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Framingham High School Television Production entered its current phase in 1997 when FHS Media teacher Dan Devlen found a small but excited group of kids who wondered if the dilapidated FHS-TV studio, which then-Framingham High School Principal Robert Flaherty called "a moribund cave situation," could really "make TV."
Devlen and his wife quickly set to work cleaning and organizing the studio. Within a few weeks, Devlen and a few students, including FHS senior Ken Shifman, answered Principal Flaherty's request to deliver a live, morning news show via the school's installed but little-used closed circuit television system. It was actually Ken who eventually figured out how to piggy-back on the installed carrier system, and Devlen told him, "If I ever get money in the budget, I'll hire you as an assistant." Devlen made good on his promise two years later, and he and Shifman have been a team ever since.
On Dec 1, 1997, Flyer News--a name chosen by the class--was born. A blue sheet backdrop with taped-on letters gradually grew to simple cyclorama, as the program and professionalism grew with it. Eight years later, with a classroom training curriculum that mirrors many college programs, awards that showcase student efforts (including several amateur video competition wins as well as seven National High School Award of Excellence nods from the National Academy of Television Arts and Science), the program moved into its beautiful and well-deserved, state-of-the-art studios complete with classroom, newspaper office (for FHS's Eagle's Eye), and a studio that rivals many medium-market network-affiliate news stations. FHS-TV is bigger and better than ever. Broadcasting live, 170 days per year, to the town and school via three cable systems within Framingham, Flyer News is the source for school and community information on Framingham High, as well as the students' source for many school, local and world news stories. With a talented group of graduates entering the field of television production and a growing group of dedicated and knowledgeable student producers, FHS-TV's best days are ahead.
In the fall of 2007, The town of Framingham negitiated a cable francise license with Verizon Communications. FHS-TV was given channel 42 on the Verizon cable service.
