WXYZ-TV Hosts Final Mayoral Debate

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Oct. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WXYZ-TV will host the final debate between Detroit mayoral candidates Benny Napoleon and Mike Duggan on Tuesday, October 29^th.  The debate will take place exactly one week before Detroiters go to the polls to choose their next mayor.

The candidates will face-off at Channel 7's Broadcast House from 7-8 p.m. in front of a live studio audience.  A larger audience of Detroit voters will watch and participate in the debate from the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History where Channel 7 anchor/reporter Glenda Lewis will be on hand.  7 Action News anchor Stephen Clark will moderate a special post-debate webcast from 8-8:30 p.m.

Since 1993, Channel 7 has been the proud home of the final debate for all of the Detroit mayoral elections.

"WXYZ has a long history of televising important political forums," said E.W. Scripps divisional GM and WXYZ vice-president and general manager, Ed Fernandez. "We're honored to be presenting this important event that will have such a profound impact on the future of Detroit and the region."

Channel 7 editorial and public affairs director Chuck Stokes will moderate this final Detroit mayoral debate.  Questions will be asked by a panel including Carolyn Clifford, 7 Action News anchor; Lloyd Jackson, WJR News/Talk 760 assistant news director; Bankole Thompson, senior editor of the Michigan Chronicle; and Crain's Detroit Business Publisher Mary Kramer.  The Booker T. Washington Business Association and the Detroit Black Chamber are also participating as sponsors of the debate.

Detroit voters are encouraged to submit their questions for the candidates on wxyz.com or by calling WXYZ's debate hotline at (248) 827-9424. Viewers will be able to watch the debate live on WXYZ-TV as well as on wxyz.com and the station's mobile apps.

WXYZ-TV is owned by E.W. Scripps.  Scripps is a leading media enterprise that embraces its rich history in delivering high-quality journalism through television stations, newspapers and the Scripps Howard News Service, while developing and expanding its digital strategies, including social gaming, for multiple platforms. The company provides community-changing breaking news, story-telling, investigations and interactive outreach at 19 television stations in major markets such as Denver, San Diego, Detroit, Phoenix, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Tampa, and 13 newspaper markets, including Memphis, Knoxville, Naples, Fla., and Corpus Christi, Texas.

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