This year, students tuning in to Channel 22 in Reinert Hall have found that they are cut off from the rest of campus by more than just Forest Park Parkway.

According to David Koeller, resident adviser in Reinert and president of SLU-TV, last semester, “before anybody moved in, somebody decided to physically cut the cable.”

The cable was then repaired by Charter Communications, the company that provides TV on campus, but the cable was hooked up to the wrong feed. As a result, for the last several months, students in Reinert have not been receiving SLU-TV.

The student-run station is typically viewable to about 3,000 people on campus. SLU-TV airs student-produced programs, as well as movies and promotions for on-campus events.

“We’re trying to increase viewership,” Koeller said, and with approximately 570 of the potential viewers not receiving the channel, this poses a problem.

Koeller said he spoke to his supervisors regarding the issue.

“They contacted Charter, and [Charter] said it was fixed,” Koeller said.

Yet the televisions in Reinert are still not receiving SLU-TV.

Van Vieregge, director of Business and Auxiliary Services at Saint Louis University, initially contacted Charter to try and address the problem. When the cable was still not fixed, Vieregge said he contacted Charter again, who told him that they have scheduled a service technician to fix the problem.

“If the repair has not been made by next week, I will contact the regional manager,” Vieregge said.

Until the problem is resolved, TV watchers in Reinert will remain without the station. But for all those living in Reinert who are interested in SLU-TV, Koeller says there is only one thing to do to make sure the cable gets fixed: “Make some noise.”