Peters Township Community Television History
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2008
STATS & FACTS:
Total programs produced: 494
Total studio shows produced: 278
Most productions (month): 65 (May)
Least productions (month): 8 (July)
Total programming hours: 7,402
Top 5 Studio Shows (# of hours aired):
Headlines (246)
Skinny Jeans Forever (167)
Last Word in Sports with Dale Lolley (229)
Knit On! (174)
Let’s Talk Healthy Pets (169)
Top 5 Sports/Community (# of hours aired):
PTHS Boys Soccer games (224)
PTHS Girls Lacrosse games (201)
PTHS Girls Soccer games (121)
Concert in the Park: “Ali Gillis” (114)
PTHS Girls Basketball games (104)
MAJOR EQUIPMENT PURCHASED:
Tricaster
FireStore Direct-to-edit disk recorders (2)
Computer
Leightronix Nexus network video server
Lacie 1TB Ethernet Hard Disk Drive
SHOW DEBUTS:
Character Counts
South Hills Assembly
STAFF:
Public Access Director: Ryan Boni
Volunteer & Production Coordinator: Laura Dougherty
PTHS Media Production Teacher: Robin Hodgin-Frick
March
PTCT worked on the installation of video and gaming equipment in the Teen Room at the Library. The room includes 3 booths containing multi-player xBox consoles, a Playstation 3 hooked up to a high-definition projector for watching movies, and an Xbox and Wi attached to a large plasma television set
April
The Aavelin Bulletin Board for the School District & Municipality are moved to the PTCT playback room
The Peters Township PEG channels make their debut on the Verizon FiOS system (week of April 21)
June
Community Day: Grilled
August
Intern Darla Kurnal creates 60 promotional spots to be used in between programming
September
A new multi-camera recording set-up and control room are installed at the Municipal Building for the recordings of meetings in the Council Chambers, which replaces the 10-year-old system currently in place.
October
Panasonic HVX200a cameras make their debut