Communication Media
Communication Media, an area of the Division of Communication and Performing Arts, is located in Building D. Communication Media provides hands-on education for students in broadcasting, business of music, computer animation, digital media studies, film, fine art photography, graphic design, media for ministry, photography, radio, and television production. It also provides live and taped television programming for its own cable channel KCAV-TV , a Public, Education, and Government (PEG) channel on Suddenlink, on the local cable system.
The area has the capability of televising Bossier City Council meetings live from its council chambers, as well as live broadcasts from the college's gymnasium and theatre via single-mode fiber. Other remote television broadcasts originate from its mobile production van.
The Electronic Field Production/Electronic Newsgathering (EFP/ENG) van is used for classroom instruction, in addition to studio production, and is fully equipped with a microwave transmitter and supporting equipment. Students also utilize a television production lab classroom for training and program origination coupled with the use of a full production television studio. All remote sites and labs are networked to the Communication Media Master Control Center.
