Public access station 贝洛伊特TV gets a makeover

贝洛伊特’s TV station has undergone a massive makeover. As the city of 贝洛伊特’s public access television station, 贝洛伊特TV operates out of the largely student-run Center for Entrepreneurship (CELEB), allowing students to create and produce content in-house for both the college and the wider 贝洛伊特 community.

The station, located in 贝洛伊特’s downtown, installed new lighting, 背景, 定位球, 家具, and recording equipment last summer. The control room has been completely reconstructed, now containing a six-monitor customizable director’s station, a 4K-capable video processor, and a professional multi-camera switcher, which produces high-quality professional programming.

Jonathon Kelley, a professor of media studies and the station’s manager, says 贝洛伊特TV gives students a taste of how local stations create and promote content, from producing their own shows to televising campus or community events. “If you want the real broadcasting experience, we’ve got it right here at 贝洛伊特,” Kelley says.

Students of all majors can access these resources after enrolling in Kelley’s interdisciplinary 300-level course, Practicum in Broadcast Television, where they learn studio techniques, how to use equipment, and acquire production skills. Both 300 and 301 — the second class in the sequence is for 更多的 advanced broadcasters — take place at the same time in the TV station. Seasoned students propose and produce their own television programming and are placed in teams with less-experienced students, who serve as their crew members.

Anton 交叉’20 took the broadcasting sequences and was hired by the college in 2020 to assist with student projects in both 贝洛伊特TV and Maple Tree Recording Studio, adjacent to the station in the CELEB building. 交叉, who has produced concerts and other programming, can barely remember the old cameras of the “bare bones” station before its recent renovation — or a time before CELEB hired Kelley to run 贝洛伊特TV two years ago.

“It’s kind of crazy how quickly things change here, certainly for the better,” 交叉 says. He says the revamped space has attracted 更多的 students over the past year. “New students coming in who are interested in any of these artistic or creative production aspects will get really excited. When I arrived here in 2016 and this space was so totally different, I thought it was cool that the school even had a recording studio. I just never really thought about a space like that at a small college.”