(Santa Ana)— Auditions for Santa Ana College’s cable television news programs, Around and About Orange County (AAOC) and Noticiero Latino del Condado de Orange (NLCO), are scheduled for Tuesday, January 29, at 11:00 a.m. News, sports, and entertainment anchors and reporters are being sought. Auditions will be held at the SAC-TV studios located in the Digital Media Center, 1300 S. Bristol., Room 103, Santa Ana.
No previous broadcasting experience is necessary to try out for the behind-the-scenes crew or on-camera talent seen weekly on Time Warner Cable channels throughout Orange County and on Facebook. Candidates need to be available Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. from January through May when the shows are produced.
All cast members are required to enroll in SAC’s Television/Video Communications course 130: Principles of Broadcast News. These students will have the option of continuing with advanced courses and earning the program’s certificate.
In its 28th year, AAOC is the oldest, continuous running cable show in Orange County. More than 400 alumni have found full-time employment in media-related fields. Among them are Dulce Castellanos, a reporter/anchor for Telemundo Channel 52 in Los Angeles, who covered the recent death of singer Jenni Rivera. Alumni also include Tony Cao, a producer of Vietonair.com; Hai Doh, cameraperson for Little Saigon TV; Tawny Hoang, reporter for Little Saigon TV; Joe Rodriguez, producer of international soccer for Fox Sports; and Eliana Moreno, helicopter reporter for KTLA-TV.
For more information, contact (714) 241 5778 or visit www.sac.edu.
About the Rancho Santiago Community College District
The mission of the Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD) is to respond to the educational needs of an ever-changing community and to provide programs and services that reflect academic excellence. Santa Ana College and Santiago Canyon College are public community colleges of RSCCD, which serve the residents of Anaheim Hills, East Garden Grove, Irvine, Orange, Santa Ana, Tustin and Villa Park. Both colleges provide education for academic transfer and careers, courses for personal and professional development, customized training for business and industry, and programs to train nurses, firefighters and law enforcement personnel.
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