'It means everything'

The new control room at KUID.

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Story Published: Oct 11, 2008 at 6:20 PM PST

Story Updated: Nov 21, 2008 at 2:42 AM PST

By Greg Meyer

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MOSCOW – It was a big day Friday for Idaho's Public TV station at the University of Idaho, as well as a big day for UI students.

It was all about KUID going digital and what that means for viewers and for broadcast students

"What this means for students is the world," said UI Journalism and Mass Media Director of Broadcasting. Glenn Mosley. "Our students are going to be trained on the very best gear the industry has to offer and it will make them more marketable, better trained, better citizens, better leaders, better everything. It means everything."

Mosley said there is a serious learning curve for getting familiar with all the new gear.

“We had a lot of training sessions this past summer where the folks who installed this equipment came in and gave us a couple weeks of training," said Mosley. "The faculty went through it, the graduate students we have help us in class went through it and a couple of undergraduates went through it. We are going to be leaning on them heavily as we all learn this stuff."

There were plenty of special guests on hand for Friday’s big event, including UI Interim President Steven Daley-Laursen and KLEW weather anchor and reporter Hayley Guenthner who said a few words about the Journalism and Mass Media program and cut the ceremonial ribbon.

Also present were two Vandals who graduated in the very first radio and TV class back in 1956. Long-time area broadcaster John Mix was one of them. Mix said the old station pales in comparison to the new, but he still has fond memories of it.

"I can remember that it was a small, little, puny place," said Mix. "You know it wasn't very impressive, but it was the best they had and they did good work, they got the message out."

The new equipment will be ready for students to use as soon as camera control units used by NBC in the Beijing Olympics arrive.

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