Couldn’t get a ticket to the SOLD OUT SUNYAC Championship between the Oswego State Lakers and the Geneseo Ice Knights? Don’t worry! You can watch the game on WTOP-10! This is the first road broadcast in WTOP’s history. It will also mark the first time WTOP uses the WTOP HD brand as all of the action from Geneseo will be broadcast in HD!
Coverage starts at 6:30pm with pre-game Live from the Al Roker Studio at SUNY Oswego. Puck drops in Geneseo at 7pm. Catch us on campus channel 10.1 or online at http://athletics.oswego.edu/showcase/?Live=210
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Excelsior Scholarship
by Ilyssa Weiner
OSWEGO, NY — Governor Andrew Cuomo’s recent Excelsior Scholarship is the first program in the United States to offer free tuition to four year public colleges. The program, however, has its setbacks, critics say.
SUNY Oswego Financial Aid Director Mark Humbert says the hard part for students who receive the scholarship will be keeping it.
“You have to successfully complete 30 credit hours per year and most of our students don’t do that,” he said.
SUNY Oswego currently has a 48% acceptance rate. Humbert says the Excelsior Scholarship will cause the rate of all SUNY schools to decrease.
“It’s going to make SUNY more selective, which in some way goes against our mission which is affordability and access,” he said.
The initial cap for students who qualify will be an annual family income of $100,000. By 2019, the cap will rise to $125,000. Humbert says many students will still need loans despite the qualification.
”The cost of college is more than just tuition,” he said. “The same students that might be eligible for this still are going to need their loans to help pay for room and board.”
Students eligible for the program must stay in New York State for four years after they graduate. If they move out, the free tuition turns into a loan.
SUNY Oswego student Asha Bey is a broadcasting major and is concerned if she ends up with a job outside of New York.
“I know there’s plenty of job opportunities in other states other than New York,” Bey said.
While she is hopeful about the scholarship, Bey believes the kinks need to be worked out.
“I just want a group of people to just go through it so we can see what is there or what we can expect,” she said.
The Excelsior Scholarship program will take effect Fall 2017.
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WTOP Airing of NCAA Men’s Basketball
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Manager of Public Relations, Chris Lewand
Chris.lewand@wtop10.com
WTOP-10 TO BROADCAST NCAA DIVISION III BASKETBALL.Division III Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight to be played at Laker Hall and will air on WTOP-10 T.V.
Oswego, NY. March 11th, 2016 — WTOP-10 T.V. is scheduled to air the Sweet Sixteen round of theNCAA Division III Basketball Tournament March 11. Two games will be on the schedule as
Christopher Newport will take on Keene State at 5:30 p.m. and Oswego State goes up against
Wooster at 7:30 p.m.
Each game will feature pre and post game coverage starting 30 minutes before tipoff. The
Oswego-Wooster pre-game time is subject to change based off the end time of the first contest.
The winner of each game will play against each other in an Elite Eight matchup on March 12.
WTOP-10 T.V. will also be airing the Elite Eight contest at 7 p.m. with pre-game coverage starting at
6:30 p.m. The Elite Eight matchup will air regardless of Oswego State’s involvement in the
contest.
The broadcast can be viewed on-campus at Channel 10.2 or http://oswegolakers.com/. Follow @WTOP10sports on Twitter for live updates.
About WTOP-10 T.V.WTOP-10 TV’s mission shall be to provide hands-on experience and training in the field ofbroadcast television to the students of SUNY Oswego. In addition, the station shall provide thestudents of SUNY Oswego and the residents of the city of Oswego a service in the public’sinterest, convenience, and necessity. These needs shall be served by informational andentertaining programs in compliance with all rules and regulations under the StudentAssociation Code, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), CATV, the laws of the stateof New York and the Constitution of the United States. -
WTOP-10 T.V. Successfully Airs Five Hour HD Broadcast
The student-run television station aired their longest Election Night broadcast on November 8 with coverage reaching five hours
What was originally planned as a four hour broadcast airing from 8 p.m. EST until 12 a.m. EST, turned into five hours going off air at 1 a.m. EST. This turned out to be the longest Election Night in Oswego broadcast thus far for WTOP-10 T.V. The extended coverage not only brought viewers up to date polling information but gave those who participated in the broadcast one of the most valuable experiences of their time to date at WTOP-10 T.V.
The broadcast was stacked with polling results in the national and local elections, live interviews with guests, and live shots from campaign headquarters around Syracuse, NY. Hosts Justin Penman ’18, Lauren Toscano ’16, and Kirby Socker ’18 conducted in-studio interviews with special guests that included: Editor-in-Chief of The Oswegonian, JoAnn DeLauter ’17, political science professor Brandon Metroka, international student Lindsey Martin, and social media correspondents Kalie Hudson ‘16 and Arielle Schunk ‘17. Bringing viewers live coverage at various campaign locations in Syracuse were Oswegonian reporters Natalie Brophy ’17 at Colleen Deacon’s campaign, and Lydia Goerner ‘17 at John Katko’s. The broadcast would not have been possible without the hard work that was put in from the talent and crew at WTOP-10 T.V. Producers Hayley Prenatt ‘17 and Justin Penman ‘18, have worked tirelessly for the past month to ensure that Election Night in Oswego would be the best it could possibly be. Penman, who also served as host for the entirety of the broadcast, expressed how it felt to play a major role in such a lengthy live show.
“Hosting a five-hour broadcast was exciting, exhausting, and most of all rewarding. The fact that I know I am capable of something like this gave me a real sense of accomplishment”, says Penman.
Prenatt says herself, and night-of assistant producer Anthony Sagrestano ‘18 ended up scraping a lot of the content that was planned due to the polling results constantly coming in.
“The hardest part for sure was not knowing what we were doing block to block because we were waiting on numbers”, says Prenatt.
On social media, Lauren Toscano ‘16 shared a message about the experience she had co-hosting Election Night in Oswego 2016. “We made history last night at WTOP. I’m super proud of how successful the broadcast was and am floored with the support we received.” Toscano wrote.
With this year’s five-hour broadcast completed, general manager Justin Dobrow ‘17 added to the feedback, expressing how amazingly dedicated the talent and crew were.
“I could not be more proud of the incredible crew and talent that were apart of this broadcast. We [WTOP] originally planned for only four hours, but with the consistency of our passion we all decided to go for one more hour- that’s what I love- that’s what makes us ‘Toppers,” says Dobrow.
With overwhelming support on social media and in the WTOP-10 T.V. office, each person involved in Election Night in Oswego, especially those graduating, were able to make memories to look back on for years to come.
Check out some pictures from the broadcast all courtesy of WTOP-10 T.V.’s very own photography director, Tom Kasperowicz ‘17:
Hosts Justin Penman and Lauren Toscano minutes before the broadcast began
Director Taylor Ksiazek hard at work
Social media correspondents Kalie Hudson and Arielle Schunk discussed social media in this year’s election
VP of Productions Ian Dwyer pushed to extend the broadcast an extra hour due to the late polling results coming in
The control room was filled with beautiful HD quality as crew members worked tirelessly all through the night
Host Justin Penman interviewed international student Lindsey Martin, who gave a different perspective on the election
In the studio, crew members stayed focused throughout
Hosts Justin Penman and Kirby Socker discuss incoming results from local, state, and national elections
