television network one university parkway ms 528 romeoville il 60446 city romeoville il former city of license was lockport il branding the lewis university television network and lutn slogan lewis university television network channels analog 6 & 25 cctv cable owner lewis university college of arts and sciences communications department founded 1981 call letters meaning lewis university television network sister station s wlra fm website 1 lewis university television network and sometimes called lutn is a student television station on the lewis university romeoville illinois campus . lewis university is a private roman catholic and lasallian university with an enrollment around 6 800 students . the station is owned by lewis university under the direction of the college of arts and sciences communications department . the lewis university television network has 2 cable television channels channels 6 and 25 . contents 1 lewis university television network history 2 lewis university television network management 3 lewis university television network production facilities 4 lewis television network contact information 5 lewis university television network memberships lewis university television network history edit the lewis university television network originally began programming in the early 1970s with a 3 camera black and white tv studio in the lewis university aviation building under the supervision of br . neil keiffe fsc . in 1981 a student john carey began producing lewis university flyer basketball and baseball games for local cable television in color using public access television cable tv equipment . in 1985 the university created director of electronic media position to begin an academic program in radio television . the university had installed a 12 channel cable system in cooperation with american cable system of boston mass . in 1988 lewis university began to offer a new major in radio television . the university has their own cable television system provided by campus televideo . the television production facilities and cable system master control were incorporated into the radio stations operation in fitzpatrick hall . lewis university installed a self standing 250 foot 76 m radio tower in 2000 adjacent to delasalle hall . the lewis university television network moved from the basement of fitzpatick hall dormitory basement to new studios and broadcasting center in december 2005 . the new broadcasting facility was named the andrew center of electronic media at lewis university . the center also houses wlra radio . the state of the art broadcasting facilities are located in delasalle hall on the lewis university romeoville campus . lewis university television network management edit 2014 2015 lewis university television network station leadership department director graduate assistant senior producer producers chief of engineering mr. j. freberg ms adjunct assistant professor of communications director s office of the andrew center of electronic media media adviser of wlra mr. j. carey mscis assistant professor of communications director s office of broadcast operations media adviser of the lewis university television network mr. j. w. kilpatrick mscis assistant professor of communications director s office of academic radio television broadcasting dr. s. o. enyia edd professor of communications and academic program director chairman s office of college of arts and sciences communications department dr. d. anderson edd chair and professor of communications dean s office of college of arts and sciences dr. b. bondavalli phd jd dean of college provost s office of lewis university dr. s. schlacter edd provost of lewis university president s office of lewis university dr. d. livingston president of lewis university lewis university television network production facilities edit the lewis university television network is located at the andrew center of electronic media in delasalle hall on the lewis university romeoville illinois campus . included in the andrew center of electronic media is the lewis university radio station wlra and lewis university college of arts and sciences electronic media offices for the academic communications department . the lewis university television network facilities include a 20 x 25 television studio with a news set donated by univison wgbo wxft chicago 3 cameras dimer able 24 channel lighting system wired wireless microphones 3me production switcher 64x64 router 3 robotic cameras pedestals production automation software chyron duet cg 24 channel audio console dual digital video playout system teleprompter and a matrix intercom system . the non linear editing systems are 6 avid workstations and 5 final cut pro workstations . although the entire facility is tapeless there is inter format dvcam dvcpro betacam sp 3 4 umatic 1 2 s vhs 1 2 vhs blu ray disc and dvd . the editing systems are interconnected to the digital playout system in the tv control room . students can check out sony panasonic and cannon dvcam camcorders dvcpro camcorders tripods lighting and wired wireless mics . lewis university also has a fully operational minicam microwave live truck for electronic news gathering . the eng truck is capable of sending a live signal back to campus from up to 15 miles 24 km . it is also equipped with dvcam cuts only editing ifb trunk two way radio and a 45 foot 14 m mast . the university also maintains a 4 camera production truck for electronic field production . the efp truck contains a grass valley group 110 switcher grass valley group dpm 100 type deko cg allen and heath 24 channel audio console sony dvcam iso tape machines dual channel intercom walkie talkies and 8 line phone system . lewis television network contact information edit lewis television network contact information mail the lewis university television network lewis university communications department andrew center of electronic media one university parkway ms 528 romeoville il 60446 2200 office phone number 815 836 5700 website lewis university official website lewis university television network memberships edit nab national association of broadcasters member ilba illinois broadcaster s association bea broadcast education association retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lewis university television network & oldid 727590020 categories student television stations in the united statestelevision stations in illinoiswill county illinoiseducation in will county illinoisromeoville illinois1981 establishments in illinois navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage 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