une in Wednesday, August 9 at 7:30 p.m. for LIVE Coverage Johnston, Iowa - Iowa Public Television announced today that it will provide LIVE coverage of the 2017 Iowa State Fair Parade. The parade begins Wednesday, August 9 at 6:15 p.m. in downtown Des Moines with IPTV's coverage from 7:30-9 p.m. The 2017 Iowa State Fair parade will also be live streamed on Iptv.org and Facebook. Join the conversation on social media using #IPTVFair2017. The parade for the 2017 Iowa State Fair will feature more than 140 different floats, animals, vehicles and performing units. Leroy and Pat Perkins of Wayne County will serve as this year's parade marshals. The Iowa State Fair Parade is the state's largest parade and sets the stage for the Iowa State Fair, open this year from August 10-20. IPTV's live coverage marks first time the Iowa State Fair Parade will be broadcast statewide in 15 years. The live coverage of the parade kicks off IPTV's Fair 2017 coverage. Extensive coverage of the Iowa State Fair will air nightly August 14-19 at 9 and 10:30 p.m. Bill Riley will return as host of this year's coverage, which is full of feature contest results, unique stories, food, animals, music and more. IPTV will also broadcast coverage of the finals of the State Fair Talent Championship on Sunday, August 20, at 8 p.m. Learn more at Iptv.org/fair. Support for Fair 2017 is provided by MidAmerican Energy, EMC Insurance Companies, the Iowa Lottery and the Friends of Iowa Public Television Foundation. For more information about Iowa Public Television, please contact Susan Ramsey at 515.725.9703 or Susan.Ramsey@iptv.org. - 30 - Iowa Public Television is Iowa's only statewide television network. IPTV's mission to educate, inform, enrich and inspire Iowans guides its quality, noncommercial programming that tells Iowa's stories like no one else can. Three statewide, public channels offer programs of lasting value to Iowans, regardless of where they live or what they can afford: IPTV (.1), IPTV LEARNS (.2) and IPTV WORLD (.3) on Channel 11, Des Moines; Channel 12, Iowa City; Channel 21, Fort Dodge; Channel 24, Mason City; Channel 27, Sioux City; Channel 32, Waterloo; Channel 32, Council Bluffs; Channel 36, Davenport; Channel 36, Red Oak. More information can be found at Iptv.org.
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