.: WBHS9 IS BORN

In 1999, the City of Brentwood allocated Channel 9 to Brentwood High School from its cable company, Comcast. At first, the channel served as a billboard for high school activities. One computer and a school secretary served as the total operating system for the channel.

In the spring of 2001, Mark Madison and the television classes assumed the responsibility of the channel and began the process of developing a full-time station with coverage for the entire northern half of Williamson County. Armed with little more than three old cameras and one linear editing system, five interns and four classes of high school students set out to make Channel 9 the BEST educational access channel in the state.

Over the last five years WBHS9 has won over 100 State, Regional, and National awards in numerous film festivals and video competitions around the country. As a member of the Tennessee Press Association and the National Journalism Education Association, the "company" has served to install five in-house television stations in elementary schools in Williamson County. Several schools around the State of Tennessee have visited Channel 9 to pattern their developing programs around this operation.

Today, thanks to the dedication of the students, community, and parents, WBHS9 has established its program as the leader in sports programming, school events, and community activities. Programming now exceeds ten hours per day and a policy of only repeating programs twice in one year has made the station a favorite of Comcast subscribers.

Currently, ninety percent of all students who complete the rigorous course offerings in broadcasting move on to major in the communications field at colleges and universities across the nation. Three former students completed last summer internships at NBC and FOX networks in New York .

For more information regarding WBHS9, contact Mark Madison at markm@wcs.edu

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