Lewis University Television Network
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Lewis University Television Network and sometimes called LUTN, is a Student television station
on the Lewis University
Romeoville, Illinois
campus. Lewis University is a private Roman Catholic and Lasallian university with an enrollment around 6,800 students. The station is owned by Lewis University
under the direction of the College of Arts and Sciences - Communications Department. The Lewis University Television Network has 2 cable television channels - channels 6 and 25.
cable TV equipment. In 1985 the university created Director of Electronic Media position to begin an academic program in radio/television. The university had installed a 12 channel cable system in cooperation with American Cable System of Boston, Mass. In 1988 Lewis University began to offer a new major in Radio/Television. The university has their own cable television system provided by Campus TeleVideo.
The television production facilities and cable system master control were incorporated into the radio stations operation in Fitzpatrick Hall.
Lewis University installed a self standing 250 feet (76.2 m) radio tower in 2000 adjacent to DeLaSalle Hall. The Lewis University Television Network moved from the basement of Fitzpatick Hall dormitory basement to new studios and broadcasting center in December 2005. The new broadcasting facility was named the Andrew Center of Electronic Media
at Lewis University
. The center also houses WLRA
Radio. The state of the art broadcasting facilities are located in DeLaSalle Hall on the Lewis University Romeoville campus.
in DeLaSalle Hall on the Lewis University
Romeoville, Illinois campus. Included in the Andrew Center of Electronic Media is the Lewis University Radio Station WLRA
and Lewis University College of Arts and Sciences Electronic Media Offices for the academic Communications Department.
The Lewis University Television Network facilities include a 20' X 25' television studio with a news set (donated by Univison WGBO/WXFT - Chicago), 3 Cameras, dimer-able 24 channel lighting system, wired / wireless microphones, 3ME production switcher, 64X64 router, 3 Robotic Cameras pedestals, production automation software, Chyron Duet CG, 24 channel audio console, dual digital video playout system, teleprompter, and a matrix intercom system.
The non-linear editing systems are 6 AVID
workstations and 5 Final Cut Pro
workstations. Although the entire facility is tapeless, the primary video format is DVCam and there is inter-format BetaCam SP, 3/4" UMatic, 1/2" S-VHS
, 1/2" VHS
, and DVD
. The editing systems are interconnected to the digital playout system in the TV control room. Students can check out Sony, Panasonic, and Cannon DVCam camcorders, tripods, lighting, and wired/wireless mics.
Lewis University also has a fully operational minicam microwave live truck for electronic news gathering
. The ENG truck is capable of sending a live signal back to campus from up to 15 miles (24.1 km). It is also equipped with DVCam cuts only editing, IFB, trunk two-way radio and a 45 feet (13.7 m) mast. The university also maintains a 4 camera production truck for electronic field production
. The EFP truck contains a Grass Valley Group 110 switcher, Grass Valley Group DPM-100,Type Deko CG, Allen and Heath 24 channel audio console, Sony DVCam ISO tape machines, dual channel intercom, walkie talkies, and 8 line phone system.
Student television station
A student television station is a television station run by university, high or middle school students that primarily airs school/university news and in many cases, student-produced soap operas, entertainment shows, and other programming....
on the Lewis University
Lewis University
Lewis University is a private Roman Catholic and Lasallian university located in Romeoville, Illinois, United States . The enrollment is currently around 6,800 students...
Romeoville, Illinois
Romeoville, Illinois
Romeoville is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. The population was 21,153 at the 2000 census. As of 2006 the population has grown to 36,837. It is located in the southwest suburban area of Chicago near the newly constructed I-355 extension south from the Stevenson Expressway to I-80...
campus. Lewis University is a private Roman Catholic and Lasallian university with an enrollment around 6,800 students. The station is owned by Lewis University
Lewis University
Lewis University is a private Roman Catholic and Lasallian university located in Romeoville, Illinois, United States . The enrollment is currently around 6,800 students...
under the direction of the College of Arts and Sciences - Communications Department. The Lewis University Television Network has 2 cable television channels - channels 6 and 25.
Lewis University Television Network History
The Lewis University Television Network originally began programming in the early 1970s with a 3 camera black and white TV studio in the Lewis University aviation building, under the supervision of Br. Neil Keiffe, FSC. In 1981, a student, John Carey, began producing Lewis University Flyer Basketball and Baseball games for local cable television in color using Public-access televisionPublic-access television
Public-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...
cable TV equipment. In 1985 the university created Director of Electronic Media position to begin an academic program in radio/television. The university had installed a 12 channel cable system in cooperation with American Cable System of Boston, Mass. In 1988 Lewis University began to offer a new major in Radio/Television. The university has their own cable television system provided by Campus TeleVideo.
The television production facilities and cable system master control were incorporated into the radio stations operation in Fitzpatrick Hall.
