GCTV, for the students by the students
GCTV, the university’s student-run television station, provides students with weekly happenings around campus in a light-hearted manner.
“We want to give students news they want to hear about around campus,” head producer of GCTV and senior mass communication major Tayler Bridger said. “We try to put some humor in it. I really want people to tune in because it’s something people would want to watch.”
A new episode of the live 30-minute program from GCTV airs on channel four on campus television and Charter Cable TV every Thursday at 5 p.m.
After the weekly program premieres on Thursday, it airs weekdays at 5 p.m. until the next episode airs.
Katie LeVan | gcsunade.comKyle Lowe (closest), Zach Seago (middle), Malone Hart (left), monitoring a live video feed of the taping of GCTV. Their programs run weekly, every Thursday at 5 p.m. on Channel 4 on campus television and Charter Cable TV.
GCTV is currently working on getting its website up and running so episodes of the weekly program can be posted there as well.
Although GCTV produces a live show, the show is still pre-recorded right before it airs.
“The show is recorded anytime between 3:30 and 4:45 p.m. We have just enough time to flip it so it can air right at five,” said Amanda Collins, a senior mass communication major and scriptwriter for GCTV. “When we mess up, we mess up. It’s all a learning experience. No show is going to be perfect.”
GCTV has two hosts, senior mass communication majors Emily Brown and Wesley Buchanan. The two interact closely and strive to deliver an entertaining and fun program for students, reporting campus news in a less serious tone.
“It’s a fun way to get your news from people who are your age, and it’s relevant to students,” Buchanan said. “We are trying to be a voice for students.”
Brown expressed that she enjoys having Buchanan as her co-host.
“I really like interacting with Wes on screen. It helps with improvising, which is important because I want to go into radio and you never know what will pop up next in natural conversation,” Brown said. “There are a lot of different personalities in the GCTV class. The environment Steve (Price) has created for us has given us the reins of the show. It’s our thing.”
Recently, GCTV has implemented a new idea to keep the show fun and fresh. “Once a month we are going to do a themed show and we will subtly put the theme in the script. We will have viewers guess the theme on the facebook page and the first viewer to guess the theme will win a prize,” Collins said.
There has only been one themed show so far, which was 90s-themed.
“I was Doug; Emily was Britney Spears; and Starr was Sporty Spice,” Buchanan said.
GCTV is open to students of any major.
“What we really want is to spread the word that we want people beside mass communication majors to volunteer,” Collins said. “GCTV news is a news program for the students by the students to keep you updated, and cover things that are important to Georgia College students.”
Students in any major can be a part of the GCTV family. Tryouts are held at the beginning of each semester for the following positions: on-camera talent, host, anchor and field reporter.
“We accept any volunteers,” Bridger said. “It’s a good way to start learning things if you’re pre-mass communication.”
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