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# Candidates go head to head on City TV2
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/candidates-go-head-to-head-on-city-tv2/
- Published: 2004-10-19T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:18:30.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

It should be lively tonight in Council Chambers as 14 candidates for City Council will debate various issues on local television.

All the candidates will be participating in a round table discussion from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. During the program, called “Council Candidates Live!” each person will consider pre-written questions and debate them in small groups. Since the public is invited, the idea is for voters to see all of the candidates in one place and see how their opinions differ.

City TV2, channel 20, is a companion station to CityTV, channel 16, Santa Monica’s main government access cable station. City TV2, which has been on-air for two weeks, is dedicated to 24-hour election coverage and will be re-airing the taped debate everyday. Since many local political candidates don’t have the money to run television ads, City TV2 aims at both educating voters and leveling the field for all candidates by providing each equal air time. The new station makes Santa Monica the first city in the country to dedicate a separate channel to educating voters about the specifics of an election. City TV2 also will provide continuous coverage of election night results from Tuesday at 8 p.m. until Wednesday at 12 p.m. After Nov. 2, residents will be able to catch government meetings they have missed by tuning in to replays of meetings on City TV channel 16.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 19, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/101904.pdf?ref=smdp.com)