Tech Update:

Fall 2023

Are you NEW(ish) to BEC-TV or interested in signing up? CLICK HERE!

Welcome!

BEC-TV is excited to be kicking off another year of creating award-winning programming for the community, and even more excited that YOU are joining us in that mission!

If you've been around BEC for a while you know that what we do is REALLY appreciated by our viewers worldwide and is also REALLY fun to be a part of.

(I LOVE win-win's!)

If you're NEW (or new-ish), welcome to a grand new adventure. We look forward to having you in the BEC-TV family. Be sure you check out the scoop on BEC Basics below. It's coming up FAST and both kids and parents will want to attend.

See ya at the shoots! -Tom Ringdal, BEC-TV Exalted Poobah (and dishwasher)

Simply The BEST!

We're dang proud that both our PRODUCTIONS and our PEOPLE are winning some pretty high level awards. We're currently in the running for the best student produced sports IN THE COUNTRY.

>>Get the Scoop!

Watch students from BEC-TV accept the awards here:

What to know for BEC this year...

BEC Basics

9/22/23 Update: BEC Basics has passed, but you can still sign up on our Tech Profile Form!

For new(ish) techs and their parents, we're hosting a couple of informational/training sessions next week called BEC Basics! These are optional, but if you've never been to a formal BEC training, you should join us!

WHAT: BEC Basics has two components:

1 hour of information for both parents and students on what our shoots look like and how we operate as a team
2.5 hours of hands-on training for students to learn how our cameras and equipment work

You'll learn all the ins and outs of how BEC-TV operates to prepare you for your first shoot! You'll also get to meet the other new techs and we'll get to know you! Every student brings a unique skill set and personality to our team, and we're tickled pink that you'll add your own color to our palette.

WHEN: Both days are the same training-- you only need to come once!

Wednesday, September 6 from 3:30-7pm, Parents join 6-7pm.
Thursday, September 7 from 5:30-9pm, Parents join 5:30-6:30pm.

WHERE: BEC-TV World Headquarters at Valley View Middle School (8900 Portland Ave)

Additional Notes:

Pizza will be provided as our training overlaps with the dinner hour :-)
Parents: Gotta bring more kids? Just let us know so we can plan for dinner.

Join our Football Crew!

BEC-TV does football coverage up BIG. In fact, our student-led coverage has won several awards. It's one of our most intense productions and also among the most fun.

We need a reliable lineup of of rockstar techs (and "rock-star-to-be" techs) who can commit once a week in the fall to teaming with us for this great experience.

See this document for IMPORTANT info & expectations for our 2023 Football Crew.

Click here to sign up for the Football Crew. Our first football production is Friday, Sept 1. And Yes, we'll consider even brand new techs for this season's crew. Game On!

Signing up for Shoots

NOW is the time to start signing up for shoots! Check your Google Calendar!

1) Keep an eye on the Production Calendar. This allows you to look ahead and plan for upcoming shoots, even if we haven't sent out Google Calendar Invites for them yet.

2) A couple days before they happen, we'll email out invitations for all productions that we don't have an established crew for. Techs, when you get an invitation BE SURE to respond with a Yes or No. Not responding means you didn't see the invite. (Some PARENTS receive shoot invites too, at their request, just so they know what's up. Parent do NOT need to RSVP.)

3) For a refresher on how to sign up for our shoots on your Google Calendar, see our Responding to BEC-TV Invites page.

Sports Schedule
(as of Early September)

This fall we know we’ll be covering ALL the home football games for Kennedy and for Jefferson. They’re on our production calendar already, along with our weekly Inside Football studio shows.

We let each sports team at Kennedy and Jefferson weigh in on which events of theirs we cover. We’re still waiting for input from some coaches and booster clubs to decide which events from other fall sports get covered. As we get these worked out, they’ll be added to our production calendar. That could add another 60 or so opportunities just this fall. Yee Haw! And then there are all the fine arts programs (Band, choir, etc) we'll be adding to boot!

^See the button that^ looks like this on the bottom right corner of the Shoots Calendar? The one right above the giant red arrow?

Click it to add BEC Production Calendar to your Google Calendar!

That will help you know what to expect even before we send out the shoot invites!

Resources for Techs

Find links to the production calendar, shoot locations, BEC wear order form, New Tech resources, and more here. Will you find info on where you left your socks? Guess you'll need to look and see!

Love BEC? Invite your Friends!

While we sometimes do recruiting in the schools, we’ve found our BEST source for getting the word out about how awesome it is to work with BEC-TV is by Word of Mouth.

If you’re lovin’ your experience being part of a dynamic award winning production team, invite your friends to come check us out too. There aren’t many programs in the schools as FLEXIBLE as BEC-TV, or that offer FREE participation.

Have ‘em tag along with you to a shoot, or fill out our Online Tech Profile Form.

Invite them SOON so they can get to a BEC Basics session next week, OK?