Lewis University installed a self standing 250 feet (76.2 m) radio tower in 2000 adjacent to DeLaSalle Hall. The Lewis University Television Network moved from the basement of Fitzpatick Hall dormitory basement to new studios and broadcasting center in December 2005. The new broadcasting facility was named the Andrew Center of Electronic Media
Andrew Center of Electronic Media
The Andrew Center of Electronic Media is an academic broadcasting facility on the Romeoville, Illinois campus of Lewis University. The educational facility is located in DeLaSalle Hall....
at Lewis University
Lewis University
Lewis University is a private Roman Catholic and Lasallian university located in Romeoville, Illinois, United States . The enrollment is currently around 6,800 students...
. The center also houses WLRA
WLRA
WLRA or sometimes called WLRA Radio, or WLRA-FM, is a college radio station broadcasting a Variety format. Licensed to Romeoville, Illinois, USA, the station serves the Chicago/greater Joliet region. The station is licensed to and owned by Lewis University...
Radio. The state of the art broadcasting facilities are located in DeLaSalle Hall on the Lewis University Romeoville campus.
Lewis University Television Network Management
2010-2011 Lewis University Television Network station leadership:| Department | Director |
|---|---|
| Graduate Assistant | Greg Warnimont |
| Senior Producer | |
| Producers | Colleen Henry |
| Chief of Engineering | Mr. J. Freberg, MS Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communications |
| Director's Office of The Andrew Center of Electronic Media Media Adviser of WLRA |
Mr. J. Carey, MScIS Adjunct Associate Professor of Communications |
| Director's Office of Broadcast Operations Media Adviser of The Lewis University Television Network |
Mr. J. W. Kilpatrick, MScIS Adjunct Associate Professor of Communications |
| Director's Office of Academic Radio/Television Broadcasting |
Dr. S. O. Enyia, EdD Professor of Communications and Academic Program Director |
| Chairman's Office of College of Arts and Sciences Communications Department |
Dr. D. Anderson, EdD Chair and Professor of Communications |
| Dean's Office of College of Arts and Sciences |
Dr. B. Bondavalli, PhD, JD Dean of College |
| Provost's Office of Lewis University |
Dr. S. Schlacter, EdD Provost of Lewis University |
| President's Office of Lewis University |
Br. J. Gaffney, FSC President of Lewis University |
Lewis University Television Network production facilities
The Lewis University Television Network is located at the Andrew Center of Electronic MediaAndrew Center of Electronic Media
The Andrew Center of Electronic Media is an academic broadcasting facility on the Romeoville, Illinois campus of Lewis University. The educational facility is located in DeLaSalle Hall....
in DeLaSalle Hall on the Lewis University
Lewis University
Lewis University is a private Roman Catholic and Lasallian university located in Romeoville, Illinois, United States . The enrollment is currently around 6,800 students...
Romeoville, Illinois campus. Included in the Andrew Center of Electronic Media is the Lewis University Radio Station WLRA
WLRA
WLRA or sometimes called WLRA Radio, or WLRA-FM, is a college radio station broadcasting a Variety format. Licensed to Romeoville, Illinois, USA, the station serves the Chicago/greater Joliet region. The station is licensed to and owned by Lewis University...
and Lewis University College of Arts and Sciences Electronic Media Offices for the academic Communications Department.
The Lewis University Television Network facilities include a 20' X 25' television studio with a news set (donated by Univison WGBO/WXFT - Chicago), 3 Cameras, dimer-able 24 channel lighting system, wired / wireless microphones, 3ME production switcher, 64X64 router, 3 Robotic Cameras pedestals, production automation software, Chyron Duet CG, 24 channel audio console, dual digital video playout system, teleprompter, and a matrix intercom system.
The non-linear editing systems are 6 AVID
AVID
AVID stands for:* Advancement Via Individual Determination, a college-readiness system designed to increase the number of students who enroll in four-year colleges in the U.S....
workstations and 5 Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro is a non-linear video editing software developed by Macromedia Inc. and then Apple Inc. The most recent version, Final Cut Pro X, runs on Mac personal computers powered by Mac OS X version 10.6.7 or later and using Intel processors...
workstations. Although the entire facility is tapeless, the primary video format is DVCam and there is inter-format BetaCam SP, 3/4" UMatic, 1/2" S-VHS
S-VHS
S-VHS is an improved version of the VHS standard for consumer-level analog recording videocassettes. It was introduced by JVC in Japan in April 1987 with the HR-S7000 VCR and certain overseas markets soon afterwards...
, 1/2" VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
, and DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
. The editing systems are interconnected to the digital playout system in the TV control room. Students can check out Sony, Panasonic, and Cannon DVCam camcorders, tripods, lighting, and wired/wireless mics.
