Monday, March 17, 2014

Joplin city council, school board candidate forums to air on KGCS

(From Southern News Service)

KGCS-TV, in cooperation with the Joplin Globe, will present two special programs focusing on candidates in the upcoming April election. “Candidate Connection” will air live on the station and be replayed prior to the election. 
The first program, at 7 p.m. Monday, March 24, will feature candidates for the Joplin Schools Board of Education. Eight candidates are seeking three board seats that are up for election. 
The second program, at 7 p.m. Monday, March 31, will feature candidates for the Joplin City Council. Nine candidates are in that race. Six are seeking the three general seats up for election, two are seeking the zone four position, and zone one is unopposed.
Both programs will be televised live from Corley Auditorium on the campus of Missouri Southern State University. Candidates will face questions from area media professionals and questions submitted by area residents. Judy Stiles, general manager of KGCS, will serve as moderator. The media panel will be made up of reporters and editors from the Joplin Globe and a reporter from KOAM-TV. 
Area residents may submit questions for the candidates at www.facebook.com/joplinglobe or tocstark@joplinglobe.com. They may also be dropped off in writing at the Joplin Globe, attention “Candidate Connection.”
The candidate forums will be produced by KGCS-TV.
“This offers a unique opportunity for our students to gain hands-on experience with live productions,” said Stiles.
KGCS has a long history of covering local government, with live coverage and replays of Joplin City Council meetings and replays of Joplin School Board meetings.
KGCS programming may be seen over the air on digital channel 22 and on regional cable television systems including Cable One, Mediacom and Suddenlink. The station operates as a service of the Department of Communication at Missouri Southern State University.

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