CitrusTV is in a state of celebration this week, after receiving the notification that two of its sports programs have moved on to the final judging round of the College Emmys. This nationwide competition, run by the Emmy Foundation, has selected episodes of CitrusTV’s On the Bench and ‘Cuse Countdown as “two of only six shows in the entire nation that are in the final ‘blue ribbon round’” of the sports/newscast category, said the station’s general manager, Ryan Balton.
“Everyone is extremely excited about this special honor,” Balton continued, and they have good reason to be. Winners of the College Television Awards are presented with as much as $2,000 in prize money, as well as free film stock, educational software, and the opportunity to pitch their show to a development executive.
“The fact that two of our sports shows made it to the final round is something the entire station should be proud of,” said Amy Johnson. Johnson, along with Scott Grodsky, was the executive producer for one of the advancing shows. “It says a lot about our station and our department.” Balton echoed this sentiment, saying, “the honor represents more than just excellence by one producer, show or department. It represents excellence station-wide.”
The Emmy Foundation will announce the winner and the recipient of the College Emmy on February 26, but until then, as Johnson put it, “all of the producers are just really excited…to see how everything turns out.”
CitrusTV is dedicated to serving the Syracuse community every day. We pride ourselves on delivering professional content faster and in more detail than any other student news media organization on campus. For more information about the College Emmys, On the Bench, ‘Cuse Countdown, or any of CitrusTV’s other regularly produced programs, visit www.CitrusTV.net or contact Evan Davis, CitrusTV Promotions Director, at edavis@citrustv.net.
When Jerk Magazine was banned from distributing in Graham Dining Hall over two weeks ago, CitrusTV News was first to report the story. We then continued to follow the story as it developed. We’re proud to announce that, due largely in part to our hard-hitting coverage, Syracuse University policy has been changed. Nancy Cantor today announced that a long-standing rule allowing only certain campus publications to be distributed in dining halls has been revoked. Now, all publications can be distributed. CitrusTV News will be sure to bring you the latest information regarding this huge step forward in student rights here on campus.
Also important to note is that The Daily Orange, SU’s independent student newspaper, took over two weeks to report the story. Case in point, CitrusTV News is dedicated to delivering student news faster and in more detail than any other student news media organization on campus. Is The Daily Orange your newspaper? Possibly. Is CitrusTV your station? Absolutely.
This year, the CitrusTV Awards Banquet (coordinated by Leah Gebler ’12, Director of Alumni Relations/Events) was held on April 18, 2009 at the Drumlins Country Club right here in Syracuse! After a brief cocktail hour with cash bar, the 75+ station members in attendance sat down to a dinner catered by Drumlins.
CitrusTV's Executive Staff. Back row L-R: Bill Sharp '12, Wes Purvis '10, Jaime Sasso '10, Jon Erwin '10, David Resnick '10, Jaclyn Schillinger '11. Front row L-R: Sheetal Kotha '10, Spencer Raymond '10, Leah Gebler '12
After all had ate, drunk, and been marry, keynote speaker Dave Ryan ’89 (CitrusTV Alum and veteran ESPN announcer) began his address to the station. He touched on the many things that could go wrong on one’s first day at a new station, rambunctiously relating his first day the audience. Ryan emphasized both networking and high grades as the key to job success out of college. As an adjunct professor at the Newhouse School, teaching a sports reporting class, Ryan professed his belief in grades over experience, regardless of industry. A student with a 3.5, he said, would nearly always receive a job offer over a student with a 3.0 and mile-long resume.
At the conclusion of Ryan’s speech, General Manager Jaime Sasso ’10 took the podium to give a very complementary “Year-In-Review” to the station, highlighting achievements in programming and modernization of technology used to produce different shows.
Following Sasso’s speech, Spencer Raymond ’10 (News Director and emcee for the night’s awards) initiated the awards ceremony. A total of 21 awards were given out between four departments: Promotions, News, Sports, and Entertainment. The final award, presented by Sasso, was the “Lifetime Achievement Award”, which was given to Gordon Brookes ’09 (a 3-year member of CitrusTV Executive Staff and various station departments). The station screened a video tribute (see below) to Brookes, in which station members close to the winner reflected on his strengths, talents, and favorite flavor of cookie. Brookes made a short acceptance speech which concluded the event, and enticed all to continue to contribute as much of their time and energy that they could to CitrusTV.
Station members collected their commemorative “CitrusTV” shotglasses, much to Ryan’s chagrin, and continued to mingle over drinks before heading back to campus. This year’s Awards Banquet was certainly a success!
Since the video was posted on YouTube Sunday night, it has been viewed over 27,618 times. The majority of those views are coming from a Sports Illustrated blog where the clip was named the “Sports Video of the Day.” The video also landed itself a spot on a variety of other blogs, including one on Syracuse.com.
If you haven’t already seen the greatest thing on the Internet since the Harry Potter Puppet Pals, watch the video below, along with another hilarious clip from the game captured by CitrusTV’s ops man Wes Purvis.
Update @ 1:43 a.m., Feb. 19: The “Syracuse Welcomes Georgetown Fans” video is now the top “popular” video on YouTube.
