'''The Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech''' (EMCVT) is an independent , 501(c)(3) nonprofit governing body over student mass media organizations of the [[Virginia Tech]] campus. The EMCVT board of directors is made up of Virginia Tech faculty and staff, students, and members of the [[Blacksburg, Virginia]] community. As the parent company , EMCVT owns the copyrights on all media produced by its divisions.

== History ==EMCVT is a successor to the old '''Student Media Board''', and was formed in 1997. Several seperate forces lead to it's creation:* desire among student media organizations for more freedom* Several missteps by the [[Collegiate Times]] and other organizations in the Media Board, culminating in the '''Director of Buttlicking''' lawsuit*Confrontations between [[Squires]] facilities personnel and media organization members In 2003, the structure of the EMCVT was called into question by Virginia House of Delegates member [[wikipediaw:Robert G. Marshall|Robert G. Marshall]] as a result of content Marshall found objectional objectionable on the ''Sex Talk Live'' aired on [[VTTV]]. Marshall called for university officials to provide more oversight over student media on campus.<ref>{{cite news | first=Preston | last=Lloyd | coauthors= | title=Lawmaker derides Virginia Tech students' 'Sex Talk Live' show | date=2003-10-09 | publisher= | url =http://www.splc.org/news/newsflash.asp?id=681 | work =Student Press Law Center | pages = | accessdate = 2010-02-28 | language = }}</ref> Virginia Tech President [[Charles SteigerSteger]] responded that he ''"...approached the idea of prior restraint ([of student media) ] with uneasy caution'' " and the matter was dropped.<ref>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Lawmaker derides Virginia Tech students' 'Sex Talk Live' show | date=2003-10-09 | publisher= | url =http://www.splc.org/newsflash_archives.asp?id=681&year=2003 | work =Student Press Law Center | pages = | accessdate = 2007-07-15 | language = }}</ref>

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