January 11, 2010
TSTV Now Broadcasting on Digital Channel 29
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TSTV is now available on digital channel 29.1! If your television or DTV converter box does not receive 29.1, you may need to rescan for new channels. To do so, please follow the instructions provided with your device.
August 26th, 2009
TSTV moves to WWH
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Welcome back to Austin everybody. We're operating in a new location for a few months while the HSM is being renovated. Our new temporary headquarters is on the 2nd floor of Walter Webb Hall. The WWH is on the North West corner of 25th and Guadelupe. If you are interested in volunteering then come to our general meeting on Thursday, September 3, at 8
May 1st, 2009
TSTV to get Digital Transmiter in January 2010!
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The TSM board of Directors voted unimmously to grant Texas Student Television $50,000 to fund the construction of a digital tower that will boradcast TSTV to all of Austin! That $50,000 joins the $30,000 in grants and $17,000 in cash donations! We could not have done this without the support of everyone who supported our cause!
April 28th, 2009
TSTV/Texas Travesty Film Fest!
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TSTV and The Texas Travesty are holding a Comedy Film Festival at Spider House this Thursday at 8 PM! John Erler and Bernie Burns will be the celebrity judges and the grand prize winner will win an 8 gig Ipod Touch! Top 5 finishers will get prizes and the top 10 will be aired on Time Warner Cable!
Enteries should be turned is as a .mov but DVDs are aceptable. Discs can be turned in at the 3rd floor HSM office. Files can also be placed on the Transfer Server but entrants MUST email Manager@TexasStudentTv.Com and notify the festival of the location of the file.
All entrants must print out and turn in this submission form to the 3rd floor of HSM.
April 18th, 2009
TSTV on KVRX News Radio!
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Please take some time and listen to a story on KVRX's "In the Know" about the TSTV Transmitter!
April 18th, 2009
TSTV in the Austin American Statesman
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Click here to read about our campaign in the Austin American Statesman!
April 18th, 2009
Campaign Update!
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We are very close to making the $12,000 promise I made to the board! We need to keep everything moving though! Please forward our Press Release to all those who might be interested in helping out the cause. If you have the time, check out the amazing testimonials we have from alumni and volunteers. They are very moving and addicting.
April 14th, 2009
Watch our story on FOX NEWS!
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April 13th, 2009
Campaign Update-Board Meeting Moved to May 1st
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So we've made it almost $10,000! We have a lot more ground to cover in the next few weeks! The big TSM board meeting that will decide the Transmitter issue has been moved to May 1st. TSTV has also released a Press Release about the transmitter campaign.
April 2nd, 2009
You can Do it Alums!
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Hey Guys!
So we've made it about $7,000! We have a long way to go and we REALLY need the support of our alums.
If you go to our donor page:
http://www.texasstudenttv.com/transmitter_donors.shtmlOur Volunteers and their families are kicking butt! Are you going to let them show you up Alums?
Heh, ok ok that is a little shameless. My board meeting went well, all the board members were impressed but I was told we have to come back with more in raised funds! We spent most of the time talking about laying off The Daily Texan Advisor and other TSM employees which was really awful. We really have to raise a good amount for TSM to pull the trigger.
Please make a donation, Send the Info to your Alum Friends and anyone else you can donate! TAX DEDUCTIBLE!
Thanks for putting up with me guys!
http://www.texasstudenttv.com/transmitter.shtml
April 1st, 2009
RollerSkate Pizza Party Fundraiser Contest!
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Hopefully by now you heard of the contest we are having between all the shows for the Pizza Party at the Roller Rink and it's BYOB!!!
I'm documenting all donations made by volunteers, their family members and 3rd parties they are able to get a donation from.
So far the Leaders are: Night Nite $493; Sports $419; Sneak Peek $264; VGHL $189; TA/WM $94
I've linked to the excel readout. The deadline is April 20th. The Race is on! http://texasstudenttv.com/brandon/TSTVTransmiterShowRacePublic.xls
March 28th, 2009
March Board Report Update and Campaign Strategy
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I am happy to say that the March board meeting went very well. I feel we met the goals we set for the introduction of the transmitter campaign. A big part of that was the letter packet consisting of the tremendous support I received from our Alumni and Volunteers. You can read it online at WWW.TexasStudentTv.Com. We were given strict requests on what the Board of Directors wants to see in April in order to vote "yes". Some their requests are technical readouts and profit projections that I will be preparing.
Something the board really stressed was coming back in April with more raised funds. We have made so much progress raising almost $6,500 in 2 weeks but we have keep going strong if we are going to convince the board to vote "yes" in April! I've received messages asking why the board doesn't make cuts on others parts of the budget to fund this. The reason this isn't happening is because they approved a $200,000 deficit for the year. That was necessary to (at least temporarily) save the jobs of 3 TSM employees. There really is no room to make any cuts.
We are going to expand our fund raising efforts to companies but we still need to see support from as many Alumni and Volunteers as possible! We have raised more than $700 from around 17 Volunteers and close to $1,000 from their families. This is really great but we have to spread the momentum to every department of TSTV.
We thank those alumni who have donated. We humbly ask that you still forward this information to those who worked with you while you were at TSTV. We need to create a web of information in order to get the word to as many alums as possible. All the information you need to help us raise money and awareness can be found at www.texasstudenttv.com.
Come on Guys. We can get this done but we need to all show our support!
March 26th, 2009
Alumni and Volunteer Packet Online and 29 Campaign Update!
Please take a look at the Letter of Support Packet from Alumni, Volunteers and UT Faculty for the digital transmitter! For an update on the campaign, we have now raised close to $7,000! We need to keep the pace going. Please forward the link to our donation information page
March 23rd, 2009
29 Campaign Underway!
Our fundrasising efforts to build a new Digital Transmitter for our station are underway! Please link any friend or family to the site that might want to help get TSTV on the digital spectrum! Remember all donations are tax deductable and all donors will be reconized on a commerative plaque!
March 22nd, 2009
Station Manager for 2009-2010
The TSM board meeting that will decide next year's Station Manager is this Friday at 3 p.m. in the Lady Bird Room in the CMA. Anyone wishing to speak on behalf of William Patterson, William Maddox or James Stevens can attend. If you are unable to attend the meeting but would like to say something on behalf of one of the candidates email Brandon your statement and it will be read to the board. manager@texasstudenttv.com
