Campus station will live-stream Spoofhounds
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Video engineer Will Murphy of KNWT, the student television station at Northwest Missouri State University, stands inside the station’s studio space in Wells Hall. KNWT student staff members will use the station’s production truck tonight while live-streaming the Maryville Spoofhounds football game against Lafayette. Play starts at 7 p.m., and KNWT will a replay game between 6 p.m. Sunday and 8 a.m. Monday in a continuous loop.
The Maryville High School football team takes on Lafayette tonight in a Midland Empire Conference matchup, and fans unable to make the 7 p.m. kickoff at the Hound Pound will still be able to catch the game.
KNWT, the Northwest Missouri State University student television station, will live-stream the contest and run replays throughout Sunday night.
“We’ve had some great tie-ins with the Maryville school district,” Northwest Television and Video Engineer Will Murphy said. “They’ve been a great supporter of the university, and this has given us another opportunity to work with them.”
Tonight’s live-stream will be placed online from inside the new production truck Northwest purchased last December.
“The company took a lower bid from Northwest than what they got from another bidder because they liked the mission of Northwest,” Murphy said.
Northwest student media outlets have won several awards over the last couple of years, and Murphy said opportunities like the chance to live-stream the Spoofhounds gives students hands-on experience.
“Our program’s ability to turn out students who are used to broadcast production truck work is something not offered by anyone else in the region,” Murphy said. “I think it lets us take the students, the skills, and the equipment into the community, like we’re doing this Friday, and showcase ourselves and helps the community showcase itself.”
Two crews of Northwest students will produce the broadcast out of the production truck, which will be parked at the Maryville High School stadium.
The first crew will consist of students who have experience with the truck and those enrolled in the KNWT television practicum.
The second crew comprises freshmen and other students new to the program. This crew will essentially job-shadow during the first half before taking over and producing the second half.
Production gear will include four of five cameras positioned to give viewers different field angles.
“We’re really excited to get out and do some Spoofhound activities,” Murphy said. “I love taking the students out of their element and making sure they don’t know what they’re going to be getting into. That is the best way to judge whether or not they’re learning what we’re teaching them.”
The broadcast will begin a few minutes before game time and feature play-by-play announcing by student radio station 106.7 KZLX FM.
The link to the live-stream will be available on the KNWT Facebook page at www.facebook.com/knwt8 and the KZLX Facebook page at www.facebook.com/KZLX.
The tape-delay of the game will air from 6 p.m. Sunday until 8 a.m. Monday on local Channel 8 television.
“Being able to go out in the community is important for the students because they’re part of the community,” Murphy said. “A lot of students feel segregated from the community and vice versa, but really one couldn’t exist without the other. I think getting students out there and letting them interact with the community is important.”
