Welcome to the
Radio-TV Center
The
Radio-TV Center has a long and rich history at the University of Idaho,
from the birth of public broadcasting in Idaho to the construction
of a state-of-the art high definition production facility in 2008 for use by
broadcasting professionals and students in class.
KUID-TV was put on the air by The University of Idaho in 1965 to provide
information and culture to its audiences and to serve as a learning
laboratory for students studying radio and television. It was the first
public television station to go on the air in the state of Idaho. The
university operated the station until 1982, the year Idaho Public Television
was created.
KUID-FM was put on the air by The University of Idaho in 1963 and was the first
educational FM station in Idaho. It remained part of the UI until it became
part of Northwest Public Radio in 1984.
Over the years, students and station personnel produced hundreds of hours of
award-winning programming, including public affairs programs and sporting
events. For more on the history of both stations, please visit the
Timeline on the JAMM Web site.
Today, students at the Radio-TV Center still work at KUID-TV, assisting in
the production of programs for Idaho Public Television; intern at Northwest
Public Radio; host the Moscow Kino Digital Media Festival; and take a whole
range of digital media production courses, producing a variety of award-winning news programs, documentaries, commercials, and narratives.
Our
state-of-the-art facilities include a high definition television studio,
high definition edit bays, ten digital video work stations, and two digital
audio work stations. Students edit with Final Cut Pro and Pro Tools, and use
Final Draft, an industry standard software, when writing their scripts.
J. Walter Johnson was one of the
founding fathers of KUID
FM/TV.
He has a Web site dedicated to the early
days of public broadcasting
at the UI.
Here's a link!
Read
a story about KUID-TV's 40th reunion and Michael Kirk's career
in the spring
online version of spring 2005 Here We Have Idaho (Old Rhodes lead to New Frontiers edition)
