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Texas Student Television is hosting a live marathon for 24 hours every day for a week. The marathon started Sunday at midnight and will go on until 11:59 p.m. Saturday.
“The last time TSTV did this was five years ago, so we decided to try it again,” said Derek Lewis, TSTV assistant staff director and journalism senior. “We thought it would be a good way to promote the TSTV brand as well as bring in more advertisers.”
Texas Student Television and the KVRX 91.7 staff members are upset by a proposal to sell the stations in an effort to combat the Texas Student Media’s deficit.
A UT alumnus who made it big on the Oprah Winfrey Network paid tribute to Texas Student Television with a donation that will allow the station to improve its programming.
Zach Anner donated $33,000 to UT’s student-run television station at the beginning of this semester. Anner said he decided to contribute a part of the prize he received as one of the winners of Oprah’s “Search for the Next TV Star” competition to TSTV due to the organization’s impact on his life.
With the recent donation from talk show host Zach Anner, TSTV will be able to replace old equipment and begin broadcasting digitally.
Today’s Daily Texan is a dichotomy of print and broadcast media breaking down some barriers while social media fosters some friendly competition.
On the friendly competition front, today marks the beginning of a six-week battle between The Daily Texan, and Texas A&M’s student newspaper, The Battalion, over who can generate the most Facebook “likes.” No money or prizes are at stake, just bragging rights in the ongoing rivalry between the Longhorns and the Aggies.
