TigerTV is having a big spring with an award-winning feature program and a new comedy show.Recently the station introduced “Your Source,” a half-hour feature show on the impact of budget cuts to the University. “We tried to get a lot of different perspectives on the budget cuts issue,” said TigerTV station manager Lance Frank. “The show focused on how the cuts would affect students, what it means for the University and how students can get involved with the issue.””Your Source” was met with critical acclaim, winning the award for Best Television Broadcast by the College Media Advisers for TigerTV earlier this month.”It was so exciting to see this kind of positive national response to our feature that was very much a local story,” said “Your Source” producer Madeline Peters. “Your Source’s” feature angle helped the show bring a new perspective to the budget cuts issue.”Unlike many pieces that student media outlets produce, we managed to work in a very personal aspect to the show by highlighting the ways that students can get involved,” Peters said.While more episodes are in the works for “Your Source,” the budget cuts feature is still replaying daily on the station.On Tuesday, TigerTV’s newest comedy show, “Sketchmo,” made its debut. Dubbed a “mix between SNL Digital Shorts and Chappelle’s Show” by creator Mac Alsfeld, “Sketchmo” is a half-hour comedy show that pokes fun at everything from Nicolas Cage to Axe Body Spray. “The main inspiration for this show was getting a production for TigerTV outside of the studio, and giving the station something to air that was different and fresh for students,” said Alsfeld, English senior.Alsfeld also noted that he wanted to branch out the kind of productions Student Media could put out.”I just thought that so much of what TigerTV airs is pretty straightforward, so I thought that a comedy show would be a more engaging route to explore,” said Alsfeld, who is also minoring in film. New episodes of “Sketchmo” air each Tuesday at 6:30 and 11:30 p.m., with reruns airing at the same time on other weekdays. TigerTV is available on Channel 75 on all campus cable hookups.
 
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