Channels | |
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Branding | ntTV |
Programming | |
Affiliations | Zilo TV, National Lampoon Network |
Ownership | |
Owner | University of North Texas |
History | |
Founded | c. 1980 |
Call sign meaning | North Texas TeleVision |
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NTTV (North Texas Television) is a student television station at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, and is multicast locally on Spectrum cable channel 22 as well as on Verizon FiOS channel 46.
Run by volunteers, student staff and a faculty station manager, NTTV airs programming produced by (and geared toward) students. The station has also aired programming from National Lampoon Networks, Zilo, and other universities. Since 2004, NTTV has broadcast 24/7, and typically has 15 student shows in production each Fall and Spring semester, totaling over 100 hours of content.
In 2005, 2006, and 2007, NTTV won Lone Star Emmy awards for original entertainment programming and, in 2009 and 2010, won Emmys for original news coverage in both live and packaged formats. [1] [2]
ntTV Nightly News
Noon News
Very Critical Reviews (VCR)
Late Night @ North Texas
Mean Green Gameday
Sports Zone (formerly Mean Green Sports Zone)
NTTV Sports
North Texas Now
Ardillando
The _____ Agency
Axion Maxima
Eagle Access
North Texas Sports Zone
Breaking News
Deadly Cinema
Elvis and Slick Monty
New Choice
The Post Cognitive
Homeless in Denton
SLAMFEST
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