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Welcome
to the College of Sports Media! Canada’s most elite institution for
radio and television sports broadcasting. The fact that you are here
says that you are serious about a career in sports broadcasting & journalism!
We are the country’s ONLY private career
college offering a 2 year diploma with a guaranteed internship. We
are also the ONLY College or University in Canada that houses 2
Newsrooms (radio & television) completely operated and
managed by students.
The
emphasis of this program is on career-relevant, practical,
hands on training that will provide you with the foundation
for a junior (not entry) level position and a career in Sports
Broadcasting, while still offering you all the theoretical
instruction that you would receive at any alternative program.
At the College Of Sports Media you are on-air more often
and have access to more equipment than anywhere else starting
from the first week of classes!
Our curriculum has been carefully
created and specifically designed with input from our ADVISORY
BOARD to duplicate what is needed and expected in
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The intense hands-on training that
you will receive is unparalleled in the field of sports broadcasting
post secondary studies.
Every one of our instructors currently
works in the sports media industry and they have been chosen for
their particular field of expertise. Check out the INSTRUCTOR
BIOS to learn more about the professionals you will be learning
from and how well connected you will be upon graduation.
We are committed to providing students
the real world tools to help you launch into successful careers.
If this sounds like the kind of program
you’ve been dreaming about, give us a call or click below to arrange
your tour of our facilities.
Sincerely,
David
Lanys
President | College of Sports Media 
Mission Statement
Canada’s best in career relevant education for radio and television
sports broadcasting providing the path for graduates to thrive in
the local, regional, national, international and global marketplace.
Using ground-breaking curriculum and state-of-the-art equipment,
students receive intense hands-on training focused on today’s trends
of the working media while always exploring opportunities of the
future.
Our instructors provide unmatched professional development specifically
chosen for their respective field of expertise to reinforce the practical,
technical and theoretical teachings.
College of Sports Media provides the most complete,
well rounded educational experience enabling graduates not only to
pursue, but to succeed in the working media.
If you’re dreaming of a career in Sports Broadcasting,
the College of Sports Media is your ticket to the show!
FACILITY
The College of
Sports Media’s facility is truly unlike any other in
the world! Featuring 11,000 square feet divided in
to two distinct areas, ours is the only college in
the country with two Professional Newsrooms for
both television and radio.
Our building features
two beautifully furnished student lounges and eating
areas that include sofa's and chairs, a fridge, microwave,
and sink.
All of our classrooms, studios, and newsrooms are designed
to be right on par with those used in the industry today
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Radio Facility
Our radio-devoted section of the building
features various professional-grade studios, newsrooms, classrooms,
a control room and a lecture hall with theatre style, comfort seating.
The
College of Sports Media’s Radio Studios include
a four-microphone roundtable style studio as well as a separate
single mic. studio, both supported by a full professional console
control room. From the control room, our on-air programming
can be streamed to either the classroom or newsroom from any
microphone at any given time.
In our Radio Newsroom each
student has their own complete desktop computer workstation
and each PC is fed Canadian Press sports wire service
and is equipped with Burli editing software. This room
can also double as a classroom for practical lab work.
There is also a private tutorial room for one-on-one
student/instructor meetings.
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Television Facility
The College of Sports Media’s amazing television facilities feature
a variety of professional studios, sets, and newsroom, as well as
editing suites, a control room, in-house hair salon and make up room!
Students will be performing on-air in the first week of classes.
The multi
set studio has an open-concept newsroom backdrop
for multi-person anchoring and hosting. This studio includes
an anchor desk in addition to a solo or multi-person standing
set, and an adjustable talk show set to ensure students experience
a full range of in-studio scenarios and responsibilities.
In our TV Newsroom,
each student has their own complete desktop computer workstation
and each PC is fed Canadian Press sports wire service to
provide access to the latest and breaking stories in the
world of sports.
Our Control Room features
monitors, switchers, audio board, an elevated director’s area
with talk-back capabilities and an additional Professional
Editing Suite which can be self contained or linked
with voice over microphone. Our edit suites are equipped with
Avid software which is commonly seen in many of today’s national
sports networks and stations.
The television lecture hall is equipped
with a television and playback tape deck with remote toggle
which allows for quick frame by frame review and critique of
student material. A private tutorial room is also available
for one-on-one student/instructor meetings.
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Other College of Sports Media facility features:
- -wireless internet connection throughout the entire
facility
- 2 separate lounges and eating areas with couches,
chairs, tables, fridges, microwaves and sinks
- 2 full multi-stall bathrooms
- large boardroom
- elevator/wheelchair access
Equipment & Resources
The College of Sports Media’s cutting edge facilities
are stocked full with high tech, professional equipment. All of the
facilities and equipment at the College of Sports Media are commonly
found in a modern professional studio environment and cannot be matched
by any other post-secondary institution!
For example: our radio software used for writing and editing is the
same that's used at Canada's number one rated all sports radio station,
The FAN 590.
Here are some of the equipment & resources
that you can expect to see at the College of Sports Media:
Radio
- AKG microphones
- 12 port Ward Beck Systems console
- Panasonic hand held field recording devices
Television
- Sony eng. camera packages
- Sony eng. camera field packages
- Sony playback decks
- Wireless lapelle microphones
- Wireless handheld microphones
- Sennheiser microphones
- Avid editing system in edit suite and control
room
- Sony monitors
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When comparing the access to equipment
ratio of the College of Sports Media versus other institutions,
the statistics clearly
show that we provide a superior student experience.

Our “More access, more equipment, more often” philosophy
allows instructors to teach faster, therefore, speeding up the learning
process to achieve the ultimate goal. the College of Sports Media
is the only post-secondary institution to have day-to-day newsrooms
fully operated and managed by students.
Other equipment features:
- college is equipped with an in-house server for
99% uptime
- wireless internet access throughout entire building
- Burli editing software installed on every PC throughout
entire facility
- Canadian Press sports wire service fed to every
PC
- Newest version of Dell business desktops
- Password protected student files
- large boardroom
- elevator access
- wheelchair accessible
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