Triple Threat ready to take your calls

Jeff Stell

ISU students wanting to voice their opinion on issues and happenings in the sports world should tune into ISU9 on Sunday nights. The ISU9 show “Triple Threat” airs Sundays at 9 p.m. and features three different aspects. The show includes an update and highlights on the latest Cyclone sporting events, a call-in portion and an interview with an ISU athlete. “Since we’re students, we feel we can go into more depth on Cyclone sports,” said “Triple Threat” executive producer Casey Straub. “We can get a little more insight. The TV shows in Des Moines have so much other stuff to cover and we have more time to follow some of the smaller sports,” Hosting the show is Paul Kix and Amy Kapustka while there is a third spot that will be rotated among a group of people. Kix also handles the sports update portion with Jen Phillips. “That’s the interesting part, we’re going to vary with that third spot,” Straub said. “When we have guests on, we like to be able to put them on and let them share their thoughts on the conversation.” ISU athletes have been known to make appearances on the show for one-on-one interviews with Kix. Last year, ISU basketball players Paul Shirley, Angie Welle and Tracy Gahan were among the guests. On the first episode this year, J.J. Moses was on for a sit-down, Barbara Walters-style interview with Kix. Sage Rosenfels was scheduled to appear but the planned first episode had to be postponed. “The athletes have fun on the show. Last year Paul Shirley was on, and we had an interesting conversation about video games,” Straub said. “Sage has had fun here in the past, and he was going to be on our first episode. We had to postpone the show. We’ve had a tough time with new studio regulations.” One problem that “Triple Threat” has faced is prank calls. This year the show has taken measures and can cut off calls that get out of control. “A lot of the people that call can be jerks, and we’re trying to get away from that,” Straub said. “We’re all trying to be professional, and I think those calls take away from the integrity of the show.” Kix handles most of the duties on the show, ranging from interviewing to taking calls to being a news anchor. “We film a lot of stuff and try to have as many highlights as possible,” Kix said. “We field your calls and try to let the viewer give insight to the show.