C-SPAN

American  

[see-span] / ˈsiˌspæn /

Trademark.

1. Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network: a cable television channel.

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Example Sentences

Earlier this year, C-SPAN, the public affairs network funded by the cable and satellite industry, launched “Ceasefire,” a roundtable show where Republicans and Democrats have respectful discussions.

From Los Angeles Times

The idea came from C-SPAN Chief Executive Sam Feist, who produced the iconic — and often maligned — cable news debate program “Crossfire” during his years at CNN.

From Los Angeles Times

Weekly Standard staff writer Tucker Carlson appearing on C-Span’s “Washington Journal,” Sept. 24, 1999:

From The Wall Street Journal

Dan Caldwell, the head of CVA at the time, explained how the two groups had come to work together in an interview on C-SPAN that included Will Fischer, then the director of government relations for VoteVets:

From Salon

As a teenager, he often watched C-Span.

From Salon