The Department of Film, Television and Digital Media provides its students with the latest technology and resources. State-of-the-art department resources include HD studios, soundstages, Avid and Final Cut Pro editing suites, a campus radio station and a full complement of HD field production and grip equipment. The Gwendolyn P. Tandy Memorial Film Library houses more than 15,000 titles. To learn more about any of these resources, simply make a selection from the list below.

 

Film Library

The Department of Film, Television and Digital Media is home to the Gwendolyn P. Tandy Memorial Film Library, an extensive collection of movies and television programs on Blu-ray, DVD, VHS, and LaserDisc. The collection currently includes more than 15,000 titles and new items are added every month. The film library is not a lending library; rather, it is an essential teaching resource for the FTDM department. Faculty can use the most recent films and programs in their classes, so that course material is always up-to-date. Students may schedule time to watch films in the library, whether it be for a class or as a way of exploring their own interests and independent projects. FTDM Professor Kylo-Patrick Hart serves as the curator of this important educational resource.

How You Can Help

The Gwendolyn P. Tandy Film Library was established and has developed over the years as a result of generous donations from individuals in the TCU community and the surrounding Metroplex. If you would like to contribute to the film library, please contact Professor Kylo-Patrick Hart via e-mail at k.hart@tcu.edu. All contributions are tax-deductible.

Student Equipment

Studios

FTDM students work in three production studios, as well as on location. In our sound studio, students engage in single-camera film production on student-produced sitcoms and soap operas. Our sports broadcasting students enjoy a separate, dedicated studio, complete with fiber optic cables that link the facility to nearly every sports complex on campus. In the fall, this technology allows our sports production students to provide instant replays, bio profiles, advertisements and promotions to the football stadium video board for our fall home games. In the winter and spring, students continue to work as operators, directors and producers to provide the same content during the basketball and baseball season. In the fall of 2008, the Bob Schieffer College of Communication also unveiled a third studio. The Bob Schieffer News Now Studio is dedicated to the production of TCU News Now, a student-run campus news program complete with an Internet TV channel and live internet feeds.

Cameras

FTDM production classes are committed to utilizing the latest technology in order to prepare students for its real-world applications. Students working on location or in our studios film (and later edit) in high-definition using Panasonic HDV200 High Definition cameras with Red Rock Lens Adapters. Students working in our news studios work with Sony DSR 500s.

Media Labs

The Department of Film, Television and Digital Media trains students in current post-production techniques and software. Student workstations house a variety of industry-specific software, including Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Studio, Adobe CS4, and DigiDesign Pro Tools Suite, on MacIntosh Pros with 20 inch monitors.

KTCU FM 88.7


About the Station

KTCU is a federally licensed radio station that broadcasts from Texas Christian University. The 10,000-watt station averages 20,000+ listeners per week, and our signal can be heard in eight North Texas counties. We also stream our signal over the internet, which means that family and friends can keep up with their favorite student disc jockey by logging into https://ktcu.tcu.edu or their smart home speakers and smartphones.

KTCU currently features some of the top software used by radio stations throughout the world, including the digital audio automation software InfoAudio and the world’s number one scheduling software, MusicMaster. MusicMaster scheduling software is used by top media companies SiriusXM, Entercom, Univision, MTV and more.

Opportunities for All TCU Students

Students who work at the station learn the operations of a real broadcast facility and serve in a variety of positions including disc jockeys, sports reporters, writers, traffic reporters, social media managers, production and programming managers.

A student deejay works in the KTCU studio.Students who volunteer at KTCU are also allowed to develop their own shows and features. KTCU programming has won awards from local media, the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters, College Broadcasters, Inc., and the International Academy of the Visual Arts.

Additionally, with TCU being located in the number five media market in the country, students will often hear from a variety of guest lecturers including top-rated disc jockeys, news and sports personalities, and program directors.

Careers and Internships in Radio

Students who have taken FM Operations and worked at KTCU have been successful in obtaining internships at major market radio stations in Fort Worth/Dallas, including KRLD News Radio 1080 AM and their sister station 105.3 The Fan, WBAP News Talk 820, ESPN Dallas 103.3, KLIF AM 590, 99.5 The Wolf, 97.9 The Beat, K-104 and 106.1 KISS-FM.

Currently, we have former students employed full time in the radio industry in Fort Worth/Dallas at ESPN 103.3, Alt 103.7 FM, 100.3 Jack FM, 99.5 The Wolf, 95.9 The Ranch, KTCK The Ticket, KLIF Talk Radio 570 and KERA 90.1.