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RFD-TV's 'Rural Town Hall' Series Wins Cablefax Award
USAgNet - 12/07/2016

RFD-TV News and Mediacom announced that its political series, "Rural Town Hall," was awarded the 2016 Cablefax Award for the "Best Show or Series - Public Affairs" category.

The win was announced in New York City during the annual Cablefax Program Awards ceremony, which recognizes the cable industry's best programming content.

"Rural Town Hall," launched in August 2015, featured both Republican and Democratic presidential candidates as they prepared to go head-to-head at the primaries in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. Produced in conjunction with Mediacom Connections Channel and RFD-TV News, the series of live, one-hour, primetime programs, offered individual candidates the opportunity to share their vision for rural America, while answering pointed questions submitted by rural organizations and agribusiness leaders about issues facing rural Americans.

The "Rural Town Hall" series featured candidates including Sen. Ted Cruz, Dr. Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, George Pataki, Rick Santorum, Gov. Bobby Jindal, Jim Webb, Sen. Lindsey Graham, and special guest USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Audience members included constituents from agricultural non-profits and organizations such as AARP, Iowa Pork Producers, American Soybean Association, Louisiana Farm Bureau, Growth Energy, FFA, 4-H, farmers and ranchers. Throughout the one-hour forum, the candidates outlined their vision for rural America. Veteran farm broadcaster and regular anchor for RFD-TV's "Market Day Report" Mark Oppold hosted the series.


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