A student television station is a television station run by university, high or middle school students that primarily airs school/university news and in many cases, student-produced soap operas, entertainment shows, and other programming.
Working for a middle or high school student television station can often be an alternative to students interested in journalism, who choose not to work at a school newspaper.
Studio and production space is often provided by a community or local public-access television stations.
Often, the station produces more original programming than would be seen at the high school level.
A student television station at a university may either be supported in full or part by the university, or self-sufficient, receiving its operating budget from advertising broadcast on the channel.