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Spartan TV back on the air
With new programming and a marketing campaign, "Do You 52?"
Janine Camara
Issue date: 11/7/06 Section: Campus News
According to graduate student Edward Tyndale, the studio in Carmichael 4 had been used as a classroom for broadcasting students and "a repository for stuff that need to go surplus." After a combined effort from students and teachers to clear out the studio, the space is a functional TV studio where Spartan Television (STV), UNCG's newly re-instated student channel operates.
Tyndale, who's working toward his MFA in Film and Video Production from UNCG, serves as an advisor of the club but attributes the renewal of the station to the students.
"We're assigned as advisors to the club," said Tyndale, who co-advises the club with Max Negin. "It's really students who are doing it," he continued.
The recent effort to revive STV began last year, according to STV's Executive Producer Andrew Breedlove.
"We realized that production could be a vital tool, not only through the paper and radio, but television as a visual tool."
"When we started out there was like four people, after two weeks there was 12 people," continued Breedlove.
Before long the number of individuals interested in helping to make Spartan Television a reality grew to 35. Breedlove, along with STV Station Manager Denise Jones and Broadcasting Director Kevin Mara were part of the small group of students who helped begin re-initiation of the channel.
"Denise showed so much energy that we formed this club," said Tyndale.
Formerly, STV was organized as a structured course (BCN 296 and BCN 396) but that arrangement failed to produce an operational channel. Now STV is a club open to all students, consisting of several collaborative departments.
"That sort of delegation has really changed [Spartan Television]," said Tyndale.
STV, which airs on channels 2 and 52, now produces the newly spawned UNCG NOW, a 30 minute television show consisting of five segments produced, written, and filmed by students. The segments include shows like "Fire Wire," a program about the gaming world, "Fashion Forward," a show that lets the UNCG community know what's in vogue, and "Music Beat," a broadcast about the newest music news. There's also political talk show "Informed and Dangerous," and "WE," which according to STV's Myspace site promotes on-campus events and student organizations. New episodes of UNCG NOW debut on Mondays at 9p.m., and re-air throughout the week at 9p.m., 11p.m., and 6:30a.m. UNCG NOW made its premiere two weeks ago on Oct. 24.
Tyndale, who's working toward his MFA in Film and Video Production from UNCG, serves as an advisor of the club but attributes the renewal of the station to the students.
"We're assigned as advisors to the club," said Tyndale, who co-advises the club with Max Negin. "It's really students who are doing it," he continued.
The recent effort to revive STV began last year, according to STV's Executive Producer Andrew Breedlove.
"We realized that production could be a vital tool, not only through the paper and radio, but television as a visual tool."
"When we started out there was like four people, after two weeks there was 12 people," continued Breedlove.
Before long the number of individuals interested in helping to make Spartan Television a reality grew to 35. Breedlove, along with STV Station Manager Denise Jones and Broadcasting Director Kevin Mara were part of the small group of students who helped begin re-initiation of the channel.
"Denise showed so much energy that we formed this club," said Tyndale.
Formerly, STV was organized as a structured course (BCN 296 and BCN 396) but that arrangement failed to produce an operational channel. Now STV is a club open to all students, consisting of several collaborative departments.
"That sort of delegation has really changed [Spartan Television]," said Tyndale.
STV, which airs on channels 2 and 52, now produces the newly spawned UNCG NOW, a 30 minute television show consisting of five segments produced, written, and filmed by students. The segments include shows like "Fire Wire," a program about the gaming world, "Fashion Forward," a show that lets the UNCG community know what's in vogue, and "Music Beat," a broadcast about the newest music news. There's also political talk show "Informed and Dangerous," and "WE," which according to STV's Myspace site promotes on-campus events and student organizations. New episodes of UNCG NOW debut on Mondays at 9p.m., and re-air throughout the week at 9p.m., 11p.m., and 6:30a.m. UNCG NOW made its premiere two weeks ago on Oct. 24.
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