C-SPAN
Proper noun
Meaning
C-SPAN
Initialism of Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network.
Examples
Believe it or not, I got into the charismatic, shady, sly heart of Sedgewick Bell by watching CNN and C-SPAN.
I think I'm pretty politically informed, and I find myself watching Senate hearings on C-SPAN.
I'm an expert on surfing the channels, so I'm always able to find something strange. Or I watch C-Span. I can watch a conference on oceanography, or whatever, for hours.
I try to watch only real things, which basically amounts to C-Span for me. I like real people in real situations. I learn from that.
Part of my job is to read the paper, watch C-Span and show things that haven't been shown or were buried.
A caller who identified himself as a "lifelong Democrat" called in to C-SPAN on Monday after watching the first slate of speeches at the Republican National Convention and announced that he will be voting Republican this year.