MCTV 26

Mercer County Television (MCTV) channel 26 is an Educational-access television station in West Windsor, New Jersey, USA, owned and operated by Mercer County Community College (MCCC). The Student television station is transmitted to all of Mercer County, New Jersey, via cable TV channel 26 on the Comcast, Cablevision, reaching an excess of 90,000 households. In January 2009, MCTV became available on Verizon FiOS channel 20 in Mercer County. Tony Bruzaitis is the station's director of operations, while Professor Steve Voorhees is the director of student programming. David Valentino is the station's chief engineer.

Student programming

Original student programming was introduced on MCTV in 2004 and is mainly shown during the prime time hours of 8-11 each night. During the college winter and summer breaks, each production takes a hiatus until the following semester.

MCN Live

On Thursday, October 21, 2004, Mercer County News Live (MCN Live), the official student news of MCCC, began at 5:30pm EST as the first student-produced program on MCTV. This twenty-minute news broadcast was produced by Danielli Weiden and directed by Robert Mirabella. The first MCN Live featured presenters Sharon Seeman, Wilmar Luna, Christopher Curto and Antranig Dereyan. The show continued live every Thursday.