 washington journal is an american television series on the c-span network in the format of a political call-in and interview program. the program features elected officials, government administrators and journalists as guests, answering questions from the hosts and from members of the general public, who call into the studio or submit questions via e-mail and social media. the three-hour program airs every day of the year beginning at 7 a.m. eastern time, except when special events or coverage of congress preempts all or part of the program. the audio of the program also airs on wcsp-fm as a simulcast with the television broadcast. ==background and production== ===history=== washington journal's antecedent is the c-span daily call-in, a fixture of the network since 1980. the inaugural washington journal program aired on january 4, 1995, and the program continues to be shown on c-span in its original time slot. saturday and sunday editions were originally just two hours long; on january 20, 2001, they were expanded to a full three hours. simulcasts of washington journal on c-span's radio station, wcsp-fm, began on october 9, 1997; it was the first program to be broadcast on the station. one hour of the sunday edition of washington journal is also simulcast on bbc parliament in the united kingdom, precede
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