New England Public Media (NEPM) and GBH News will host a debate between the two candidates for U.S. Senate from Massachusetts live from NEPM’s studios in Springfield, Mass., on Thursday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. ET.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Republican challenger John Deaton will meet in a one-hour debate moderated by NEPM News reporter Adam Frenier and GBH News political reporters Adam Reilly and Saraya Wintersmith.
Watch the NEPM News and GBH News Massachusetts Senate Debate live at the link above, or on NEPM TV; 88.5 NEPM; GBH 2; GBH 89.7 FM; 90.1 CAI, the Cape and Islands Radio; and streaming at gbhnews.org and the GBH News and NEPM YouTube channels. The debate will be captioned in English and Spanish.
Following the debate, GBH News will offer commentary, analysis, and listener feedback in a special half hour program hosted by GBH News reporters Katie Lannan and Arun Rath, available at GBH 89.7, 88.5 NEPM, and streaming at gbhnews.org.
The NEPM News and GBH News Massachusetts Senate Debate is part of a new initiative called Connecting the Commonwealth, a partnership between GBH News, CAI, and New England Public Media (NEPM) to report and expand news coverage statewide, reaching listeners from Springfield to Provincetown and points between. CAI, the Cape and Islands Radio will contribute a question for the candidates to answer during the debate.
The debate will be rebroadcast on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 4 p.m. ET on 88.5 NEPM and Sunday, Oct. 20 on NEPM TV at 7 p.m. ET, GBH 2 at 6 p.m. ET, and on GBH 89.7 at 7 p.m. ET. Find all of NEPM News and GBH News’ Election 2024 coverage at nepm.org/tags/elections and gbhnews.org/election-2024.
The NEPM News and GBH News Massachusetts Senate Debate is sponsored by AARP Massachusetts.
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