“All we see is a PowerPoint and fat ladies singing opera.”
“There’s no content at all.”
“If I want to listen to a radio station, I’ll tune into on the radio, not a TV channel.”
Those are phrases often said by students here at Arkansas State University when someone asked them about ASU TV. In the past, they had a point. ASU TV was nothing but the “Calendar of Events” simulcasting KASU and airing the Classic Arts Showcase. With the exception of football and basketball games, there was no content. That has changed. Tune in to ASU TV now and you will see cultural, entertaining programs produced here in our studios and from other sources.
It all started with a nearly new staff tired of the complaints and lack of programs on ASU TV. From their frustration came Campus Cuisine, Red Wolf Roundtable, What the Howl!?!., Red Wolf Reviews, A-State Date, Cultural Perspectives, ASU Essentials, and The Breakdown. ASU TV News (formerly A-State News, and Jonesboro PM) is now four days a week. They don’t plan to stop there. Many of the shows will be back this fall in HD and new shows will be produced and added to the program line-up.
ASU-TV is moving ahead. With our transition into HD, we are planning on increasing our in-house programming. But, that isn’t enough to program a station 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We have partnered with non-profit television networks and are beginning to carry their programs. Tune-in to ASU TV and you’ll see programs by Deutsche-Welle TV and Link TV. From news programs like European Journal, Global 3000, Earth Focus to entertainment programs like World Music, Rapper, Divas, Virtuosos, the look and feel of ASU TV is changing and we are leaving the realm of public access.
We encourage you to get on board and check ASU TV out. Our newly revamped website contains all of the programs we air on our Video on Demand page. If you have any questions about our shows or want to help in anyway, feel free to e-mail us at info@asutv.com
Kalup Phillips
ASU-TV Station Manager
September 24th, 2011 at 11:01 am
Hey guys, I think the new programming is awesome, but my reception to chan nel 18 is pretty bad, and I live on campus… there’s all kind of lines going through the picture and stuff… is there a problem with sudden link’s equipment?
September 25th, 2011 at 5:15 pm
I’m not sure if there’s a problem but we’ll check what’s going on and let you know.Thanks for the feedback!
October 19th, 2011 at 8:34 pm
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it until we receive new audio and video modulators from Suddenlink. The ones we are using right now are about 30 years old and thats why our picture is grainy.