| 00:00:00 | IF THEY COULD JUST WATCH WHAT WAS GOING ON THAT WOULD CAUSE MORE INTEREST IN THE POLITICS. |
| 00:00:06 | AND PEOPLE WOULD BE MORE INFORMED AND IT WOULD BE A GREAT EDUCATIONAL SOURCE. |
| 00:00:10 | MY COMPANY WAS VERY YOUNG. |
| 00:00:12 | WE WERE LOSING MONEY. |
| 00:00:14 | BUT THAT WAS JUST KIND OF HOW WE DID THINGS IN THOSE DAYS. |
| 00:00:18 | AND YOU JUST LIVED FROM PAYROLL TO PAYROLL AND YOU TAKE AN IDEA AND YOU TRY TO SELL IT. |
| 00:00:22 | WE STARTED RUNNING ARTICLES IN THE MAGAZINE, "CABLEVISION," TALKING ABOUT OUR IDEA OF COVERING THE GOVERNMENT, GAVEL TO GAVEL, CONGRESS, AND IF WE COULD COVER THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WE THEN COULD SHOW THE PEOPLE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT AND GET THEM EDUCATED ABOUT POLITICS. |
| 00:00:43 | PEOPLE WATCHING C-SPAN ARE MORE EDUCATED THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON WALKING ALONG THE STREET. |
| 00:00:48 | THEY KNOW MORE ABOUT POLITICSES. |
| 00:00:51 | THEY MORE ABOUT THE BILLS -- POLITICIANS. |
| 00:00:54 | THEY KNOW MORE ABOUT THE BILLS GETTING INTRODUCED. |
| 00:00:57 | THEY KNOW ABOUT DEBATES. |
| 00:00:58 | THEY KNOW WHAT THEY THINK OF THESE THINGS. |
| 00:01:01 | THEY ARE MORE ACTIVE PEOPLE. |
| 00:01:05 | THE FOLKS IN THE POLITICAL WORLD, THAT'S A CLASS OF PEOPLE, SO TO SPEAK, ALTHOUGH THEY DON'T LIKE PEOPLE TO SAY THAT. |
| 00:01:14 | THE POLITICAL CLASS AND THEN YOU HAVE THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THE EDUCATED CLASS AND THEN YOU HAVE ME. |
| 00:01:20 | ANYWAY. |
| 00:01:21 | IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT, IT'S ALMOST TOO SOPHISTICATED FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO WALK UP TO THESE REALLY IMPORTANT PEOPLE AND SAY, HEY, I HAVE IN IDEA ABOUT C-SPAN. |
| 00:01:32 | AND THEY WOULD ALL BE LAUGHING THEIR BUTTS OFF. |
| 00:01:36 | AND TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT IS JUST DIFFERENT. |
| 00:01:39 | I DON'T THINK THAT THE WORD PIONEER IS REALLY APPLICABLE IN TODAY'S BUSINESS MARKET. |
| 00:01:48 | I'M SURE PEOPLE ARE INVENTING THINGS LIKE IN THE ROBOT INDUSTRY BUT THE CABLE BUSINESS IS A MATURE BUSINESS RIGHT NOW. |
| 00:01:58 | AND PEOPLE AREN'T LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SPEND MONEY. |
| 00:02:01 | THEY'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO CUT COSTS. |
| 00:02:04 | AND C-SPAN IS AN EXPENSE TO THESE FOLKS. |
| 00:02:07 | AND -- BUT IT'S KIND OF THEY'RE IN THE GAME. |
| 00:02:11 | I THINK THEY WILL BE STAYING. |
| 00:02:13 | AS A RESULT C-SPAN WILL KEEP GOING BECAUSE CABLE IS NOT GOING AWAY. |
| 00:02:17 | THE EMPLOYEES AT C-SPAN ARE INCREDIBLE, DEDICATED PEOPLE. |
| 00:02:20 | AND I SEE IT JUST GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AND MORE INFLUENTIAL. |
| 00:02:24 | I DON'T SEE ANYTHING HAPPENING WITH THE GOVERNMENT TAKING IT AWAY. |
| 00:02:30 | TAKING AWAY TELEVISED HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE FACT IF THEY DO THEN THEY'LL BE RUNNING IT AND NOBODY TRUSTS THE GOVERNMENT SO NOBODY WILL WATCH IT. |
| 00:02:39 | AND I JUST THINK THAT C-SPAN WILL JUST GET MORE VALID. |
| 00:02:44 | YOUR PROGRAMMING MIGHT CHANGE IN THE SENSE WITH THE TIMES, BUT YOU'LL BE TAKING IT AS A SERIOUS MEDIA JUST AS YOU ARE TODAY. |
| 00:02:53 | WELL, PERSONALLY TO ME I'VE NEVER REALLY DONE ANYTHING IMPORTANT IN MY LIFE. |
| 00:03:02 | C-SPAN WAS IMPORTANT. |
| 00:03:03 | I FELT I WAS VERY PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND BRIAN AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO DONATED MONEY AND SPENT THEIR HARD WORKING HOURS MAKING IT GREAT IS AND I FELT THAT AS WE ALL LOOK AT OURSELVES -- I'M 65 RIGHT NOW -- WHEN I STARTED "CABLEVISION" I WAS 32. |
| 00:03:26 | IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO. |
| 00:03:28 | AND AS I LOOK BACK ON MY LIFE I'M PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SAY I WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT. |
| 00:03:35 | BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS A WONDERFUL THING FOR THIS COUNTRY. |
| 00:03:38 | SO IT MEANS A LOT TO ME. |
| 00:03:50 | HOST: THAT WAS THE MUCH TOO MODEST BOB TITSCH. |
| 00:03:55 | THANK YOU FOR C-SPAN'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY, 30 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP AND SUPPORT FOR THIS NETWORK. |
| 00:04:02 | WE APPRECIATE KNOWING YOU AND APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR US. |
| 00:04:06 | WELL, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES FROM "WASHINGTON JOURNAL. |
| 00:04:11 | " WE'LL |
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