How to watch INAUGURATION EVENTS

January 20, 2017 at 12:00a.m.

Associated Press

The lack of a TV set shouldn’t prevent you from following today’s presidential inauguration ceremony, the pomp and circumstance surrounding it, and the many protests and marches planned around the country.

Television channels carrying the inauguration live include ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, PBS, C-SPAN and Fox News, as well as Telemundo in Spanish. Without a TV, you can check their websites, apps or YouTube channels to watch. Switch among them to compare and contrast coverage.

THE NEWSPAPER ROUTE

The Washington Post is offering free access to its website until Saturday as it covers President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration beginning at 9 a.m. The event will be streamed live on the newspaper’s website, its phone app and its Facebook and YouTube pages. The Post also plans live coverage of this evening’s balls with its fashion critic Robin Givhan, style writers and others.

At The New York Times, reporters around the country will cover the events in Washington and reactions from across the country. The Times plans live video and real-time analysis from its political reporters, not just on its website and app, but also on its Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages.

DIGITAL MEDIA

Digital media darling BuzzFeed will host a Facebook Live event called “BuzzFeed News Live at Trump’s Inauguration: This Is Happening.” BuzzFeed will report on events in real time throughout Washington. The coverage starts around 10 a.m. on the BuzzFeed News Facebook page and will switch to a feed of the inauguration at noon.

Vox reporter Liz Plank, meanwhile, will live stream from the Women’s March on Washington on Saturday, a protest expected to draw large crowds of people concerned about a Trump presidency. Plank’s coverage will be on Vox’s Facebook page .

VIRTUAL REALITY

USA Today is offering virtual reality and 360-degree coverage of the events, with cameras at the Capitol, the National Mall and along the inaugural parade route. USA Today says the livestream will be available on VR headsets on the USA Today channel in the YouTube app.

STAY SOCIAL

Beyond news outlets’ individual social media pages, you can also follow along on Twitter. In partnership with PBS NewsHour, Twitter will stream a special coverage at http://inauguration.twitter.com .

If you have friends attending the inauguration, the marches, or both, look for their live video streams on Facebook or Twitter, or Instagram Stories on the photo-sharing app.

THE OFFICIAL WORD

The Presidential Inauguration Committee will also stream the inauguration on its website .

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AP Television Writer David Bauder contributed to this story.