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| Jud Mantz (standing), WPSX-TV editing technician, reviews the duties of video editor with Dr. Susan Spence, dean of Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College and campus executive officer of Berks campus. |
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| Bill Amin (right), WPSX-TV producer/director, explains to Marion Pollock, Grand Destiny Campaign Executive Committee member, how multiple TV monitors are used during the taping of a show. |
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| Jen Bortz (right), WPSX-TV production assistant, shows Kevin Harter, Grand Destiny Campaign Executive Committee member and president and chief executive officer of ybn, how to operate a TV camera. |
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| Dave Rutter (left), WPSX-TV production assistant, shows Skip Berents, Grand Destiny Campaign Executive Committee member and president of Berents Hess Capital Management, how to operate a TV camera. |
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| Jerry Sawyer (right), WPSX-TV producer/director, talks with Mimi Coppersmith Fredman, Grand Destiny Campaign Steering Committee and Executive Committee member and president of The Barash Group, about how The Pennsylvania Game is produced. |
photos by Bill Wallace
Penn State Public Broadcasting |
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Members of Penn State’s Grand Destiny Campaign got a hands-on lesson in how to produce a television show during a special program arranged by Penn State Public Broadcasting. They produced a mock session of The Pennsylvania Game, serving as contestants and crew members for this WPSX-TV-produced original program.
“We designed the questions and answers to give our guests information about Penn State Public Broadcasting’s mission,” Chuck Ungar, senior producer/director, said. He coordinated the special program.
Grand Destiny Campaign members and guests left Penn State Public Broadcasting’s studios with a T-shirt proclaiming them “The Pennsylvania Game Honorary Crew” and a videotape of the show, with their names listed in the credits.
“Everyone was amazed that the VHS tape featured a color digital photograph of the group on the case, because the photo had been taken when they first entered the studio — less than an hour before,” Ungar said.
A Grand Destiny: The Penn State Campaign seeks to raise $1.3 billion in private support by 2003 to strengthen the University’s overall mission of teaching, research and service. More than 480 volunteers are helping the University reach its campaign goal.
The photos show Grand Destiny Campaign members at work, assisted by Penn State Public Broadcasting staff members, as they produce a TV show.
| Penn State Public Broadcasting’s Board of Representatives |
| A Board of Representatives comprised of members from throughout the Penn State Public Broadcasting viewing area helps guide planning for Penn State’s public television and radio stations.
Board members also serve an important role for Penn State Public Broadcasting by being links with their communities, gathering information and opinions to identify local issues, needs and strengths, and by involving local leadership and cultivating sources of funding, while promoting memberships, sponsorships, donations and public awareness and understanding of Penn State Public Broadcasting’s mission.
That mission is “to enrich the quality of life for all of our diverse audiences by being a window to the world, linking people and ideas and fostering democracy and lifelong learning. By using technologies in innovative and creative ways, we ensure excellence in programming, production and design services to instruct, entertain and inform. We provide a client-oriented quality service that maximizes educational resources.”
D. Edward Chaplin of DuBois chairs the Board of Representatives, and Julie Cleland of Kane is vice chair. Members are Douglas Anderson, State College; Robert Ascah, State College; George A. Beylouny, State College; Inez Gant, State College; Nan Hunt, Huntingdon; Terrell Jones, State College; Oscar Knade Jr., Williamsport; Thomas C. Large, Hollidaysburg; Jon McClintock, Duncansville; Richard H. Milgrub, Clearfield; Charlotte B. Morris, Altoona; W. LeRoy Schneck, Warren; Donna S. Weimer, State College; Gerald P. Wolf, Hollidaysburg; and Jane Zimmerman, Boalsburg. |
| Did you know? |
 | On April 20, 1952, more than 100 leaders in education, broadcasting and government gathered at Penn State’s Nittany Lion Inn to accept a challenge from the Federal Communications Commission to begin a noncommercial educational television service. The Nittany Lion Inn became the birthplace of national educational television and what would later become the Public Broadcasting Service. |
| Author and folk singer Bernard Asbell (1924–01) appeared on nearly every episode of the first five seasons of WPSX-TV’s The Pennsylvania Game. The long-running game show tests participants’ knowledge of Pennsylvania trivia, history, people and places. |
| WPSX-TV regularly provides studio and satellite uplink facilities for faculty who participate in programs broadcast on national television networks and cable channels. WPSU-FM provides a direct link to National Public Radio for faculty experts who are featured on NPR programs. |
| Coach Joe Paterno is not the only Penn State icon to be honored with a Penn State Creamery ice cream flavor. “WPSX Coffee Break” ice cream was created in honor of Penn State’s public television station. |
| WPSX-TV’s nationally broadcast Legendary Lighthouses series received national attention in USA Today, The New York Post and The Philadelphia Inquirer. TV Guide magazine listed the series as a PBS highlight, and the program’s Web site was a Yahoo Pick of the Week. |
| Next year marks the 10th anniversary of the Penn State Public Broadcasting Connoisseur’s Dinner. The annual event supports WPSX-TV and attracts hundreds to enjoy a theme dinner hosted by internationally renowned chefs. Past chefs include John Folse of the Taste of Louisiana PBS series, Mary Ann Esposito of Ciao Italia and Martin Yan of Yan Can Cook. |
| The WPSX-TV’s Our Town series has become a model for public broadcasting stations throughout the country. In the Our Town project, Penn State Public Broadcasting production crews combine WPSX-TV interviews about the highlights of an area with video footage from local residents to produce a special program that has received high praise from featured communities. This year, the station will also launch a new spinoff with interviews and videos provided by children. |
| Students from the colleges of Arts and Architecture, Communications, Earth and Mineral Sciences, Education and the Liberal Arts and the School of Information Sciences and Technology have held internships or worked at the Penn State Public Broadcasting station. What’s in the News has attracted student interns from the Pennsylvania College of Technology and Juniata College. |
Ted Krichels (left), assistant vice president for outreach and general manager of Penn State Public Broadcasting, talks with Dr. James H. Ryan, vice president for Outreach and Cooperative Extension, during a special program for members of Penn State’s Grand Destiny Campaign. Public Broadcasting hosted a mock taping of The Pennsylvania Game for campaign members. |
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Steve Jones (standing), WPSX-TV staff member, reviews the format for The Pennsylvania Game with contestants — all Grand Destiny Campaign Executive Committee members. They are, from left, David Reese, president, chief operating officer and director of ACTV Inc.; Merdie Shoemaker; and Bill Rossman, regional president of M&T Bank. |
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