The station gives students the unique opportunity to gain experience at a commercial radio station. Students learn every aspect of running a radio station, including the actual sale of airtime, production of commercials, engineering, promotion, on-air announcing, and much more. ACRN's affiliation with The Source, NBC's young adult radio network, gives students the added experience of working with a commercial network. The opportunity for students to gain managerial experience at ACRN makes it a unique college radio station. This student-run video production house provides experience in all aspects of production from management and advertising to the production process itself.
Students learn techniques of field and studio operations while producing video for various outlets.
The central mission of AVW Productions is production that is marketable to different regions of Ohio. AVW also produces independent videos for clients. The academic video studio, Studio C, is used by AVW during non-class times to produce many programs weekly. AVW also produces coverage of Bobcat football and men's and women's basketball. Students can gain multicamera video production experience in studio and on location.