Marquette University Student Media

Marquette University Student Media
Formation 1916
Purpose Real-world journalism experience for students
Headquarters Milwaukee, WI
Location
  • Milwaukee, WI
Region served
Milwaukee, WI
Parent organization
 Marquette University
Affiliations WordPress, MTVu
Website https://marquettewire.org/

Marquette University Student Media is the official outlet of Marquette University's College of Communication,[1] which allows students to gain real-world experience in producing mainstream media.

Outlets

Marquette Student Media has five outlets which make up the Marquette Wire:

History

Marquette University Student Media traces its roots back to 1916, when the Marquette Tribune, the student-produced newspaper, was first published. Since then, four additional outlets have opened: MUR in the 1960s, MUTV in 1976, the Marquette Journal, and Marquette Student Media Ads.

They have produced publications in both CMYK and black and white.

In 2015, all departments converged into one single news organization known as the Marquette Wire.

Staff

Each outlet of Marquette Student Media is headed by a student. The College of Communication posts applications and hold interviews at the end of each academic year, during which the directors of the outlets are selected for the next academic year.

Current staff

The department heads for the current academic year are as follows:

OutletDirector
Marquette WireJennifer Walter
Marquette TribuneSydney Czyzon
Marquette JournalAly Prouty
MUTVTara Schumal
Marquette RadioGabby Powell

For a list of past directors, see the individual outlet pages.

Location

Marquette Student Media is based in Johnston Hall, home of the Diederich College of Communication. Each outlet has its own office.

  • MUTV's office is on the 2nd floor of Johnston Hall. All production occurs in the television studios on the second floor.
  • MUR's office is on the 2nd floor of Johnston Hall. All broadcasts occur on the second floor.
  • The Tribune is on the 2nd floor of Johnston Hall.
  • The Journal is on the 2nd floor of Johnston Hall.
  • Student Media Advertising is based in the basement of Johnston Hall.

Convergence

In 2006, the College began executing plans to converge all outlets of Student Media into a single location, instead of being spread all over the building. The basement of Johnston Hall was chosen as the location, and was partially remodeled during the summer of 2008.

When Dr. John Pauly, formerly Dean of the College of Communication, was promoted to the position of university provost in April 2008, convergence plans came to a halt. The broadcasting outlets of Marquette Student Media (MUTV and MUR) did not move to the basement of Johnston Hall as originally intended. However, other plans of convergence continued, namely the addition of two conference rooms, the relocation of an unused computer lab, and the relocation of the Student Media Business office.

Remodeling occurred during the summers of 2017 and 2018. All student media offices and facilities are now located on the second floor of Johnston Hall.

Marquette University Television

MUTV
Johnston Hall, 1131 W. Wisconsin Ave. #424
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233
City Milwaukee, WI
Branding MUTV
Channels Analog: 4 (CCTV - Cable)
Digital: 4-1
Translators marquettewire.org
Affiliations mtvU, Marquette Wire
Owner Marquette University
Founded 1976
Call letters' meaning Marquette
University
TeleVision
Website MUTV on the Marquette Wire

Marquette University Television (MUTV) is a student television station at the Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University. The students produce shows nightly (Monday - Wednesday), from each departments: Entertainment, Sports, and News. Packages and broadcasts are retransmitted over the channel as well as available on-demand.

About

Marquette University Television was chartered by Marquette University in 1976 and is a registered student organization with the Marquette University Student Government and Office of Student Development. 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 plane crash in the 1970s 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.

Since 2014 MUTV has been a part of the Marquette Wire, Marquette's student media organization, along with the Marquette Tribune (newspaper), MUR (radio), and Marquette Journal (magazine).

In 2017 a renovation of the second floor of Johnston Hall began. Expecting to be completed in the fall of 2018, the new facilities include student media executive office spaces, a newsroom overlooking Wisconsin Avenue, a control room, television studio space, a virtual studio space, updated video switcher and other broadcast equipment, an on-air MUR radio studio, and an off-air podcasting studio. These facilities will be used by student media, but they are also available to the entire College of Communication.

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 Presidential Address - MUTV broadcasts the annual Presidential Address.

Staff

MUTV was started by students and continues to be student run. It is led by the General Manager, as selected by the Student Media Board at the end of each academic year. As of 2014, MUTV is an outlet of the Marquette Wire, Marquette Student Media. The current General Manager is Tara Schumal.

Production

MUTV production is based on the second floor of Johnston Hall at Marquette University.

Studio 7

Studio 7 is a 2-story, 30' x 45' sound stage with fifteen mobile lighting grids for easy light placement and focusing. The room once served as the university library, and a spiral staircase and platforms remain.

Studio 6

Studio 6 is a single-story, 20' x 25' studio with a stationary lighting grid. In the summer of 2017 a wrap-around green screen cyc wall was installed, preparing for the installation of Ross Video virtual set technology.

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 broadcast Men's Basketball on a tape delay since a microwave transmitter was not available. 3/4" tape was driven from the Milwaukee Arena to Johnston Hall. A microwave transmitter was eventually purchased, but it was almost immediately struck by lightning 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. In the late 70's remotes were done from the Haelfer Sports complex, Wilson Park ice arena and the mall in front of LaLumere.

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 was 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, Varsity Theater, and Alumni Memorial Union to broadcast sporting events, political debates, and other events. The students utilized both the equipment in the fly-pack and equipment in the Johnston Hall control rooms (video and CG support) to make the broadcasts successful. Video is sent to Johnston Hall over a network of fiber optic converters placed in key buildings on the Marquette campus. A telephone link between intercom systems allows seamless communication between the remote and Johnston Hall.

The remote fly-pack was eventually upgraded with an Blackmagic Design ATEM production switcher, enabling HD broadcasting remotely. As the facilities in Johnston Hall were still standard definition, remote broadcasts weren't able to utilize that equipment. In the fall of 2017, MUTV acquired a Comrex LiveShot to enable remote cameras as well as an easier way to route remote broadcasts back to Johnston Hall. With the HD upgrade coming with the Johnston Hall renovations in the summer of 2018, remote broadcasts will again use the control room in Johnston Hall.

Programming/distribution

MUTV utilizes Public-access television cable TV channel 4.1 on the Time Warner Cable feed to the Marquette campus. MUTV operates on channel 4.1 Monday through Thursday, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM. mtvU is aired on the channel during off-air hours.

MUTV launched their first Video-on-Demand service in fall of 2003. Shortly after, the project was suspended due to workflow inefficiencies. The service was revived in spring of 2007, taking the form of a UFO-based Flash Video player. In February 2008, MUTV acquired access to one of the University's QuickTime Streaming Servers and thus converted their Video on Demand Service to QuickTime. An ongoing initiative to have all MUTV shows available in Video-on-Demand is continued by the Programming/Distribution Department. In 2008, MUTV purchased a Mac Pro to handle the duties of putting content online on the MUTV Website and YouTube. As of 2017, all video packages and shows are uploaded to YouTube and embedded on the Marquette Wire website.

A live stream of MUTV programming is available in the All-Access player at MarquetteWire.org.

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Diederich College of Communication
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