Change is in the air at ISU9, Iowa State’s student-run television station.

“Cy’s Eyes in the Skies,” a 15-minute weather show, has started airing one minute after “InCyde Out,” on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:31 p.m.

Chad Nichols, one of the show’s founders, had a pretty simple reason for creating “Cy’s Eyes in the Skies.”

“I wanted to be on TV, and I wanted to learn the stuff people were learning in Journalism 306,” said Nichols, senior in meteorology. When the on-air class, Electronic Media Production, was created at ISU, “our positions on ISU9 as on-air meteorologists were taken away, which is understandable.”

Since practice is important for students who want to become broadcast meteorologists, Nichols and other students worked to get their own weather show.

The show features two detailed weather forecasts and an educational segment. “One day we went around and asked people what they thought about autumn and how they thought the seasons formed,” Nichols said. “Another show was an educational piece about hurricanes.”

Wes Sass, junior in journalism and mass communication, said the “Eyes” team members is starting to get all the kinks worked out in their programming.

“We have things down now; we just need some practice,” he said. “I got involved because I am interested in TV weather, and I thought I could help some of my friends out.”

“Cy’s Eyes in the Skies” brings a new challenge to ISU9.

“It’s cool because it is the first time we have had back-to-back live programming in the history of the station,” said ISU9 General Manager James McNab. “It is not like we have two studios. So in about one commercial break, or one minute, we have to switch shows.”

With ISU9 having recently moved into its new home, the Communications Building, everybody’s making adjustments.

Part of those adjustments were getting the “chromo wall” ready for the show. Dan Mundt, instructor for Journalism 306, said it was made operational Tuesday, just in time for the show.

A chromo wall is a blank green wall that TV stations use for their weather segments. The green color is removed by a computer and replaced with a weather map. This allows home viewers to see the TV meteorologist with a weather map behind him or her.

“We have gotten a great deal of support from the journalism department,” Nichols said. “We came into the show not knowing anything. Now we are trying to do two shows a week.”

McNab, junior in journalism and mass communication, said “Eyes” is innovative programming for the station.

“‘Cy’s Eyes in the Skies’ is an example of programming that is not done by journalism majors,” he said. “It proves that ISU9 is a campus resource.”