The TV and radio broadcasting program has taken a hit to enrollment after relocating to PCC due to the tearing down of the LAC G building.
“That is the biggest problem right now with enrollment,” said co-department head Robert Hersh. “It was fenced up around the G Building and students might have assumed that the radio & TV broadcasting is not available.”
Long Beach City College student Herbert “DJ Fessah the Pro” Flournoy showcased the brand new vocal booths for KLBC Radio as well as one that is specifically for recording podcasts.
The TV broadcasting editing room is where students spend time reviewing tape from previous Viking football games.
As a former radio personality, DJ and now camera operator for LBCC football games, he expressed that although the program has moved to the FF Building, the program is running, but not being utilized.
“A lot of the equipment is not being used to its full potential,” said Flournoy, who hasn’t spent much time behind the mic on air this semester.
Although KLBC Radio’s website is currently not active, there still is the opportunity to get first hand experience with the recently updated recording audio equipment.
The radio station run by students is KLBC 1610AM which corresponds with one of the courses in radio and TV.
The station is a web based radio station that has been around since the late 1990’s.
Hersh says the radio & TV broadcasting program will go back to its original home at the LAC Campus in the new performing arts center which will house the KLBC Radio once again.
“If any of you students out there have the creative bug, let it bite you and come down to the FF Building,” said Flournoy.
Until then for those who are interested in a career in visual media arts it is now located at the PCC Campus, and will be there until the performing arts center is up and running.
