Join Us

Have a story to tell? Want to transform a class project into a podcast for others to enjoy? Like to write and interested in learning about podcast production? Join us! 

The Moraine Valley Broadcasting Channel is a podcast network open to Moraine Valley Community College Students. We are looking for students who want to produce quality audio content. (Learn more on our About Us page.) How do you join us?

  1. Register as a Content Producer
    Complete this form to register for the Moraine Valley Broadcasting Channel. Complete as much information as possible. An MVBC coach will follow up with you once you submit. Please be sure to review the policies and procedures on our about page. Thank you for your interest in MVBC!
  2. Complete the Programming Proposal Form
    Complete this form to propose an idea for programming on the Moraine Valley Broadcasting Channel. Complete as much information as possible. An MVBC coach will follow up with you once you submit. Please be sure to review the policies and procedures on our about page.
  3. Complete the Submission Form
    Complete this form to submit a project to the Moraine Valley Broadcasting Channel. After submitting the form, we will publish the project via the MVBC media outlets. Complete as much information as possible. An MVBC coach will follow up with you once you submit. Please review the content guidelines below.

Content Guidelines*

  1. Creators of content for MVBC shall endeavor to adhere to professional journalistic standards in their work.
  2. Content for MVBC should not include:
    a. Material that unlawfully invades a person’s right to privacy, as defined by state law.
    b. Material that will cause "a material and substantial disruption” of college activities. “Disruption” includes student rioting, unlawful seizures of property, destruction of property, or substantial student participation in a college boycott, sit‐in, walk‐out or other related form of seriously disruptive, physical activity. Material such as racial, religious or ethnic slurs, however distasteful, is not in and of itself disruptive under these guidelines. Material that stimulates heated discussion or debate does not constitute the type of disruption prohibited.
    c. Material that is obscene, as defined by state law and this policy.
    “Obscenity” is defined as material that meets all three of the following requirements: (a) the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the publication, taken as a whole, appeals to a prurient interest in sex; (b) the publication depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct such as ultimate sexual acts (normal or perverted), masturbation and lewd exhibition of the genitals; and (c) the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value. Indecent or vulgar language is not obscene.
    d. Libelous material, as defined by state law.
  3. All produced content should include the following statement:
    Opinions and ideas expressed in the following Moraine Valley Broadcast Channel recording are those of its creators, and do not represent the views of Moraine Valley Community College. (This will be added by MVBC coaches prior to upload.)

Disclaimer
The content distributed by MVBC is the copyrighted intellectual property of the students who created it. The copyright holders grant Moraine Valley Community College the right to store and distribute this content through MVBC or other college media channels. This content is made freely available to the Moraine Valley student community for use in personal learning, formal learning within the curriculum, scholarly discourse, or for personal interest. Any other retransmission or duplication without prior approval of the copyright holder is prohibited. Opinions and ideas expressed on the MVBC site and podcasts are the personal views of those expressing them. They do not represent the views of Moraine Valley Community College.

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* Noted portions of this policy were taken from “Model Guidelines for College Student Media” 2009 by the Student Press Law Center. For more informaiton visit, http://www.splc.org/ .