NDSU faculty, staff and students can expect the Bison Information Network television studio and control room to be completed in time for the Fall Semester. Construction continues in the building on 12th avenue, across the street from the NDSU library that also includes Jimmy John’s, Jitter’s and Sandella’s Flatbread Café.
In addition to a new studio, the building also will house a student video editing lab, offices and a state of the art television control room. The Bison Information Network is the third major student media outlet at NDSU, joining The Spectrum and Thunder Radio.
Bison Information Network student leaders will begin preparing a weekly NDSU newscast and other programming during the Fall Semester. Programming will air on a Bison campus channel and discussions continue about airing programming on local cable or other local channel.
Construction is expected to be completed at the end of July, and approximately $230,000 worth of equipment will be installed in the weeks to follow. NDSU students can expect new television broadcasting courses to be offered by the Department of Communication including a television studio production class this fall.
For more information, contact Peter Gregory, Bison Information Network director, at peter.gregory@ndsu.edu or Rich Lodewyk from the Department of Communication and broadcast program director at rich.lodewyk@ndsu.edu
July 8, 2009