broadcaster Information

Democracy Now! will provide Live 2024 Election Night coverage from 8pm to 11:59pm ET on Tue Nov 5 and an extended 2-hour broadcast from 8 to 9:59am ET on Wed Nov 6.

During these special broadcasts, Democracy Now! will report results from the presidential election to congressional and state races, as well as key ballot initiatives. Tune in for interviews you won’t see anywhere else with grassroots activists, scholars and journalists about domestic and global repercussions of this historic election.

File Downloads

There will be no broadcaster media files for Election Night coverage.

Broadcaster media files for extended 2-hour broadcast from 8 to 9:59am ET on Wed Nov 6 can be downloaded here.

Promos

Coming soon.

If your station has specific promo needs, please contact us.

Live Broadcast Schedule

Nov 5, 8:00pm–11:59pm ET

For this special broadcast, we will provide music breaks at :59 of each hour and clean ins at the top of each hour for broadcasters to join the program in progress.

Nov 6, 8:00am–9:59am ET

For this extended broadcast, Democracy Now! will be presented as normal, as a 59-minute program from 08:00-08:59 ET, followed immediately by an additional second, stand-alone hour. There will be a one-minute music break from 8:59-9:00am ET, with a clean in at 9:00am ET, running live from 09:00-09:59 ET.

Broadcasters have the option of running either or both hours, consecutively as a 1:59 hour program or as 2 stand-alone hours.

Clock

All times ET

Election Night (hourly clock)

• 8:00pm ET–Program start
• 59:00–Music break
• 59:57–Silence
• 00:00–Clean in
• 11:59pm ET–Program end

Nov 6 Extended Broadcast

• 8:00:00–Hour 1 start
• 8:59:00–Music break
• 8:59:57–Silence
• 9:00:00–Hour 2 start
• 9:59:00–Program end

Democracy Now! Streams & Files

Live audio (mp3) and video (HLS & RTMP) streams will be available at https://democracynow.org/static for Election Night at Nov 6 extended broadcast.

Files for the Nov 6 extended coverage will be available for download on the following schedule:

Audio

• Hour 1: 9:30am ET
• Hour 2: 10:30am ET

Video

• Hour 1: 11:00am ET
• Hour 2: Noon ET

Content Depot

If you receive DN! through Content Depot, please subscribe to these special Election Night Coverage programs as follows:

• Election Night: Democracy Now! 2024 Election Night
• Nov 6 Extended Coverage: Democracy Now! Nov 6 2024 Hour 2

Pacifica Audioport

Nov 5, 8:00pm–11:59pm ET

Streamed via http://ku.audioport.org:37628/dn_special

Nov 6, 8:00–9:59am ET

Streamed via http://ku.audioport.org:37628/kuleft_128 with alternating repeats until 1:00 PM ET

File downloads via https://ku.audioport.org

C-Band Satellite (TV)

If you would like to downlink the second hour via C-Band please contact us to make arrangements.

Westlink (PBS)

All programming available via HD65

LTN

To subscribe via LTN please contact us to make arrangements.

Free Speech TV

Coming soon.

Telvue

The second hour of programming for Nov 6 will be uploaded to the HD 16:9 MPEG-4 and SD 4:3 MPEG-PS Democracy Now! Series as “DN! Wednesday, November 6, 2024–Hour 2

Telvue stations can also carry coverage live via Playout or Hypercaster using the RTMP and HLS feeds at https://democracynow.org/static.

Contacts

Editorial Contact
Mike Burke
212-431-9090 x8815

Technical Contacts
Send us an email
Jon Randolph
212-542-0538

David Prude
212-431-9090 x8887