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Editors:
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Miranda Emmert
Eunice Kwon
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Nicole Arias
Chantal Breedlove
Laura Moon
On The Air: Student-produced TV Show Premieres
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By Eunice Kwon
Purdue students welcomed their own weekly television show, “The ‘P’ Spot,” during the spring semester. The show is written, directed, produced and filmed entirely by Purdue students who are members of the National Broadcasting Society.
It airs on Boiler TV in the residence halls on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. The first show aired on March 20.
“We’re all starting to work together to get the show put on,” said Heather Long, vice president of NBS. “We’ll have information on all kinds of clubs, activities and events, but we’ll also have entertainment and comedy. ”
The members of NBS, under adviser Scott Schroeder, an instructor in the Department of Communication, spent most of the fall semester familiarizing themselves with the different types of equipment involved with working in television.
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While many members have been working on producing the show, some members have been making packages that will air between studio portions of the show. Two packages have become regulars on the weekly show. Megan Grube does a package in which she stops random people on campus to ask them a question. The other weekly package is called “Purdue Men On...,” during which two male students, Izzy De Jesus and Alan Pearson, offer their opinions on selected topics.
Each show features about four packages sandwiched around in-studio news stories. The news stories are all written by members of NBS. The story ideas come from interests that the members have, things going on around campus or that affect Purdue, and the school newspaper, The Exponent. Story ideas are always welcome and can be given to any member of NBS.
Two pairs of hosts conduct the in-studio portion of the show. There are also two sports anchors. NBS members selected the hosts after tryouts in November. The hosts are also members of NBS and were chosen based on how well they read a mock story, their appearance on camera, and how they presented themselves for an audience.
Many of the students in NBS are telecommunication majors with an interest of going into television production after graduation. There are about 15 to 20 people who work on the show regularly, while others help out from time to time.
“I think it’s great because it gives you the opportunity to work with the equipment before you go out and get a job,” Long said. “The more time you get in and the more situations you get involved in, the better prepared you will be when you get a job.”
The group has plans for the show to return in the fall semester and would like to see it go beyond that.
“We want to make it bigger than what we have,” said Eileen Ivnik, president of NBS. “I think this could grow to something daily.”
Most of the members are juniors, so they have another year to work on “The ‘P’ Spot.” But Ivnik is hoping for a strong callout in September. They want more underclassmen to join so there will be enough people to keep the show going strong. They also plan on holding auditions for hosts again.