Spring 2025 True Blue TV and True Blue TV Event Productions
Our TV station and our Event Productions team (formerly Production Services) merged into a single entity under the True Blue TV brand. The combination makes sense in many ways, most notably since Event Productions stages and records many of our most important events, meetings, and concerts—and those live broadcasts and recorded shows are shown on our television station (along with streaming services and social media, of course).
True Blue TV Event Productions, led by director Robert Mogensen and based in the James Union Building, is the exclusive provider of event services (sound, lighting, video, staging, roof structures, and other special elements) for all of campus except the Student Unions. Working with the Event Coordination team, they bring to life special events, concerts, and activities in our biggest indoor spaces, including Murphy Center, Floyd Stadium, Alumni Memorial Gym, the MT Center in the Ingram Building, the Tom Jackson Building, and the Rec Center, and many outdoor spaces, such as Walnut Grove and the Quad. It also offers event production services for off-campus events sponsored by University groups.
True Blue TV Event Productions continues to expand its capabilities to better serve the University’s production needs. During the Fall 2024 semester, TBTVEP worked closely with MT Athletics on a new control room to expand and enhance productions in Murphy Center and Floyd Stadium. In addition, TBTVEP worked to install and test the new sound system in Murphy Center. I am excited at the improvements this will bring to athletic events, graduations, concerts, and other Murphy Center events. TBTVEP was also asked to provide all the production for the new Party in the Grove tailgate event before football games this past fall, which proved to be a great success. I look forward to the next few years as we grow and further provide enhanced services for this fantastic event.
TBTVEP has also purchased new soundboards and other equipment to enhance its production quality value. The most visible purchase will be the new 26-foot box truck to replace the 20-year-old truck TBTVEP has been using. The old truck will still be used on a limited basis.
Meanwhile, True Blue TV’s television operation continues to be based in the Learning Resource Center and is headed by senior manager Ty Whitaker. Launched in 1999, it is the premier hub for video content and live event programming. True Blue TV presents a diverse blend of programming, including campus lectures and academic activities, live and encore broadcasts of University events and ceremonies, features on our undergraduate and graduate majors, and classroom and professional resources for K–12 schools and educators provided by MTSU’s Center for Educational Media in the College of Education.
True Blue TV has been focused on improving its programming and offering more live streaming of important University events. These include Commencement ceremonies, Board of Trustees meetings, editions of the University’s award-winning news magazine Out of the Blue, Blue Raider Extra Point shows, veterans stole ceremonies, significant announcements like the recent agreement with the Nashville School of Law, arts programs like “Joys of the Season,” Constitution Day, the Homecoming Parade, and many more. These shows may be seen at mtsu.edu/live, or all shows may be found at the True Blue TV On Demand link at mtsu.edu/truebluetv.
While we continue to expand our cable footprint when we can, we realize that the future is on-demand. As such, True Blue TV is also available on Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV.