In a special Veishea production, Iowa State’s student-run television station will conduct live interviews with community icons like former basketball stars Jacy Holloway and Shawn Bankhead and Ames Police Chief Dennis Ballantine.

STV9 will give its second annual pre-parade broadcast from the terrace of the Memorial Union on Saturday. The show, which will go on the air from 10 a.m. to noon, will include both live and taped segments of Veishea activities.

Fritz Junker, general manager of STV9, said the show is a production of “Wake-Up ISU,” the station’s morning news show. He said the program will serve to incorporate students and create public interest.

Although KCCI of Des Moines will cover the parade, Ty Coleman, producer and director of the Veishea broadcast, said the STV9 pre-Veishea program will “give an exclusive glimpse of many other activities occurring on campus.”

He said in addition to Holloway and Ballantine, Government of the Student Body President-elect Rob Wiese and members of the drumline ISU Groove and the ISU solar car team will give interviews.

Adding to campus coverage will be video segments on the Stars Over Veishea presentation, activities on Welch Avenue, intramural sports tournaments and parade float production.

Coleman said this year’s production will bear more of a student outlook on the celebration.

“We’re trying to go for all around pre-Veishea coverage,” he said. “We will be doing strictly pre-parade coverage and will offer a student perspective on the weekend’s activities.”

Last year’s show featured interviews with Gov. Terry Branstad and ISU President Martin Jischke. Coleman said the staff will work to make this year an even bigger success.

“We’ve spent a good deal of time so far, but over half the work will be done Friday and Saturday,” he said. “We’ll be pulling some late hours.”

Junker said this year’s Veishea program will be a launching point for new STV9 projects. He said the station plans to expand as a medium to include new student shows and publicity. By next year, he said, the station hopes to add commercials from area businesses.

“It’s an exciting time right now,” Junker said. “We’re pulling together a crew right now for people interested in helping.”

Those who miss STV9’s live Veishea coverage can catch rebroadcasts from 4 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday of Dead Week.