WVTV (Villanova)
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Villanova Television (VTV) is a Student television station
within Villanova University
in Villanova, Pennsylvania
. The channel is only available through the on campus cable TV network.
VTV provides coverage of campus events, news, political debates and discussion, short films, and original drama to students and faculty. The station also creates a new orientation video each year, which has become a focal point of annual freshman orientation.
New equipment was purchased and the group reorganized to give members more creative freedom. An executive board was elected, and the club's name was officially changed to VTV. In 2000, the name of the station changed to WVTV, although the original logo with VTV remained. That fall, the official name of the station was changed to WVTV.
WVTV expanded in 2002 into a larger studio/editing space. A political debate show,The Villa-No Spin Zone, was introduced and became a staple of WVTV programming. In 2003, the station acquired a new digital editing system and produced its first DVD, an orientation video for freshmen. Other projects were created to take advantage of the modern technology. During the 2004-2005 school year, the station moved twice before taking up its current studio.
2006 brought equipment failures, including old broadcast hardware, which crippled WVTV's ability to generate good programming. The breakdown led to a drop in student participation, and only the most committed members remained by the end of the academic year. Those students became the nucleus of the current executive board, who are working to restore the station to its place as a campus mainstay. New broadcast equipment was installed in September 2007, and in November 2007 the group purchased a new Mac Pro editing suite, complete with Final Cut Studio 2.
A campaign began in 2008 to revive WVTV, and within two weeks of beginning this campaign, membership increased to over twenty people. With a new Executive Board in place, VTV restructured many of the elements of station, creating a more stable and productive organization. Currently, VTV is expanding its programming with a variety of new shows in many genres, including cooking, news talk and opinion, and sci-fi, along with a series of short films.
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....
within Villanova University
Villanova University
Villanova University is a private university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States...
in Villanova, Pennsylvania
Villanova, Pennsylvania
Villanova is a community in the United States Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It straddles Lower Merion Township of Montgomery County and Radnor Township of Delaware County. It is located at the center of the Pennsylvania Main Line, a series of highly affluent Philadelphia suburban towns located...
. The channel is only available through the on campus cable TV network.
VTV provides coverage of campus events, news, political debates and discussion, short films, and original drama to students and faculty. The station also creates a new orientation video each year, which has become a focal point of annual freshman orientation.
History
In the fall semester of 1999, a group of students met in the commuter lounge of the Connelly Center for the regular meeting of the Villanova TV Production Club, which had officially been in existence for about a year. The club had a small office which housed its mediocre equipment. Programming could be viewed on the closed-circuit university cable system, but there was no means for programming to be played through the transmitter.New equipment was purchased and the group reorganized to give members more creative freedom. An executive board was elected, and the club's name was officially changed to VTV. In 2000, the name of the station changed to WVTV, although the original logo with VTV remained. That fall, the official name of the station was changed to WVTV.
WVTV expanded in 2002 into a larger studio/editing space. A political debate show,The Villa-No Spin Zone, was introduced and became a staple of WVTV programming. In 2003, the station acquired a new digital editing system and produced its first DVD, an orientation video for freshmen. Other projects were created to take advantage of the modern technology. During the 2004-2005 school year, the station moved twice before taking up its current studio.
2006 brought equipment failures, including old broadcast hardware, which crippled WVTV's ability to generate good programming. The breakdown led to a drop in student participation, and only the most committed members remained by the end of the academic year. Those students became the nucleus of the current executive board, who are working to restore the station to its place as a campus mainstay. New broadcast equipment was installed in September 2007, and in November 2007 the group purchased a new Mac Pro editing suite, complete with Final Cut Studio 2.
A campaign began in 2008 to revive WVTV, and within two weeks of beginning this campaign, membership increased to over twenty people. With a new Executive Board in place, VTV restructured many of the elements of station, creating a more stable and productive organization. Currently, VTV is expanding its programming with a variety of new shows in many genres, including cooking, news talk and opinion, and sci-fi, along with a series of short films.
Older programming
- BABEL - An epic serialized story about seven people chosen by God to stop Lucifer and his intended apocalypse. (Series Completed with 16 episodes)(Created by Andrew Simone)
- eLife. - Two average gamers get sucked into a cursed PS3 and are forced to play through classic video games in real life to escape the program. (Series incomplete with 5 episodes)(Created by Stefan Jonke)
- The Weekly Wildcat – an early predecessor to Nova News, featured news and entertainment across a wide spectrum of campus activities and events
- Villanova Basketball Highlights
- Sheehan Beach – high-drama monthly series starring students (Series completed with 2 episodes)(Created by Christine Mahin)
- Dorm Detectives – dating show similar to MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's Room RaidersRoom RaidersRoom Raiders is a "dating/reality" series on MTV.-Premise:On the show, three men or women have their rooms inspected, or "raided" by another single man or woman...
; students decide who they would like to go on a date with, purely based on the person's dorm room - Game Time! – sports talk show with recaps of professional and college sporting events of the week, interviews with Villanova athletes and coaches
- The Hunt for Hanson – reporters seek out HansonHanson (band)Hanson are an American pop rock band formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by brothers Isaac , Taylor , and Zac Hanson . They are best known for the 1997 hit song "MMMBop" from their major label debut album Middle of Nowhere, which earned three Grammy nominations...
for an interview - Special Olympics Special – interviews with Special OlympicsSpecial OlympicsSpecial Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and competitions to more than 3.1 million athletes in 175 countries....
athletes taped during the event on campus. (Created by Andrew Simone) - HLT Productions – A group dedicated to creating original shorts including The Three,Face Value,and The Interview.
- Sportstime (Sports)- Join Mark Versella and company as they give you their opinions and the cold hard facts about what's what in the sports world. (Created by Miggy Gutierrez, Mark Versella, and Anthony Cetta)
- The Dark World (Reality)- Villanova's answer to Ghost Hunters goes off campus to hunt down the paranormal and determine if there is anything after death. (Created by Mike Goode and Andrew Simone)
- Ginger Hunting - Gingers...red heads...are a disease. This is a full guide on what to do if you ever find yourself face to face with a ginger. (Created by Jimi Honochick)
Returning Shows
- Trapped in the Present (Sci-fi/Drama)- Bellona is dead, but not before sending Nicole spiraling into an unknown time. Now, Sam desperately searches for answers while Luke seeks redemption for his betrayal. In the final season of Trapped in the Present TAPS pulls its remaining cards from its hand in a last ditch attempt to capture Agent Camulus (Sam), but this is not the Sam they once knew. As Sam begins a decent into a very dark path...will he be able to find Nicole and finally take down TAPS once and for all?
- Nova News (News)- Villanova's only news program brings you campus events, clubs, sports and people, interesting off-campus places, and local features
- VTV Lazy Dayz (Short Comedy)- A series of random shorts about the VTV Executive Board and the misadventures that happen behind the scenes.
- Villanova Happy Tapes (comedy)- Louis Riccardi brings you a series of PSA parodies about ridiculous things that you should know about on Villanova's campus.
General Managers
- Ryan Brogan (2003-2004)
- Joseph Cutalo (2004-2005)
- Chris Padilla (2005-2006)
- Chris Ayers (2006-2007)
- Colleen Comerford (2007-2008)
- Andrew Simone (2008-2010)
- Ryan Mahoney/Kyle Voigt (2010-2011)
- Louis Riccardi (2011-2012)