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Maspeth High School wants to build a
TV/radio station & recording studio
BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@A_GIUDICEREPORT Students at Maspeth High School
(MHS) are looking to broadcast
their skills throughout their high
school as the Media Production Team
lobbies to create a television/radio
station and recording studio to benefi t
students, faculty and parents.
The school’s Media Production
Team recently submitted their idea to
transform an existing storage room
at MHS into a television/radio station
and recording studio for Cycle 7 of the
New York City Council’s Participatory
Budget process in which City Council
members use discretionary funds
to pay for projects voted on by the
community.
The idea to create the studio came
about aft er members of the student
government pitched their request to
principal Khurshid Abdul Mutakabbir
to place television monitors in the
school lobby and student cafeteria
to share school news and events.
Mutakabbir supported their idea
and authorized the purchase and
installation of four monitors in the
student cafeteria and lobby, along
with a monitor that was donated for
the parent resource area.
Once the monitors were in place,
many students expressed interest in
creating their own content and sharing
the information on the televisions
and MHS website and social media
outlets. That is when seven students
came together to create the Media
Production Team.
The group then visited the Hispanic
Information Telecommunications
Network (HITN) at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard and were inspired by the studio
and control room at the facility, and
wanted to bring that back with them
to MHS.
HITN off ered to help identify key
pieces of equipment the students
would need to create a television/radio
studio in their school.
Some of the equipment they would
need include broadcasting soft ware,
broadcasting desk, electrical upgrades,
transmission equipment, master control
equipment, captioning EAS, data
casting equipment and receivers, production
control and studio equipment,
a television nonlinear editing station,
and more.
According to Mario Matos, treasurer
at MHS, a low-ball estimate of the
cost for this project would be approximately
$750,000.
Matos explained that having a recording
studio at the school would
allow choral and string orchestra
students to be able to professionally
record their abilities for scholarship
opportunities at colleges and
universities.
A radio station would allow MHS
students to share local news, happenings
and opinions to a larger
audience across the internet.
Having a television production
studio would allow students in film
courses to engage in the post-production
process of their film
projects; provide the opportunity
for student-led newscasts for the
in-school television monitors as
well as Facebook, YouTube, and
the MHS website; allow for the
post-production of school plays,
performances, and musicals; and
give students the ability to record,
produce and share public service
announcements.
To support MHS’ pitch to get the
television/radio station and recording
studio, visit the New York
City Council’s Participatory Budgeting
website and vote to support
the proposal. You can also submit
your own idea to help better the
community.
Middle Village Kiwanis brings in
over $1K for children’s hospital
The Midd l e Vi l l a ge
Kiwanis helped raise
over $1,000 for St. Jude
Hospital at thei r f irst Luau
at Villa Erasmo in Middle
Vil lage.
Those in attendance included
members Tina Di Troia, Dorothy
Photo courtesy of Middle Village Kiwanis
Lancaster, president Al Gentile,
board member Marisa Tarrentino,
treasurer Jill Nicolois, secretary
Jen Rizzo, and guest Shiela.
Photo via Shutterstock/Teera Pittayanurak
Maspeth High School proposed a project to create a television/radio station and recording studio at the school.
