RTV5 to increase programming with help of advanced equipment
Later this semester, when students flip to channel 5 on campus, they will be more likely to see a powderpuff game or new programs than cycles of RTV5 commercials.
Station Manager Dan Derozier, a Hanszen College junior, said the blanket-tax organization has plans to overhaul its image and programming.
Derozier said the station will begin filming and airing college sporting events and will eventually move to a programming schedule with a different slate of shows every night. Colleges will be encouraged to use equipment borrowed from RTV5 to film their own sports, which the station will then air.
He said the station is still finalizing its programming but will begin producing a short, semi-weekly news show and a bi-weekly sports show featuring interviews with varsity coaches and athletes. The staff is also considering sketch and scripted comedies, and RTV5 will continue to produce its reality show, “Screw Your Roommate,” which sets up students on blind dates.
Derozier said RTV5 will also work with theVisual and Dramatic Arts Department to air student film projects. He said the station is open to new ideas as well.
“We would encourage people, if they have ideas, to go to RTV, and we can help make it happen,” Derozier said. “As much as we want to emphasize our own in-house content, we want to be a resource for people who want to make their own stuff.”
Within the next few weeks, RTV5 will spend about $3,000 to purchase wireless audio-visual equipment and more cameras. The new equipment will allow the station to film and air more programs with a limited staff, Derozier said. Currently about 10 people are consistently involved in the organization.
“We’re going to buy a whole lot of equipment to do different things … that [otherwise would] require a lot of people and time,” Derozier said.
Programming Director Brett Snider, a Hanszen junior, said he wants to increase the station’s visibility this year. He said he would like to publish the station’s weekly programming line-up in the Thresher once it is developed.
Snider said he hopes the programming changes will encourage more students to join the organization. He said all students, even those without audio-visual experience, are welcome to join.
“We’re willing to give tutorials on … filming, editing, any of the steps along the way,” Snider said. “RTV is there to help you realize what you want to do.”
Snider said he is excited about the changes.
“There’s really a new era of RTV people who are just pumping new blood into the group,” he said.
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