Student Television (UNC Chapel Hill)

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Student Television (STV) is the local student access channel for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It was started in the early 1980s and aired its first show in 1983. The station is entirely student-run, and all programming is student-produced.

The tongue-in-cheek soap opera "General College" premiered in Spring of 1987. A year later, it was licensed for syndication to college campuses all over the country on the cable station National College Television. The cast included Billy Crudup and Dan Cortese, who would later become notable professional actors in television and film. The show ran for two years on NCTV, until the network's demise in 1990.

[edit] Programs

General College - soap opera
Off the Cuff - sketch comedy show, the station's longest running program.
The Bluelite District - sketch comedy and reality show
R.A.V.E. (Random Acts of Violent Entertainment)- comedy show
Common Men - Sitcom about several college students living with an adult roommate.
The Word - Sports Talk Show and General Discussion. The Word is STV's only live show.
Darkness Falls - Sci-Fi/Horror Show
Anything Goes - student submissions
STV Late Night - Late Night Talk show hosted by Lawrence Bianco
Music Seen - Music and local bands
The R.A. - Mockumentary in the style of The Office and Reno 911!

[edit] Notable alumni

Director Peyton Reed
Actor Dan Cortese (as General College's cocky-until-he-was-paralyzed soccer jock "Kyle Donovan")
Actor Billy Crudup (as General College's bisexual hero "Jason Matthews")
Documentarian Tessa Blake (as General College villainess "Zoe Anderson")
Reality TV star Shane Landrum (MTV's "Road Rules")

[edit] External link

Official site

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