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was installed right before
basketball season started this
year, which meant they could
broadcast every home game
taking place in the gym — al-
though not all were accompa-
nied by student commentary.
Going forward, that will be
true of other events, as well,
including wrestling and vol-
leyball games.
“To be able to put all that
together and to give people
who aren’t in the area an op-
portunity to watch our kids,
it’s been a really positive
thing,” Jason Boyd said.
Expanding
coverage
After seeing the success of
the camera system in the gym,
the Boyds are now working
with Inland Electric, Sunset
Empire Park and Recreation
District, the Booster Club
and other entities to ascertain
and install another camera at
Broadway Field sometime
this spring. The camera, Ash-
ton Boyd said, would be in-
stalled in the press box, put-
ting it in a prime position for
producing video of football
and soccer games, as well as
baseball games.
“It would be just like
watching professional base-
ball games, where it’s right
over the pitcher’s shoulder,”
he said.
While the productions from
these cameras might not have
the same pizzazz or personal
touch as those done solely by
the students, the high school
can expand its fan base by
providing coverage of more
games and for different sports.
When traveling to away
games, the students can still
broadcast the events using
their old equipment and meth-
ods, as long as the schools
have wireless Internet. The
challenge for students going
to away games, now and in
the past, has been the need to
arrive early and set up equip-
ment, Ashton Boyd said.
However, it’s especially valu-
able when Seaside teams are
in playoff and championship
games.
According to Jason Boyd,
the student broadcast network
has significant untapped po-
tential. Students could use it
to choose, direct, and produce
weekly arts shows, news pro-
grams, surf reports and more.
“Ideally, to make it more
self-sustainable, we’re look-
ing at trying to get the kids
to go out and sell advertising,
like a regular TV station, but
it’s run out of Seaside High
School,” he said. “It has un-
believable potential. It’s just
got to be something kids want
to do.”
Junior Wesley Corliss, who
also has participated since his
freshman year, agreed the
network could be useful for
covering assemblies and oth-
er student-led events. It’s just
a matter of “getting the word
out there and getting more
people committed,” he said.
Both he and Ashton Boyd
acknowledged the useful new
abilities — from commen-
tating and announcing under
pressure to computer tech-
niques and organizational
skills — they’ve picked up by
being part of the club.
“It’s something I’d never
done before,” Ashton Boyd
said. “It’s great knowledge to
STUDENT BROADCAST NETWORK
A screenshot of the Seaside High School Student Broadcast
Network’s page on the NFHS Network website. Subscribers
to the network can live-stream coverage of Seaside athletics
events that are on demand on the website.
have in the future if I want to
go into videography.”
In addition to him and
Corliss, Seaside students Josh
Brown and Alex Luna also
have participated in the stu-
dent broadcast network this
school year.
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