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Nov. 9, 2006 Offbeat co-host speaks Jessie Offenberger The show OFFBEAT had a lot of hard work put into it. You may have seen us painting the rock, filming “Jessie walking” around campus, or the crew’s cars parked outside the mass media building at all hours of the night. Needless to say, all that hard work was a waste. Sure, we got out three good episodes. Actually four, but we weren’t allowed to show the fourth one because the decision to cancel the show was already made. After our second show, with Joe Webb being our guest on the HOT SEAT, we were told that the department got a couple of complaints and that we shouldn’t do the show anymore. With all of our hard work to stop immediately for just a couple of complaints, “This is frightening. Radio and Television majors have been forced to stick to the news and go through the motions, like monkeys, making the decision-makers, and apparently the trustees who give us money, happy.”
we weren’t going to have it. Therefore, we changed our show around and were much more conservative in our talks and topics we covered.
-Jessie Offenberger If you saw our second and third episodes back to back, you could’ve clearly seen this. Though it wasn’t as entertaining, we still worked with what we could and rolled with it. However, that wasn’t enough. Next thing we know, we get an email telling us that a secret meeting was held and that our show was thought of as, “immature, boring, not entertaining, production was horrible, didn’t make sense, etc.” Apparently the head of the Mass Media Department took the one show that he had seen parts of and showed part of our show to the Communications and Media teachers. Teachers, whom none of us had ever seen in the Mass Media building, or even heard of, were now deciding our fate because they apparently had “professional opinions” about producing/directing/writing a television show. Not seeing our improved show, where we conformed to their complaints, these teachers decided to cancel the show. From there, a committee was formed to decide the fate of all television shows on the WCMO television station. This committee decided that from now on, all future television shows will need to film a pilot and write out all of their scripts, prepare a presentation and write a paper about what they want to accomplish with this show and how it will benefit the community. Now tell me, what college student has time for that? And this is just to be considered...not even saying that you could do the show. This is frightening. Radio and Television majors have been forced to stick to the news and go through the motions, like monkeys, making the decision makers and apparently the trustees who give us money (since that was one of the big issues also) happy with the 12:30 weekday news that no one watches and the slides that continue to change when our highly controlled broadcasts aren’t running. From now on, WCMO will not have any shows produced for the students. It will be focused toward the older demographic that makes up the community around us and the people who have the money that control this college. So, if you want to put on a show or watch something entertaining on our college station, start donating money to Mass Media and you might be able to attend a meeting to discuss your presentation, paper, and goals for the show. |
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