(From KGCS)In 1984, a summer class of 8 students created the first ever programming for Missouri Southern State College’s new television station – MSTV. Now named KGCS-TV, the station celebrated its 40th anniversary honoring outstanding alumni who worked at the station that first year in tandem with the Regional Media Hall of Fame induction of former general manager Judy Stiles and former Chart adviser Chad Stebbins. This week’s Newsmakers features documentary tributes to the founders of the station.
Stiles looks back at a few of the hundreds of interviews she conducted for Newsmakers during her three decades working at MSSU. Members of the summer class of 1984 included Daphne Massa and MO State Rep. Dave Griffith. Joplin Public Information Officer Lynn Onstot and VYPE Magazine founder Mike Cooper were honored as Outstanding Alumni and contributed to the technical and content production during the station’s early days.
Newsmakers is airing nightly at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. the week of December 29 on KGCS-TV and will air at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, January 4 on KOAM-TV. It is also posted on the station’s YouTube channel: KGCS - Missouri Southern State University.
KGCS programming can be seen on channel 21 and is also available on regional cable television systems such as Sparklight, Mediacom and Optimum Internet in Carthage. The station operates as a service of the Department of Communication at Missouri Southern State University.
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