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K29HW-D channel 29, known on-air as TSTV (or Texas Student Television, formerly KVR-TV) is the Student television station
of The University of Texas at Austin
, operated by Texas Student Media
. Founded in 1995 as K09VR channel 9, it is one of only a handful of FCC
-licensed television stations in the country that are entirely run by students.
The station operates with a low-power license, serving central Austin, Texas
and also can be seen over campus and on cable 15 or 51 on cable systems serving the University. The Austin Community Access Center, (Public-access television
) on Time Warner Cable
cable TV channel 16 offers a weeknightly block of TSTV from 9PM to 10PM. TSTV also airs 24 hours on digital channel 29.1 in the Austin metropolitan area.
The station features such long time shows such as "KVR News 9," "Sneak Peek," "College Crossfire," "TNN", "Combo Breakers", "Local Live," and "Videogame Hour Live." One show, "Campus Loop", was nationally syndicated on the College Broadcast network. It aired from 1999 until 2001.
Notable Hollywood
personalities have appeared on several of the station's shows or segments, including Pauly Shore
, Mark Cuban
, Dennis Quaid
and Robert Rodriguez
.
Writer
, producer
and director
Wes Anderson
was briefly affiliated with the station as a student at the University. Here he met future collaborator Owen Wilson
.
which applied to full-power US TV stations. In 2010, TSTV ended broadcasts on analog channel 9 signal and now broadcasts exclusively in digital on channel 29. Its license for channel 9 (K09VR) was also cancelled.
Student television station
A student television station is a television station run by university, high or middle school students that primarily airs school/university news and in many cases, student-produced soap operas, entertainment shows, and other programming....
of The University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
, operated by Texas Student Media
Texas Student Media
Texas Student Media is an auxiliary enterprise of The University of Texas at Austin and the largest student media operation in the United States.-Media properties:The Daily Texan is the most significant of TSM's properties...
. Founded in 1995 as K09VR channel 9, it is one of only a handful of FCC
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
-licensed television stations in the country that are entirely run by students.
The station operates with a low-power license, serving central Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
and also can be seen over campus and on cable 15 or 51 on cable systems serving the University. The Austin Community Access Center, (Public-access television
Public-access television
Public-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...
) on Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
cable TV channel 16 offers a weeknightly block of TSTV from 9PM to 10PM. TSTV also airs 24 hours on digital channel 29.1 in the Austin metropolitan area.
The station features such long time shows such as "KVR News 9," "Sneak Peek," "College Crossfire," "TNN", "Combo Breakers", "Local Live," and "Videogame Hour Live." One show, "Campus Loop", was nationally syndicated on the College Broadcast network. It aired from 1999 until 2001.
Notable Hollywood
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Hollywood is a famous district in Los Angeles, California, United States situated west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word Hollywood is often used as a metonym of American cinema...
personalities have appeared on several of the station's shows or segments, including Pauly Shore
Pauly Shore
Paul Montgomery "Pauly" Shore is an American comedian and actor who starred in several comedy films in the 1990s and hosted a video show on MTV in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
, Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban is an American business magnate and investor. He is the owner of the National Basketball Association's Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theatres, and Magnolia Pictures, and the chairman of the HDTV cable network HDNet....
, Dennis Quaid
Dennis Quaid
Dennis William Quaid is an American actor known for his comedic and dramatic roles. First gaining widespread attention in the 1980s, his career rebounded in the 1990s after he overcame an addiction to drugs and an eating disorder...
and Robert Rodriguez
Robert Rodriguez
Robert Anthony Rodríguez is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor and musician. He shoots and produces many of his films in his native Texas and Mexico. He has directed such films as Desperado, From Dusk till Dawn, The Faculty, Spy Kids, Sin City, Planet...
.
Writer
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
Wes Anderson
Wes Anderson
Wesley Wales Anderson is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer of features, short films and commercials....
was briefly affiliated with the station as a student at the University. Here he met future collaborator Owen Wilson
Owen Wilson
Owen Cunningham Wilson is an American actor and writer, known for his roles in the films The Haunting, The Royal Tenenbaums, Zoolander, Meet the Parents, Wedding Crashers, You, Me and Dupree, Bottle Rocket, the Cars series, The Darjeeling Limited, Marley & Me, Midnight in Paris, Shanghai Noon,...
.
Digital television
In January 2010, TSTV began broadcasting a digital signal K29HW-D on UHF channel 29. Fund-raising efforts were held to raise the $85,000 needed for the digital station. As a low-power station, K09VR did not have to meet the June 12, 2009 deadlineDTV transition in the United States
The DTV transition in the United States was the switchover from analog to exclusively digital broadcasting of free over-the-air television programming...
which applied to full-power US TV stations. In 2010, TSTV ended broadcasts on analog channel 9 signal and now broadcasts exclusively in digital on channel 29. Its license for channel 9 (K09VR) was also cancelled.