Attention iTunes fanatics: upcoming video podcasts include “2008 Presidential Race Debates,” “The Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and starting Oct. 20, the “Titan Broadcast Network (TBN).”

As of last year, the broadcast video class has become a Regional Occupational Program (ROP) with the Santa Clara County of Education. “The goal of the broadcast ROP class is to provide students practical, hands-on career preparation, designed to give students the technical skills for jobs in the TV/video industry,” video production teacher Ed Corpuz said. Switching to an ROP program benefits students because they receive a certificate of completion with a list of acquired career-technical skills as well as a fulfill the prerequisite work experience.

Due in part to the ROP program and in an effort to spark change, TBN has undergone various changes this school year. One change involves the implementation of a student-produced monthly video magazine. The magazine concept is not entirely new, however, as students have produced features on Gunn students, staff and the community in the past. Grouping all of them together into an easily accessible online format is simply stepping it up a notch. “Since our daily airtime is limited to five minutes per day and dedicated to morning announcements, we found it difficult to broadcast these features,” Corpuz said. “The answer was to produce a separate magazine format show composed of strictly features.”

Students who compile the video magazine were selected on the basis of video and editing experience, but it is open to anyone in the broadcast video class.

The video magazine show will premiere on Oct. 20 and will be available for viewing at http://www.gunntv.com. The first show will focus on Halloween, Homecoming and the upcoming presidential election. “It’s going to be unlike anything [the student body] has ever seen before,” sophomore Ryan Griffiths said.

The video magazine will be available in October through several sources in order to galvanize viewers, including Facebook, YouTube and the aforementioned iTunes podcast. “The goal is to air monthly episodes on public television through the Mid-Peninsula Media Center and to post episodes online,” Corpuz said. “We are also looking into other opportunities to air episodes during the school day.”