Marquette University Television

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MUTV
Image:MUTV-Logo-Armadillo.png
1131 W. Wisconsin Ave. #424
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233
Branding MUTV Channel 99
Slogan Your Campus News, Sports, and Entertainment
Channels 99 (CCTV - Cable) analog
Affiliations MTVU,
CBS
(Newspath Subscriber)
Owner Marquette University
Founded 1976
Call letters meaning Marquette
University
TeleVision
Website mutv.mu.edu

Marquette University Television (MUTV) is an American television station run by students of the Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University. MUTV is considered a co-curricular activity of the Broadcast and Electronic Communication Department and is advised by full-time faculty member Barbara Fleming Volbrecht. The students produce three shows a night (Monday - Thursday), one from each department: Entertainment, Sports, and News. The station is seen as a valuable learning tool for students to find what they enjoy and hone their skills within the context of a television station.

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[edit] About

Marquette University Television was chartered by Marquette University in 1976 and is a registered student organization with the Marquette University Student Government. MUTV was formed through the diligent work of Bob Turner, former head of the Instructional Media Center, students Steve Olson and George Wensel, and other students and Marquette faculty and staff. Kenneth Shuler, a former engineer, is legend for making MUTV possible by running the campus cable system. As the story goes, during the night Ken would go to work running cables through offices and in tunnels under Wisconsin Avenue. Many of the original engineers died in a tragic plane crash in the 70's that nearly crippled the program's success. George Wensel, who later went on to be a major force in sports telecasts and has a Sports Emmy Award named in his honor, died in a drowning accident in 1995. Ken, Bob, and George live on through the annual scholarships awarded to creative and innovative broadcasting students.

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[edit] Mascot

MUTV's mascot is Cornelius the Armadillo. A former general manager of MUTV had a pet armadillo whose name was Cornelius. When Cornelius died he had it stuffed and gave it to the station. Cornelius still lives in the MUTV office, though he has suffered some abuse over the years. The armadillo logo was adopted by MUTV for the 2006-2007 school year.

[edit] Current Shows

  • MUTV News - News show with an emphasis on Marquette topics.
  • Sportstime - Sports news every Monday.
  • Face Off - Two sports gurus battle for the infamous One Minute of Fame.
  • Double Overtime - Sports trivia game show.
  • Bottom Line - Sports discussion.
  • One Heck of a Week - Entertainment news discussion.
  • Down to Business - Comedy news/talk show with weekly guests.
  • Shake Well Before Serving - Weekly sketch comedy show.
  • The Slot - Independent student submitted works - varies.

[edit] Specials

MUTV occasionally runs special programs during the year.

  • Marquette University Student Government Election Show - The day of the annual MUSG election, MUTV produces a one hour newscast featuring packages and live interviews with the President and EVP candidates.
  • Marquette Madness - MUTV, in conjunction with the Marquette University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Tri-Marq Communications, broadcasts the annual Marquette Madness event to Channel 99 and GoMarquette.com.
  • Marquette Women's Volleyball - MUTV broadcasts select Marquette Women's Vollyball games from the Al McGuire Center to Channel 99 and GoMarquette.com.
  • Marquette Women's Basketball - MUTV broadcasts select Marquette Women's Basketball games from the Al McGuire Center to Channel 99 and GoMarquette.com.
  • Marquette Men's Basketball - MUTV broadcasts select Marquette Men's Basketball games from the Bradley Center exclusively to GoMarquette.com.

[edit] Staff

As of Fall 2006, the current staff of MUTV is as follows:

Position Person
General Manager Bill Malinowski
Station Manager Allison Craft
Client Productions Director Keith Rocheck
News Director Liz Cohen
Asst. News Director Luke Patton
Asst. News Director Kelly Farley
Asst. News Director Sarah Panko
Sports Director Chris Cwik
Asst. Sports Director Matt Montgomery
Asst. Sports Director Payal Patel
Entertainment Director Greg Shutters
Asst. Entertainment Director Alex Zeier
Production Director Jessie Johnson
Asst. Production Director Michael Lloyd
Programming Director Meghan O'Connell
Promotions Director R.J. McLaughlin
Historian Jordan Korabic
  • Note: MUTV's News, Sports, and Entertainment staffs are also executive producers of their respective shows in conjunction with the General Manager and Station Manager.

