Campus Television Starting New Shows

Starting this semester, the campus television station (UCTV-19) will be presenting three different shows involving sports, entertainment, and news. The shows will be played every day at 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. on channel 19.

Senior Grant Doepel, along with 20 other students, has created productions to make channel 19 more student based.

“On the Red Carpet” is based on entertainment such as celebrities and upcoming movies; “Patriot Talk” involves news taking place here on campus, as well as around the globe, and the sports show has yet to be named, which will display sports highlights from both campus and the nation. All shows will start airing around the beginning of October.

“I have taken on a big challenge this year by doing three shows, however, I feel we assembled a really strong team, each utilizing their strengths,” stated Doepel.

Some of the students involved are participating in multiple shows to get the experience and skills they might need for the future.

Hoping to have more students interested and involved in these productions, Mr. Tanna Orgeron, Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and general manager of UCTV-19, is planning more movie reviews and more guests on the shows to talk about pop culture.

“What we’re really trying to do with the new programs at 5 p.m. and 10 p.m., is really involve the student body in the television station and hopefully get them included in upcoming shows,” Orgeron said.

Each show runs usually 10 to 15 minutes long highlighting events not only in Williamsburg, but also on state and national levels.

Both Orgeron and Doepel started “Cumberland Idol,” which turned out to be a huge success and is going on the third year this spring. Since the success of that production was so widely accepted, they are both hoping that these shows will appeal to the students just as much and get them to be a part of Channel 19.

Everyone involved in these upcoming productions, takes time out of their busy schedules to work three to four days out of the week to film the scenes, capture footage, and edit all of the footage.

If interested in being on one of these shows, please contact Orgeron via phone: (606) 539-4528 or email: tanna.orgeron@ucumberlands.edu.