President Biden speaks to a joint session of Congress

• Fred Vigeant
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  Fred Vigeant is WITF's Director of Programming and Promotions for TV and Radio. Fred manages the schedules for our radio and television platforms. He also analyzes audience research and manages the public affairs program Smart Talk. Previously, Fred was at WRVO in Oswego, NY for 12 years serving in various roles including Program Director and before that Operations Manager. Fred graduated from the State University of New York College at Oswego with a B.A. in Mass Communications and Broadcasting.

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President Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the White House in Washington, after former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.

President Biden will address a joint session of Congress as he approaches his 100th day in office. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has invited the president to share his “vision for addressing the challenges and opportunities of this historic moment.”

Special coverage on radio and television begins at 9pm and is expected to wrap up around 11pm. The coverage will include a Republican response.

Notification of this special coverage came after the April television schedule was completed. The following changes due to this special coverage:

• NOVA “Fighting for Fertility” originally scheduled on April 28 move to Wednesday, May 12, 9pm
• Human: The World Within “React” also originally scheduled on April 28, will move to Wednesday, June 2, 10pm

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