West Virginia Revenue Secretary and State Budget Director Charles O. Lorensen, Deputy Revenue Secretary Mark Muchow, Director of the State Budget Office Mike McKown and members of Gov. Tomblin’s Senior Staff will conduct a briefing, for members of the media only, in the Governor’s Cabinet and Conference Room, adjacent to the Secretary of State’s office, to discuss the budget bill to be submitted by the governor.
EVENT: Media Briefing on the budget bill to be submitted by the governor.
TIME: 4:45 p.m.
DATE: Wed., Feb. 13, 2013
LOCATION: Governor’s Cabinet and Conference Room, State Capitol
- Embargoed media packets, including budget information and Gov. Tomblin’s address, will be distributed during the briefing and are embargoed until 7:05 p.m.
Beginning at 7 p.m. Feb. 13, 2013, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin will deliver the State of the State Address. The speech is expected to last approximately 50 minutes. It will be broadcast on West Virginia Public Television and West Virginia Public Radio among other media outlets in the state. If you have technical difficulties with the feed or questions about the coordinates, please call Joe Stevens with the Media Center at 304-382-1133.
SATELLITE: AMC 9
TRANSPONDER: 19A
DOWNLINK FREQUENCY: 12089.0 H
SYMBOL RATE: 3.9787
FEC: ¾ (three over four)
DATA RATE: 5.5
FEED TIME: 6:45 p.m. EDT. – until conclusion of the event
VIDEO: 4×3 standard definition
- 6:45 p.m.: Satellite window opens with slate and tone;
- 6:55 p.m.: Establishing shots of House chamber;
- 7:01 p.m.: Governor’s entrance into the chamber; and,
- 7:06 p.m.: Governor begins the 2013 State of the State Address.
- WVPBS will provide clean audio/video for 30 seconds following the conclusion of the speech.
PLEASE NOTE: The programming is free for unrestricted use.
- The State of the State Address will be streamed live on the governor’s website (www.governor.wv.gov). Text of the speech can be viewed using Adobe Flash player which can be found at http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/.
- Photos of the event will be posted online, after the address.
- Copies of the prepared text of the address will be available immediately following the address on the Governor’s website.
- Hard copies of the text address will be available to credentialed members of the press in the House Chamber just before the speech begins.
