CitrusTV
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| Syracuse, New York | |
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| City | Syracuse, NY |
| Slogan | See something different. |
| Channels | Analog: n/a |
| Affiliations | n/a |
| Owner | Syracuse University students |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Former callsigns | Synapse, UUTV, HillTV |
| Website | www |
CitrusTV is the completely student-run television studio of Syracuse University and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York. It was founded in 1970 and has around 350 student members.
The organization is not a station, network or channel and does not broadcast its own programming, except for online streaming. Instead, CitrusTV provides programming, both live and taped—primarily to its website, Spectrum Sports and the Orange Television Network, which is the university-controlled station available in all campus buildings on channel 14.
For several years, the organization used "the oldest and largest entirely student-run television station in the nation" as its main slogan. Though this claim was disputed by Ithaca College Television in particular, CitrusTV still maintains that it is distinguished in this way because it is fully student-run and independent of the university's media college, unlike Ithaca College Television. Ithaca's organization explains that it shares equipment and resources with the college, unlike CitrusTV. Unlike Ithaca College Television, faculty and administration do not have day-to-day involvement with operations or production at CitrusTV. The slogan is no longer used.
The organization was founded in 1970 as Synapse, an offshoot of the Syracuse University Light Work Community Darkrooms. Synapse operated as a student and community video center, working as an adjunct to the academic programs at Syracuse University. Synapse was conceived as a center for experimental video productions using the "portable" video equipment that was just becoming available in the early 1970s. By current standards, the "portable" equipment would be considered ludicrously heavy and bulky, and barely portable at all.
During these years there was continuing debate between those who favored more conventional approaches to programming and those who envisioned more experimental and creative approaches. In 1971, cables were run across the campus to various locations where students could watch the programming, including dormitory lounges, the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, and the basement of the E.S. Bird Library. At its peak, the system had over 100 monitors able to receive the programming.
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