UNO Television On the Tube

From the 1966 Tomahawk Yearbook

 

Educational Television came to Omaha and our campus with the October 19, 1965, debut of Channel 26, a product of the Metropolitan Omaha Educational Broadcasting Association, and a tenant of the University.

 

Local ETV is now broadcasting both adult and children's shows, both day and evening. Dr. Paul Borge doubles as Station Manager and director of the OU radio-TV sequence."

 

Today, UNO Television is a unit of Academic Affairs at UNO. Mr. John Fiene is the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Technology and Dr. Derek Hodgson is Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

 

UNO-TV is also the Omaha Production Center for Nebraska Educational Telecomunications, providing local programing for the Omaha metropolitan area on KYNE-TV channel 26, as well as producing programs for statewide distribution on the Nebraska Educational Television Network.

 

The studio also provides a laboratory for UNO broadcasting students where they get 'Hands-On' instruction with professional broadcast equipment from professors and professionals in the industry. Students also are eligible to join the crew of UNO Television to learn more about the art and science of television, as well as gain valuable work experience.

 

We also facilitate distance education and telecourses through our facility.

 

UNO Television is the managing partner of The Knowledge Network. TKN is a non-profit corporation designed to provide educational services via local broadcast and cable television.