It seems like all fun and games during the live broadcast on Friday mornings, but 30 minutes prior, emotions are tense, and stress is high. CKHS broadcasting teacher Jeff Schmitt is making sure everything is ready and his cast and crew is all set to go. At 7:45 the pre-broadcast programming begins, and for the next 12 minutes, the school is entertained and informed of school news and events.

However throughout the week students are either putting together projects or writing the script. Sometimes the class struggles to get everything ready on time. Junior Kendall Massey said, “A common struggle that we face is time; throughout the week we have to manage our time with the video we produce. There is so much news that we want to say on the weekly broadcast, but we have to limit what we say so the broadcast doesn’t take up too much time.”

There are several jobs included in putting together the broadcast. There are the anchors who make up the main, sports, and ASB categories. the crew who isn’t seen on camera  operate the teleprompter, audio, and tricaster which controls the cameras, and there is a floor director who cues the anchors.

Senior Jalen Feliciano, who typically takes up one of the anchor positions, said, “Broadcasting is awesome! We are a group of students who love to share the news to our peers. You learn so much about technology and speaking in public — as I said, it’s awesome!”