GETTING INVOLVED
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MEMBER SCHOOLS
HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Mr. Mark Ciesielski - mciesielski@hf233.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: Viking Television (VTV) & WHFH 88.5FM
THE PROGRAM: Air a 10 minute News show to the school on Tuesdays & Thursdays; an 11 minute variety show on Monday; 10 minute Entertainment show on Wednesday; 11 minute Sports show on Friday. Broadcast up to 36 Live events after school per year in our Mobile Broadcasting Truck
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 160
BARRINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Jeffrey M. Doles PhD - jDoles@barrington220.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: BHS-TV
THE PROGRAM: Weekly TV Show, Livestreams
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 150
DEERFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Brett Schwartz - bschwartz@dist113.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: DHS-TV
THE PROGRAM: DHS-TV News
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 22
SOUTH ELGIN HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Ben Erickson & Tom Bozikis - benerickson@u-46.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: STORM NEWS 27 / BEACON ACADEMY SPORTS / WEPS 88.9 FM
THE PROGRAM: Weekly news broadcasts, feature-based magazine show on our local cable access channel, high school and college sports programming streamed online; select games played tape delay on local cable access.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 250
METEA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Mr. Nick Grijalva - Nicholas_grijalva@ipsd.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: MVTV-The Mane
THE PROGRAM: Air a 10 minute magazine style show to the school every other Friday. Within the month, we publish a number of web-release-only videos to our website.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 60
WAUBONSIE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Brian Wiencek - wvtv@ipsd.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: WVTV
THE PROGRAM: News & Sports
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 180
MUNDELEIN HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Kent Meister - kmeister@d120.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: MANE TV
THE PROGRAM: Weekly Friday Focus School and Community News Show, Live multiple camera productions of various sports, performing arts, and variety type shows through school control room and TV Truck
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 80
LAKE FOREST HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Steve Douglas - sdouglass@lfschools.net
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: LFHS New Media
THE PROGRAM: A variety of locally inspired video storytelling
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 150
GLENBROOK NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Mr. Todd Rubin - trubin@glenbrook225.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: GBN-TV Channel 16, GBNBroadcasting.com, WGBK 88.5FM
THE PROGRAM: N/A
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 250
VERNON HILLS HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Sandy Martin - sandy.martin@d128.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: VH Media
THE PROGRAM: Sports, Fine Arts Events, Top Cougar, NHS Ceremony, Sports Awards
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 20
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HUNTLEY HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Lauren Teeter lteeter@district158.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: Raider Nation News
THE PROGRAM: Raider Nation News, airing every Friday, seeks to highlight and celebrate the happenings of Huntley High School.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 40
LYONS TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Bill Allan (LTTV) and Chris Thomas (WLTL) - wallan@lths.net
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: LTTV (film & video) and WLTL (radio)
THE PROGRAM: LTTV produces over 200 full programs per year, roughly half of which are live multicam truck productions. On top of those programs, students in the classes produce at least 5 projects per semester (some group projects, some individual projects) and work crew on at least 4 truck productions outside of school. WLTL is Lyons Township High School's award winning student run radio station. Tune into 88.1 FM, online at http://www.wltl.net, or on our WLTL Mobile App.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 50 (LTTV) and 120 (WLTL)
CROWN POINT HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Brent Barber & Chris Gloff - bbarber@cps.k12.in.us - cgloff@cps.k12.in.us
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: CPTV Meida, TV- CPTV, Radio- The Dog
THE PROGRAM: CPTV- a school newscast, various community programs including Shop Local, and The Dog- a streaming radio station
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 50
LIBERTYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Mr. Dan Treptow - daniel.treptow@d128.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: Wildcat Productions
THE PROGRAM: Football, Basketball and Fine Arts Events
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 30
YORK HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Brendan Chambers - bchambers@elmhurst205.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: YTV
THE PROGRAM: Daily 5 minute Morning Announcement with 2 anchors and multi-camera switching. During and before the announcements (there is 6 minutes of pre-broadcast playing during the passing period leading up to the beginning of the period and the start of the announcements), we often play short video productions made by students in the program
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 80
NEUQUA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Lisa Traut & John Gelsomino - lisa_traut@ipsd.org john_gelsomino@ipsd.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: NVTV
THE PROGRAM: Covering all of Neuqua media, including our weekly news program, Wildcat Weekly
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 180
GLENBROOK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Ms. Julie Benca - jbenca@glenbrook225.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: GBS TV & Film
