Getting on the air only requires taking an introductory class, so you can easily be working at the station by the second semester of your first year. KDLX has consistently won high honors for its programming. It was ranked as the best college radio station in the country in 1992. The station broadcasts in a 100-mile radius of Maryville. KNWT-TV Northwest also has a cable television station that gives students the opportunity to produce their own programs.
Students produce weekly newscasts,sports shows, fitness programs, music video shows and game shows.
Other special broadcasts and documentaries are also student produced. The programs are aired on campus and in Maryville. The Department of Mass Communication is on the edge of emerging technologies, incorporating these new forms of communication into our curriculum to better prepare our students for the changes occurring in the media industry. The CD-Rom Yearbook is just one new place where students can learn multimedia applications and software that will expand their knowledge base as well as improve their marketability. Another new medium being pursued is the Internet, where the department has made its presence known through the Departmentof Mass Communication homepage and the Missourian Online.