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DTV Presents: FNL

May 11, 2016 by Abigail Fulcher Leave a Comment

On Channel 191 or at dtvnews.org

Macho Man, Space Travel, and Tee-Ball. What do these have to do with each other? FNL! FNL is a production put on by DTV for the past 2 years during May, FNL stands for “Friday Night Live” and is a spoof of “Saturday Night Live.” The show consists of live skits preformed in the DHS auditorium and digital shorts in-between live skits played on the auditorium’s projector. This is the 3rd year in a row DTV has put this show on, the show was an idea of DTV Alumni Christian Thwing’s and he proposed the show in his junior year of high school. The show was a way to show what the Promotions department of DTV had to offer in comparison to DTV’s Sports and News departments, since the Promotions department had never really done their own special. The first two shows in 2014 and 2015 were a resounding success, and DTV is shooting for the stars with the 3rd show. This year’s cast list includes:

Merek Alam
Cain Pedersen
Dane Morgan
Grant Polmanteer
Trace Clinton
Lucas Magno
Colin O’Lear
Calvin Phillips
Chris Kazor
Suleiman Matarweh

And this year’s host is Dane Morgan! And in the middle of the show will be a musical performance from Chloe Pedersen and Jacob Prim.

Here’s a preview of some of the goofs and gaffs to be seen! Make sure you don’t miss out on some good laughs!

Busy Two Weeks For DTV

April 29, 2016 by rscott Leave a Comment

DTV has been nothing but busy! Last week we started off on the first page of Detroit News. On Wednesday, DTV headed to the Capitol where we got the chance to get a one on one interview with the Governor. Then we went to Lansing to the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association where DTV became the first official high school broadcasting program to be put into the Hall of Fame after 9 Spartan awards in a 10 year time span. Many students also got individual awards for their hard work. This Monday ABC 12 and NBC 25 came to DTV and Undrinkable 2 was released! $LOGO EITH TEX$

DTV to Be Inducted into MIPA Hall of Fame

April 15, 2016 by rscott 1 Comment

On April 21, at 9 A.M, DTV will be inducted into the MIPA (Michigan Interscholastic Press Association) Hall of Fame. For the past years DTV has has won a Spartan Award 9 times in a row, qualifying us to be put into the hall of Fame. A spartan award is the top honor given by MIPA for excellence in student media.

DTV couldnot have qualified if it weren’t for all the great DTV students that have worked hard to show what student media can be. We send a big thank you to all those who have put forth effort in helping us come along. If you are a former DTV Students who would like to attend the induction ceremony you are encouraged to contact Randy Scott by email: rscott@davisonschools.org

A Special message to former students from our instructor Randall W. Scott III. Click here for message

The Chrome & Ice Winter Classic Car Show

February 11, 2016 by Abigail Fulcher Leave a Comment

A car show in the winter? It is more possible than you may think. The first annual Chrome & Ice car show is being held at the Dort Federal Event Center on Friday, February 12th. The show will feature rare and exclusive cars, but the show has a twist. They are turning the arena into a beach to emulate sittin’ back and looking at cool cars in the summer. DTV will be there to cover it but not in the normal way. DTV will be airing their regular newscast live from the arena! Everything that goes into a regular newscast along with a regular newscast plus an exciting look into a car show that is the first of it’s kind. Tune into Charter Channel 191 or go to dtvnews.org to watch our live newscast at 1:28 in the afternoon. Also from 2 to 3:30 DTV will be having a live hit every 15 minutes to give you an update of whats going on. Make sure to tune in! Click this link to watch it live!

MIPA and MAB Contests

February 8, 2016 by Abigail Fulcher Leave a Comment

Each year, DTV submits it’s projects to two statewide contests held by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters (MAB) and the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association (MIPA). Each contest has categories that individual videos are submitted to. DTV has been earned dozens of awards, most for individual categories, and some for the bigger awards, which you can read about at https://dtvnews.org/awards/. You can check out the content submitted this year on our Youtube page, or the sports content on NFHS.

Below are some samples that DTV has entered this year:

ABC12 comes to DTV

January 20, 2016 by Abigail Fulcher Leave a Comment

TV station met TV station on Wednesday morning. And not just the morning, we’re talking 5 AM, the early morning.

Nonetheless ABC12 drove just minutes over to Davison High School to talk all things DTV. Marc Jacobson and the morning crew rolled in at 4:30. From then on we went live for teases, interviews and talking about DTV’s current projects, especially Undrinkable. It nearly has 42,000 views as of Wednesday, and its only growing larger. More and more people are learning about how the Flint water crisis became what it is, notably with help from Michael Moore’s tweets and independent news organizations shouting out the documentary. If you still haven’t seen it, click here.

ABC12’s coverage from this morning is here.

Upgrading DTV

December 28, 2015 by Abigail Fulcher Leave a Comment

A package rolls into Davison High School on a warm September day. The address reads, “Randy Scott, Davison High School”.

Inside the package, and the other packages to come, lies the future of Davison High School’s television station.

The Broadcast Pix Granite switcher along with our two brand new 40″ Samsung monitors.

The Broadcast Pix Granite Switcher is the key piece to the re-invention of DTV in this new school year. The switcher runs the show when we’re live. It controls how we present ourselves on-air during live events. Not only that, but soon it will be the main center for all of our graphics as well. With that said, it is without a doubt the most important piece!

The Sony PXW-X320 XDCAM.

Another key piece to our live event broadcasts is the brand new cameras we got. The Sony PXW-X320 XDCAM’s are top-notch cameras that DTV will be using for big events such as football games and live concerts at DHS. These changes mean DTV can finally move from analog to Digital, and now we can shoot and edit all videos in High Definition.

The Soundcraft LX7ii

The newest addition to our upgrade is our new audio board, the Soundcraft LX7ii. Not only will our video look good, it will sound great. This board allows us to preview our audio without having to put sound out on air.

These upgrades have been 10 years in the making. Everything was paid for by funds raised by the DTV program, Career Tech Education funds, and generous help from the Davison Schools administration.

With all of these changes a new foundation has been created for the DTV program to continue to grow and create great television and educational experiences for years to come.

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