MIT Student Cable Group
Part of this web page was designed by someone who is not only clearly colorblind, but one who obviously desires to induce epileptic seizures with abusive HTML. My apologies.
Table of Contents:
The People of Student Cable

Real Officers
As opposed to 'fake' officers

Fake Officers
Officer wannabe's Cool Members
As opposed to 'non-cool' members Non-Cool Members
By court order, we are not allowed to list the names of non-cool members

Legends from Student Cable History
The stuff of which folklore is made

What is Student Cable

The MIT Student Cable Group is a growing group of about a dozen students who immerse themselves in the black art of television production. Members are encouraged to play every role in television production including camera work, directing, writing, acting, and even repairs. In the past, there have been misconceptions of what our group does, so let me elaborate.

Our driving force is to:

Our programming includes Pretty Late and The Nightly Report. We have even made feature length movies, such as the critically-acclaimed action epic Speed Harder.

Unlike other college television stations, which are controlled and staffed by communications schools, our station run entirely by students!!

Furthermore, we are the youngest major medium on campus. Through MIT's Cable Television system's over 4,000 cable outlets, we can broadcast to all campus buildings and living groups. We operate on channel 36 on MIT Cable's channel lineup.

This makes us your ultimate channel!

MITV Produced Programming

I've spent all day revamping this web-page, trying to take out all the drug-trip colors that were put in by the self-proclaimed "King of Student Cable". Unfortunately, that means I don't have nearly enough time to describe in detail all the wonderful productions we've done both for our station and for other MIT organizations. Here's a few, but many of the contact information references may be out of date. Keep in mind, however, that you are welcome to send us e-mail, and we will answer your questions!

Current Productions

Pretty Late
It's a talkshow about nothing! Whatever's on our minds, whatever's in the news, whatever's offensive... yet, much like a cream, we try to stay topical. New episodes every weekday night at 11pm. We welcome guests, hosts, or anyone who just wants to be a ham! Send e-mail for information! If you're offended by what we say, try being less sensitive. That usually works for me.

Not-So-Current Productions

The Nightly Report
A weekly news show parody of local news shows. Contact Rob Wagner for more details.

Stay Tuned
Many years ago, someone came up with the idea to have a call-in talk show specifically devoted to discussing any and all aspects of Star Trek. It was called Stay-Tuned. Some people loved it, some hated it. Last year, we introduced a new format by overlaying our heads onto each new episode and broadcasting simultaneously. Lots of good, clean, heckling fun... Then we canceled Stay-Tuned altogether. This year, MIT's unique, live call-in Star Trek talk show returns for each new episode of Star Trek: Deep Space 9. (Saturdays, 8pm, ch.36, contact Lynn Gabbay)

MIT Sports
MIT Sports is dedicated to bringing you as many MIT sporting events as possible each week. So far, we are scheduled to broadcast all home and away games of the MIT basketball teams. We have broadcast live nearly every home MIT Men's and Women's Basketball game for the 1996-7 season, and we plan to broadcast the regional fencing tournament, as well as cover future MIT Hockey games. (contact Martin Duke)

Anything Funny
We have satirized everything from "Mentos" commercials to The Professional. You haven't seen funny till you've seen Bert (of Bert and Ernie fame) snorting a coke line. In its new incarnations, meet the long-intro disc jockey, Mr. Clean, and more. (contact Rob Wagner)

Quasi-Annual Events

2.70
The 2.70 contest is the final project in the MIT Introduction to Design course. Each spring this contest attracts thousands of enthusiastic fans all wondering who has designed the best machine. The contest is usually broadcast live on channel 36.

6.270
In the past, we have been known to broadcast live coverage of MIT's world renown Lego robot design contest, known to MIT as the 6.270 contest. The 6.270 contest is run by other students, and in recent years, these students have been so obsessed with the contest that they neglected to maintain good relations with the students who broadcast it, namely us. We do not intend to do this broadcast this or any future year until the 6.270 student organizers get their act together and plan ahead with us.
Membership

We are always looking for new people. Even if you've never used a VCR before, you're qualified and welcome to join the MIT Student Cable Group.

The MIT Student Cable Group consists solely of members of the MIT community. Anyone affiliated with MIT can become a member by participating with our group. We are constantly doing stuff, and we can always use a hand. This is how we get to know you and trust you with our equipment. Attending our group meetings is always a good start, but nothing substitutes the exhilaration of on-hands television production.

We keep telling everybody that our general body meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month. The problem is that everyone but Phil hates Wednesdays. Click here to find out our latest arrangements for the next group meeting.

Members are allowed to check out and freely utilize our equipment in order to produce programming exclusively for MITV. However, if you and your friends just got an idea for a great movie you want to film, and you want to waltz into our studio, borrow our equipment, disappear for a while, come back some time later with the movie all done, and walk out again... mmmmmmmmmm no.

Get involved! Talk to us, and we'll get you started down the rocky path of television production!

Advertising Information

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How to Contact Us

In Person
Our studio and offices are in Room 9-026. We now have an explanation of how to find our studio. Please schedule an appointment via e-mail, as we do not have regular office hours at the studio.
By Telephone
Our phone number is (617) 252-1694 (at MIT, use extension x2-1694). The odds of someone being physically in the studio when you call are rare. We forward our phone to a personal answering machine. Please leave a message, and we will get back to you.
By Fax
We use MIT's fax number (617) 253-8000. Please include a cover sheet identifying the recipient as
MIT Student Cable
MIT Room 9-026
x2-1694
Please confirm with us via phone or e-mail to notify us that a fax will be available for pick up.
By Email
Our web server is http://mitv.mit.edu.
Send e-mail to student-cable@mit.edu.
By U. S. Mail
Letters should be addressed to:
MIT Student Cable
MIT Room 9-026
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
Packages should be addressed to:
MIT Student Cable
Building 3 Shipping Room
Cambridge, MA 02139
MIT Student Cable Group
student-cable@mit.edu
Last modified Monday, 05-Jan-98 23:06:03 EST