Aaron Brodie: Helping to broadcast the news UNT needs to know

Aaron Brodie, news manager and chief engineer for 88.1 KNTU and audio engineer for the Department of Radio, Television and Film, helps keep KNTU spinning its listeners' favorite jazz tunes.

A show on the History Channel that deals with different inventions, the history behind them and how they operate, captivates Aaron Brodie's attention. Modern Marvels is one of his favorite programs.

"I'm an engineer, so I guess that's why I like it," Brodie says about the show. "I like to know how things work."

Brodie, news manager and chief engineer for 88.1 KNTU and audio engineer for the Department of Radio, Television and Film, is the one person at KNTU who is responsible for all news, sports and public affairs programming that goes on the air. As the chief engineer for RTVF, he is responsible for purchasing, installing and maintaining equipment at KNTU and in the RTVF audio labs. He even helped design and build the KNTU studios.

His latest project involves building the set for NTTV Channel 22's new daily newscast News Breaks, which airs at 5:55 p.m. every Monday through Thursday. Brodie is also the executive producer of the five-minute news segments. The chance to work with NTTV to create News Breaks gives him the opportunity to deal with another of his favorite things: the news.

"Being a reporter is the best because you get to see and do things normal people never get to do," Brodie says.

Brodie started school at UNT in 1991 but left in 1996 to take a position at a radio station in Dallas. During his first stretch at UNT, he worked part time for KNTU. He returned to UNT to work in 1998 after holding positions at radio stations throughout the Dallas area and is taking classes to finish his degree in radio, television and film.

Mark Lambert, KNTU program and operations director, worked with Brodie at two other radio stations before both came to work at UNT.

"He tries to give students an idea of what it will be like in a commercial radio station," Lambert says of Brodie. "I am thrilled to work with him."

At home, Brodie has many activities that keep his mind off work. He shares a house with his cat, Josey. In addition to typical housekeeping projects, Brodie is doing small remodeling jobs throughout his home. He says he spends around 20 hours a week working on his house.

Recently, Brodie has taken up video editing. He is able to edit at his home and has burned a few DVDs. He says he looks forward to the future when burned DVDs become more compatible for all players.

His main focus, however, is on completing his final course work and continuing to improve UNT's radio and television broadcasts.

"I want to work to further improve the accuracy, timeliness, relevance and professionalism of news programming on KNTU and NTTV."

BY RUFUS COLEMAN rcoleman@unt.edu

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