THE PROGRAM: Documentaries, narratives, commercials, public service announcements, feature stories, music videos, news, and sports programming
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 75
WHEATON ACADEMY
DIRECTOR: Matt Hockett - mhockett@wheatonacademy.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: Daily Herald
THE PROGRAM: television, sports, fine arts and school events
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 35
BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Jennifer Carpenter jennifer.carpenter@BPS101.NET
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: BHS Video Productions on YouTube
THE PROGRAM: Student projects - Commercials, music videos, short narratives, etc.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 110
WHEATON NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Sandy Verdon - sandra.verdon@cusd200.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: Falcon Weekly
THE PROGRAM: We produce a weekly program called the Falcon Weekly. It consists of school announcements and has a Sports Update segment, as well as short features or promos of school events or clubs.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 50
BREMEN HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Michael Lynch - Mlynch@bhsd228.com
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: Bremen District 228 Television
THE PROGRAM: Studio productions, news, film, and a variety of other multi-media productions
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 55
MARIST HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Noelle Trainor - trainor.noelle@marist.net
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: MHS Studio
THE PROGRAM: MHS News is a twice weekly broadcast airing the morning announcements. The Stu is a monthly talk show featuring interviews and fun, informative segments around school. The broadcast club covers and streams live athletic events.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 70
EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Jodi Pelini - pelinij@d218.net
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: WDDE-TV
THE PROGRAM: We produce news stories, newscasts, PSAs, commercials for broadcast throughout the school and on our YouTube channel.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 60
ALAN B. SHEPARD HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Jodi Pelini - pelinij@d218.net
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: Astroworld Media
THE PROGRAM: We produce news stories, newscasts, PSAs, commercials for broadcast throughout the school, on our You Tube channel and via social media
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 20
NEW TRIER HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: James Syrek syrekj@newtrier.k12.il.us
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: New Trier Now *and* The New Trier Minute
THE PROGRAM: Weekly newsmagazine show and daily news show
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 100
SOUTH ELGIN HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Ben Erickson, Tom Bozikis, Aaron Vermedal (benerickson@u-46.org, thomasbozikis@u-46.org, aaronvermedal@u-46.org)
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: City of Elgin, Municipal Access Channel 17, 88.9 FM WEPS, YouTube Beacon Academy South Elgin High School
THE PROGRAM: Storm News, Storm Weekly, Sports
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 300
MAINE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Mason Strom mstrom@maine207.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: WMTH
THE PROGRAM: Home football games, Fine Arts concerts and special events, 3 hours of radio per day.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 121
WHEATON ACADEMY
DIRECTOR: Matt Hockett . mhockett@wheatonacademy.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: WATV
THE PROGRAM: Television news, sports broadcasts, Fine Arts events, chapels
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 50
GENEVA HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Beni Enas benas@geneva404.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: GTV
THE PROGRAM: Daily announcements
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 30
WHEELING HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Kyle Reinhart kyle.reinhart@d214.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: WCAT LIVE
THE PROGRAM: WCAT Media is the home of everything media for Wheeling High School. WCAT live broadcasts sporting and fine arts events through our WCAT Live Vimeo channel. We also produce weekly news programs and podcasts via YouTube our social media accounts.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 100
RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Gary Prokes prokesg@rbhs208.net
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: RBVT
THE PROGRAM: Sports, Talk Shows, Short Films, Documentary, Board of Education Meetings, Demonstration, News Update, Public Affairs, School Promotional.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 45
HIGHLAND PARK HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Joey Filer jfiler@dist113.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: HPTV - Highland Park Television
THE PROGRAM: The Program: HPTV is Highland Park High School's Daily Video Announcements that air school wide Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Fridays. Highland Park High School Television is a student-run television network (HPTV). Highland Park High School is a public high school located 25 miles north of Chicago in Highland Park, Illinois. Live broadcast program available through youtube.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: N/A
GENESEO HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Keith Kennett kkennett@geneseoschools.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: TV50 / iTV50 / WGRG 100.5 FM
THE PROGRAM: Geneseo High School and Western Big 6 Conference Sports & Activities
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 7
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MOTHER MCAULEY HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Mary Kate Duffy. mduffy@mothermcauley.org
NAME OF MEDIA OUTLET: Mac Media
THE PROGRAM: Sporting & theater events, promotional videos, and various other projects to promote our school
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM: 25
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