[edit] Production

Students utilize the newly renovated facilities of the Instructional Media Center for nearly all aspects of show production. The IMC features two large video production studios (Studio 6 and Studio 7) with complementing control rooms. Control 7 is utilized for show taping and Control 6 is used to control Channel 99 programming. All shows are recorded live-to-tape on the MiniDV format and do not go through any post-production. In 2006 the entire facility was upgraded and renovated for all brand new, state-of-the-art broadcasting equipment. With the new equipment, Marquette University is one of the few HDTV capable schools in the country.

[edit] McNeill Broadcast Laboratory

The McNeill Broadcast Laboratory features eight PC workstations with the EZNews Newsroom System w/ AP Wire. Students use the lab to create rundowns and scripts for the nightly shows. Adjacent to the lab, the MUTV office features a CBS Newspath satellite video link for national video support (sports highlights, CBS packages, video footage) and three additional EZNews workstations.

[edit] Studio 7

Studio 7 is the larger studio of the two studios. It is a 2-story room with fifteen mobile lighting grids for easy light placement of focusing. The room once served as the university library.

Equipment list (Studio 7 and Control 7):


[edit] Studio 6

Studio 6 features our stationary news set. It is a single-story room with a stationary lighting grid.

Equipment list (Studio 6 and Control 6):

[edit] Audio Studios 2 and 4

Audio studios 2 and 4 are two full audio studios. 4 is setup like a classroom and 2 is smaller and features a separate recording room.

Equipment list (both studios are exactly the same):

[edit] Media Lab

The IMC's Media Lab features five Avid Xpress Pro editing stations. Three stations are in the media lab and two are in adjacent, private booths. All stations are networked to a 4TB LANShare server for central storage of projects. Four of the stations also include Adobe After Effects

[edit] PC Workroom

The PC lab features six computers loaded with the full Adobe Creative Suite and Macromedia Studio. The computers are networked to both control rooms' Chyron character generator enabling the students to create graphics and save them straight to the live CG machines.

[edit] Remote Kit

MUTV's remote kit travels to the Al McGuire Center, Alumni Memorial Union, Weasler Auditorium and any other location a live multi-camera event needs to be broadcast from.

Equipment list:

[edit] Client Productions

The Client Productions Department is a full-service production house within the station that is available to record events or produce works for hire. Commonly requested to document speakers and concerts on the Marquette campus, the department also utilizes a Polycom Video Conference box to act as a remote interview site (as opposed to a satellite). The Client Productions Department also travels to area events, providing live video support and/or taping services.

Their rate card is available on the MUTV website.

[edit] Remotes

In the early days of MUTV, Big Fred and Little Fred were the remote trucks that enabled MUTV to go off and shoot events like Marquette Men's Basketball. The trucks were hand-built by the engineers and students and Big Fred, specifically, was a used bread truck. MUTV broadcasted Men's Basketball on a tape delay since a microwave transmitter was not available. 3/4" tape was driven from the Bradley Center to Johnston Hall. A microwave transmitter was eventually purchased, but it was almost immediately struck by lighting and rendered useless. The trucks were valuable assets to the program, though, were difficult to maintain. One day Big Fred and Little Fred were driven away and were never returned.

A remote fly-pack was built at the start of the 2006-2007 school year, utilizing equipment replaced during that summer's digital upgrade. The kit, see equipment list and description above, is a valuable tool for MUTV, allowing them to do remotes once again. The kit has traveled to the Al McGuire Center, Bradley Center, Weasler Auditorium, and Alumni Memorial Union to broadcast sporting events and political debates. The students utilize both the equipment in the fly-pack and equipment in the Johnston Hall control rooms (video and CG support) to make the broadcasts successful. A telephone link between intercom systems allows seamless communication between the remote and Johnston Hall.

[edit] Outlets

MUTV utilizes cable channel 99 on the Time Warner Telecom cable network on the Marquette Campus. The channel is a part of a special package for Marquette by Time Warner that lets Marquette broadcast on channels 95, 96, and 99 to all university owned buildings (including dorms and apartments). Channel 95 is the dormitory movie channel and channel 96 houses Marquette Radio.

MUTV operates on channel 99 Monday through Thursday 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM. MTVU is aired on the channel during off-air hours.

MUTV is expecting to launch a new Video-on-Demand player and live stream in the coming months, both accessible from the MUTV website.

For sporting events, a live stream of MUTV is available in the All-Access player at GoMarquette.com.

[edit] Logos

MUTV 5 logo
197x - 198x

MUTV box/cube logo
 ? - 2006

MUTV Armadillo Logo
May 2006 - present

[edit] External links

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