Facilities for Communication Studies at SUNY Plattsburgh - TV Studio A & Studio A Control Room

TV Studio A & Studio A Control Room

Learn in a Real-World Setting

TV Studio A emulates a real-world broadcast facility and is the smaller of our two studios at 550 square feet. It is a fully professional broadcast facility designed to prepare production majors (TV-video production, broadcast journalism, and audio-radio production) for a seamless transition from college to the broadcast industry.

You will use Studio A to for workshop training and to produce news, sports, interview and dramatic shows that are associated with several classes. These include Plattsburgh State Television (CMM233/433), Basic Planning/Production of TV (CMM229), On-Camera Performance (CMM334), TV Field Acting/Production (CMM429), and Advanced TV News Production (CMM459).

The complete facility (both studio and control room) includes:

• Microphone hook-ups.
• Lights and a full lighting grid.
• Professional custom-built news set (donated by Hearst-Argyle Broadcast Corporation).
• Audio board.
• Video switcher.
• Chroma key ("green screen").
• Compix Media graphics/character generator.
• Dedicated graphics workstations.
• Computerized teleprompters.
• Three professional Ikegami high performance video cameras (with CCU's).
• Record and playback devices.
• Phone couplers (for incoming callers).
• Two audio workstations (for pre-produced audio sources).
• Network master control access.
• Four-camera hookup availability.

Questions, Comments, Suggestions?

For more information about communication studies programs at SUNY Plattsburgh, or to arrange a campus visit, please contact

Shakuntala Rao, Chairperson
Office: Yokum Hall 202D
Phone: (518) 564-4291
E-mail: Shakuntala.Rao@plattsburgh.edu