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“Five, four, three and go to them,” is a phrase heard quite often in the basement studio at 3 p.m. of the Jacob Spori Building.
I-news, BYU-Idaho’s half-hour broadcast show, airs every day during the school week and Friday’s show airs until Monday’s show.
These broadcasts are shown on Scroll’s Web site. There is a link to view the shows on the left side of the computer screen labeled “watch campus news.”
This is the first semester there have been daily broadcasts. Students involved cover local news as well as sports, campus and arts and entertainment.
I-news covers news and stories that differ from those printed in Scroll. One of the first Thursday shows covered the idea of marriage on campus and Home Family and Personal Enrichment Night for female students.
Students are completely in charge of the daily broadcasts; the advisors take no part in the production.
Two different students from the TV Producing class are the producers each day and manage a team of around five for each day.
Students who follow the lead of the student directors come from the broadcast practicum and from those willing to participate for fun.
Students direct, write, anchor, tape (start and stop news packages) and work with cameras, lighting, sound and work the teleprompter.
“This experience has taught me better time management skills and how to work in a high-stress environment,” said Jacob Green, a senior from Fredericksburg, Va.
Brian Howard, a BYU-I communications faculty member, hopes to see I-news running live this upcoming winter semester via closed circuit cable (appearing on campus only) in the John W. Hart Physical Education Building and Manwaring Center.
In addition to I-news, some of the broadcasting students are producing Latter-day
Saint Profiles.
“We were looking for something that could be aired on BYUTV that was not already being produced. We came up with LDS Profiles of modern LDS people who have done great things,” Howard said.
LDS Profiles hopes to shoot 18 half-hour shows for next year; so far they have produced eight shows in this semester.
BYU-I physics professor Jack Weyland has been profiled regarding his books and book-based movies.
During these LDS profile filmings, students are encouraged to watch the production run live.
Students can view the LDS Profiles show live in the basement studio at 2 p.m. on Fridays.
Other I-news programs are shown at 3 p.m. daily and 5 p.m. on Thursdays.
