University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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Brenda Bryan assists Mark Renfm. both telecommunications ju- niors, in a field assign- ment beside the Pence Hall architecture budd- ing. 7 Photo by Frank Salvino Bluegrass Dateline 29

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Telecommunications students attempt to cover the University and perfect a Production N umb er Telecommunicatiom seniors Gary Howard and Mary Kemmerer edit a story tor a spring edition nt Bluegrass Dateline in the Studio B facilities in the basement of Patterson Office Tuwen iPhoto by Frank Satvino Denise Dabmn takes advantage of the equipment made available tn Bluegrass Dateline statt members by Telecable, The programs were aired on TeleLabIe's public access channel, -Ph0to by Frank Salvmo ty budget Cuts. But the active participants in the Campus groups dreaded the slashing knife of Universie they had Bluegrass Dateline nothing to fear. 'The miracle of the program is that we operate on zero budget, said Marsha Beilomy ot the teicvison program? producing student organization. Arrangements were made with Teiecable and the University for use Of their LdIth'itS. Members also produced UK Students Present, a public affairs program sponsored by the Student Government Ax sociatinn that aired on W'LEXeTV, Channel 18, in Lexinge ton. In return for this service, studio time was given in the Office 0t Instructional Resources in the Taylur Education Building. Involved students received no payment or tNtde-Sprtldd recognition on campus. Instead they gained valuable expo, rience in the telecommunications ticiLL The premise is that any student, even though they have a degree. has trouble tinding a job, especially in a media-related tietd, said Beliomy, associate producer and a communicatiom graduate student. You have to have some experience. Tom Rudd, a senior from Morgantietd, stressed the longstanding need for this sort of activity on campus. t'You can only learn this stutt by doing it, and thig, is the first opportunity they've had, said Rudd, executive pro- ducer of Bluegrass Dateline. There weren't any classes tin the College of Communicationbl that dealt with this kind of production. Since that time, a Telecommunica- tions 599 course has been specially designed tor members of the organization. Bluegrass Dateline was established during the tail se- mester 0t 1981 by the Communications Student Society, and in the spring, 0t 1982, they had three programs that were led by producer Chris Todd. We started rocky, said Bellamy, but we learned from our mistakes, Three 30eminute programs were pro- duced in the tall 0t 1982 with a goal at increasing produc- tion to once every three weeks in the spring. The shows appeared on Telecable's public access channel 5, on UK's cable channel, and on Frankfort's cable television system. organization knew continued on page 31 28 Bluegrass Dateline

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Iuegrass Dateline The Finished product of the Bluegrass Dateline organization is a 30-minute telev on news magazine for airing on cable channel 5. Co-anchors Marsha Bellamy and Tom Rudd await their cue to begin the filming, 7 Photo by Frank Salvino Studio cquipmem used to pruduce Bluegrass Dateline is supplied bV Umv- lw lhrL LHL the NHL? Inctructmnal Resnurces 1n lhe Taylor ' . Frank Sdlvino