New K-State programming coming to channel 8; Inaugural program series "Show K-State" will feature performing arts on campus

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News release prepared by: Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, 785-532-6415, ebarcomb@k-state.edu

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

NEW K-STATE PROGRAMMING COMING TO CHANNEL 8; INAUGURAL PROGRAM SERIES "SHOW K-STATE" WILL FEATURE PERFORMING ARTS ON CAMPUS

MANHATTAN -- Performing artists like jazz musicians, dancers and others involved in the arts at Kansas State University will find new audiences beyond the campus in programming coming to KST8, Cox Cable channel 8, operated by K-State's Kansas Regents Educational Communications Center.

"Show K-State" is a half-hour block of programming that initially will showcase the arts at K-State. "Show K-State – Arts" will be available to Cox Cable subscribers in the Manhattan, Ogden and Junction City areas on channel 8. The inaugural block of programming begins at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 29. Future "Show K-State" programming will include such things as research, technology and other activities at the university.

"We want people to watch because it's highlighting things at K-State that people might not know about otherwise," said Traci Taylor, marketing director for the Educational Communications Center, which is producing "Show K-State."

Jim Mock, director of production services at the center and executive producer for "Show K-State," said the program will air at various times each day of the week, giving a variety of audiences the chance to see highlighted activities on campus.

"We wanted to start with the arts because they don't get as much press as some of the other things K-State is known for nationally," Mock said.

The initial programming has been taped at the Educational Communications Center's television studios. By being on "Show K-State," Mock said performing faculty and students will have opportunities to adapt their talents for television or film. For instance, students will see how choreography or blocking for video or film differs from dance and dramatic performances created for the stage.

Following the initial broadcast Jan. 29, repeat airings will be: Tuesdays at 3 p.m. and 10 p.m.; Wednesdays at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., with no 6 p.m. broadcast March 7; Thursdays at 3 p.m. and 10 p.m.; Fridays at 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays at 9 a.m., 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.

More information about scheduling, as well as further information about "Show K-State" programs and performances, is available at http://www.k-state.edu/ecc/