State of State Information Page

1. Introduction

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder will present his “State of the State” (SOS) address to the people of Michigan.  It is scheduled for Wednesday, January 16, 2013 from 6:30 PM-8:00 PM including the Democratic response.

The MAB will once again make this important message easily available to all stations.  With the momentum started on the recovery of our state, many of your regular audience members will be highly interested in the speech. 

We encourage all members to carry the SOS address live, if at all possible on your main channel and or your digital channels as well as streaming it on your website.  If that is impossible please tape the feed and air it or stream it, in its entirety, at a more convenient time.  You may also wish to take the feed to include excerpts from it in your new if you have news programming product.

Technical information for both radio and television is below.

For those sending a production truck and reporter, you will need to reserve your own parking space by contacting the City of Lansing Parking Department. 

We want to thank WJRT-TV for providing the uplink truck and satellite feed for this important address and WKAR-TV for providing the technical assistance for public television and radio.

Please fill out the SOS Carriage survey link by Jan 10th: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2013SOS

The Governor’s office wants a report as to who will carry the message.

If you have questions contact Larry Estlack at the MAB 1-800-968-7622.

2.  Technical Information

For assistance the day of the event, please call 517-374-1342.

(as of January 4, 2013; subject to revision)

Television Clean Feed:

Time: Testing Period 16:30-18:58
Democratic Response 18:30 – 18:58
SOS Address 19:00- conclusion*
 
(90 seconds after conclusion the Democratic Response will be fed again.)

Coordinates: Galaxy 17 K-12- B
Downlink: 11930.000V
Data rate: 5.5
FEC 3 / 4
Symbol rate: 3.9787
Modulation: QPSK
MPEG-2 Profile 4:2:0

The feed will be closed captioned.

Trouble shooting number: 517-374-1342


Public Television Coordinates - Fully packaged, closed captioned

Time: Testing Period 14:30 – 15:00
Additional Test 18:45 – 19:00
SOS Address 19:00 – 20:26:46 approx.

PTV Virtual Channel SD-05
Standard Definition, 4 X 3 full screen
AMC-21 125 degrees west
Transponder Ku 23
L-band downlink frequency 1413
Symbol rate 4.444 Msps
Data Rate 6.143176
FEC 3/4 
MPEG-2 video 4:2:0
MPEG program 11
Video PID 177
Audio 1 PID 180 dolby digital
Audio 2 PID 181 mpeg

For stations wishing to stream the Michigan Public TV produced State of the State broadcast, the embed code pick up location is:  http://intra.wkar.org/videoembed/wkar/  
 
The feed is offered for any station that wants to use it.  It will be 4x3 with captions, -and- without captions.  (the top two players on that page).

Please note: Content is expected to have the WKAR-TV bug in lower right hand corner. Program run time is 7:00 to 8:27 PM (approx).


RADIO:

Michigan Radio Network affiliates can use the Farm Radio Network feed which will also be an audio feed of WKAR-TV's coverage. 

Streaming: An audio stream of WKAR-TV’s coverage will be provided through the MAB website - information and links below.

*Specific ending time is somewhat open as we do not know how long the Governor’s address will be in advance.  If anything it could go less than designated time, so be prepared to have an announcer fill in.

3.  Streaming Audio

The MAB is providing a streaming audio feed for member radio stations that do not have access to a satellite feed.  The audio will be a simulcast of the public television feed via WKAR-TV/East Lansing.

The broadcast is scheduled to begin at 7:00pm; however, due to the latency that exists with streaming audio (that can vary with each user's internet connection), reception of the stream at your end may occur 10-30 seconds after the 7:00pm start time.  Stations should be prepared to fill, if neccessary.

Streaming Audio Links

(click on the appropriate logo for your computer)

Most PCs with work with the Windows Media link.  Most Apple/Mac products will work with iTunes/Quick Time link.

WinAmp For computers with WinAmp audio software

Windows Media For computers with Windows Media software

iTunes/Quick Time Best of Apple/Mac Computers and iTunes

Real Audio For computers with Real Audio Software