Lewis University also has a fully operational minicam microwave live truck for electronic news gathering
Electronic news gathering
ENG is a broadcasting industry acronym which stands for electronic news gathering. It can mean anything from a lone broadcast journalist reporter taking a single professional video camera out to shoot a story, to an entire television crew taking a production truck or satellite truck on location...
. The ENG truck is capable of sending a live signal back to campus from up to 15 miles (24.1 km). It is also equipped with DVCam cuts only editing, IFB, trunk two-way radio and a 45 feet (13.7 m) mast. The university also maintains a 4 camera production truck for electronic field production
Electronic field production
Electronic field production is a television industry term referring to a video production which takes place in the field, outside of a formal television studio, in a practical location or special venue...
. The EFP truck contains a Grass Valley Group 110 switcher, Grass Valley Group DPM-100,Type Deko CG, Allen and Heath 24 channel audio console, Sony DVCam ISO tape machines, dual channel intercom, walkie talkies, and 8 line phone system.
Lewis Television Network contact information
| Lewis Television Network | Contact Information |
|---|---|
| The Lewis University Television Network Lewis University Communications Department Andrew Center of Electronic Media One University Parkway MS#528 Romeoville, IL 60446-2200 |
|
| Office Phone Number | (815)836-5700 |
| Website | Lewis University Official Website |
Notable Lewis University Television Network Alumni
- John W. Kilpatrick, 3 time Daytime Emmy AwardDaytime Emmy AwardThe Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming...
recipient for the "Oprah Winfrey Show". - John V. Strolia, 7 time Daytime Emmy AwardDaytime Emmy AwardThe Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming...
recipient for the "Oprah Winfrey Show". - Deborah Olivia Brown, Director of Station Relations for NBCNBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
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in ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles... - Brian Bertino, Technical Director NBCNBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
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in ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles... - John Mason http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/s237.shtml?cat=28, television news presenterNews presenterA news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
for KSTP-TVKSTP-TVKSTP-TV, channel 5, is the ABC affiliate for the Twin Cities. Its transmitter is located at the Shoreview Telefarm. It is the flagship station of Hubbard Broadcasting, which also owns several other broadcasting properties across the United States....
, Minneapolis - Angelo Lazzara, television producerTelevision producerThe primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
, for nationally sydicated agriculture television show - This Week in Agra Business (formerly Tribune EntertainmentTribune EntertainmentTribune Entertainment was a television production and syndication company owned and operated by Tribune Broadcasting in the mid-1980s. Many programs offered from Tribune Entertainment have been broadcast on the company's television stations....
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and Max Armstrong - John Castelli, 2 time Emmy AwardEmmy AwardAn Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
recipient, Television videotape editor, for Big Ten Network - Stephanie White, Television videotape editor, for Big Ten Network
- Lindsey Muth, Television videotape editor, for Big Ten Network
- Emily Costigan, Television videotape editor, for Big Ten Network
- P. Douglas Becker, television traffic manager, for WGBO-TVWGBO-TVWGBO-DT, channel 66, is the Univision owned and operated station licensed to Joliet, Illinois, United States. Its studios are in Chicago. WGBO offers a Spanish programming format featuring news, talk shows, dramas, movies, and other Spanish-language programming.-History:Channel 66 signed on in...
UnivisionUnivisionUnivision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
, ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles... - Edward Green, television videotape editor, Video Impressions, Aurora, IllinoisAurora, IllinoisAurora is the second most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the 112th largest city in the United States. A suburb of Chicago, located west of the Loop, its population in 2010 was 197,899. Originally founded within Kane County, Aurora's city limits have expanded greatly over the past...
- Mary Lynn Kuh, television graphic artist, Broadview Media, ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,... - Eugene Garcia, television traffic manager, for WXFT-TVWXFT-TVWXFT-DT is a TeleFutura-affiliated television station, offering Spanish language entertainment programming such as movies, serials, comedies, children's shows, and sports...
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, ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles... - Eric Wilson http://www.wrex.com/Station/index.php, television news presenterNews presenterA news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
(News Anchor) for WREX-TVWREX-TVWREX, channel 13, is the NBC television affiliate serving the Rockford, Illinois area. It is the market's only full-powered VHF station and is Rockford's second oldest television station. Its studios and transmitter are located at Auburn and Winnebago Roads, west of Rockford and north of...
, RockfordRockford, IllinoisRockford is a mid-sized city located on both banks of the Rock River in far northern Illinois. Often referred to as "The Forest City", Rockford is the county seat of Winnebago County, Illinois, USA. As reported in the 2010 U.S. census, the city was home to 152,871 people, the third most populated...
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Lewis University Television Network Memberships
- NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) member
- ILBA (Illinois Broadcaster's Association)
- BEA (Broadcast Education Association)