MHTV
entered the eighties wielding the equipment
that got the station through the latter part
of the 1970s. The JVC cameras were still
around, and tended to had tubes that tended
to burn.
The ¾ inch tape machines had no time-base
correction to the switcher which caused a
glitch every time it was switched from camera
to tape.
Gone were the handmade graphics as the program
acquired a Quanta character generator.
At the beginning of the decade, the remote bread truck from the seventies died
and was replaced with a used school bus. The bus did not fair much better as
it died in 1982 and MHTV Sports had to rely on a rented truck from a Detroit
cable company and WCMU's new bus for the remotes.
MHTV Sports became bigger and better. They expanded their coverage to all home
football games and even some away games. In 1984, MHTV Sports was contacted by
Pro-Am Sports, PASS, to provide a crew for its broadcasts of the CMU football
games. The director of PASS was so impressed that he asked MHTV to help with
other productions such as Michigan State Basketball and Wrestling. Sports continued
throughout most of the decade airing CMU football and basketball to the Mt. Pleasant
population.
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Student
programming included the following:
1980 Election Coverage.
The remote crew produced special election night coverage of the 1980 race,
with heavy emphasis on the election results.
Cable This Week.
A weekly show covering the world of Cable television that aired in 1984
and 1985.
CMU Football Review.
A coaches' show with analysis and review of the 1987-1989 seasons.
File. A
newsmagazine that aired in 1986.
Live at Five.
A news magazine, interview and issue show that went on right before News
Central. Live at Five aired in the 1984-1985 timeframe.
Powertrax.
A music video show that aired in 1986 and 1987.
Simulcasts.
An hour long variety music show that was simulcast in stereo on WMHW. It
was a music based show with a few comedy sketches with a live studio audience. Simulcasts aired
from 1980-1982.
Sportsfile.
A short lived sports talk program.
Sunrise.
An hour long live morning talk show complete with a team of hosts, sports,
weather, and feature inserts that were taped and produced by correspondents.
It aired in 1985.
Throwdown.
A dance show in the vein of Solid Gold. Taped in the Kiva on Friday or
Saturday nights, Throwdown took the campus by storm from 1985-1988.
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