The Griffon News

New Western T.V. show aims to show a positive campus

Lights, camera, action! Okay, so it’s not that cliché, but in October the new Missouri Western show “Western Reports” hit the television circuit.

The new show hopes to shed some positive light on the campus and provide information on the continuing changes taking place around the university.

The main goal of the show is to provide students and the community with information about upcoming campus events as well as inform students on what could have an impact on them.

Hosted by Sophomore Megan Glenn, the show started out shooting high, interviewing President James Scanlon in its pilot episode.

“We thought we would start with him and work our way forward,” said Program Producer and Manager of Educational Television Services, Danielle Hunt. And the show doesn’t show any signs of slowing down.

Besides the in studio interviews the show also features interviews with students around campus and in office interviews with members of Western’s staff.

The show aims to help show a brighter side to the campus and what has happened since the school transitioned from college to university last year and the people involved with advancing the campus vision.

“It just lets you get kind of a personal look with them,” Glenn said. “And then maybe if you have further questions know who would answer them.”

From here, the show plans to interview Dan Nicoson, the vice-president of university advancement as well as Howard McCauley from admissions. In addition to the administrators, the show plans onfeaturing student organizations.

The magazine-style television show airs Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Cable Vision Channel 39 and on Atchison’s Charter Communications Channel 97.

Along with “Western Reports”, three other shows have been added to help diversify the lineup, “Economics U$A”, “Art of the Western World” and “A Biography of America”.

And this may be the first step toward more student produced shows. According to Hunt, some things will need to be improved, such as broadcast quality and work coming from the students but they would love to incorporate student produced programs.

“We have been talking with Denise Daggs in Comm Studies for a long time,” Hunt said. “It hasn’t occurred just yet.” The Instructional Media Center is welcome to any feedback or story suggestions students may have.