I got to take a tour of WTVP’s new building today. I don’t much care for the aesthetics of the outside of the building (it’s got that PSA-prison-architecture look), but the inside is full of interesting and impressive high-tech toys and gadgets. From their enormous production-control flat-screen monitor to their high-definition cameras, it was a sight to behold. Our church, of course, will be moving soon and so our television ministry will likely be getting some new equipment of its own. Obviously it won’t be nearly as extensive as WTVP’s setup, but it’s exciting to see the possibilities.

As I was looking around the facility, I couldn’t help but think that public television must be very popular (and donors very generous) in Peoria for them to be able to afford all that equipment and the building to put it in. I guess those auctions and pledge drives really pay off.

I wonder (tongue-in-cheek) when our local public radio station will be getting its new state-of-the-art building. Is that part of Bradley’s expansion plan, perhaps? Nah. Well, maybe, if WCBU started carrying Bradley basketball games….

On an unrelated note, parking was a cinch — free diagonal parking is available right in front of the studio.