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A Radio/TV major is one part strong academics, one part insight and one part hands-on experience. In this program, internships are a must and, with so many AM, FM, television stations and production houses in and around Pittsburgh, they’re easy to find.
Classroom and extracurricular activities include commercial, news and script writing; producing, directing and editing for radio/TV; on-air performance skills; program scheduling and production; corporate broadcasting; announcing; and station promotions.
You can put your classroom learning to work by joining the staff of the award-winning, student-operated radio station, WPPJ (AM-670). Television majors can produce shows and other content for U-View, Point Park’s Student Broadcasting Network.
And we encourage you to join College Students in Broadcasting, — a student professional group that connects you with other students, local broadcast media, professional groups and reputable local broadcasters.
Production Facilities
One of the most state-of-the-art production facilities in Western Pennsylvania is all yours, right here at Point Park. If you can dream it, you can produce it here because the Point Park University broadcast production facilities are capable of anything.
The 24-by-72 foot studio/sound stage has a 10-foot high lighting grid, three Sony digital studio cameras (with teleprompters), a seamless two-wall hard cyclorama, a four-seat news desk with a painted backdrop mural of Pittsburgh's breathtaking skyline, a video/engineering control room equipped with tools for you to do anything, a live announcer's booth, a 40-channel audio board, routers that will patch any source into any destination, and a grommetted green-screen. The only part that's missing is you!
It's got everything you need to make your wildest dreams come to life. Be a part of the action, and your career in broadcasting will being in 5...4...3...2... 1.
Broadcasting Career Opportunities
- Assistant Assignment Desk Editor
- News writer or reporter
- Sports announcer
- Producer and assistant producer
- Promotions
- Sales
Courses
Learn more about the broadcasting courses offered at Point Park University by visiting the School of Communication course descriptions page.
