Among them were Bob Rosencrans, who provided $25,000 of initial funding in 1979,[3][6] and John D. Evans, who provided the wiring and access to the headend needed for the distribution of the C-SPAN signal.[7][8] According to a report from commentator Jeff Greenfield on Nightline in 1980,[9] C-SPAN was launched to provide televised coverage of U.S. political events in their entirety.