On Jan. 24, the production and filming for two national television shows began in a newly updated studio located on UMBC’s campus. The Voice is considered the sounding ground for entertainment for the 55+ community. Casting is underway for the second show, a hard hitting investigative reports show addressing issues impacting seniors. The shows produced at UMBC are part of an expanding line up of daily programming for Retirement Living Television (RLTV), the first television network for seniors, established by Erickson Retirement Communities’ CEO John Erickson

To celebrate the opening of the new studios and this latest venture between Erickson Retirement Communities and UMBC, an Open House will be held on Feb. 16 from noon-2 p.m. in the studios on the second and third floors of Academic IV, A Wing. Guests will meet RLTV staff, view demonstrations in the Control Room, and tour the facilities.

The refurbishment of the studio has already increased internship opportunities for UMBC students and will further the collaboration of research between the University and the Erickson School of Aging Studies. Eventually, RLTV will broadcast its programming from a new $20 million office building currently under construction at bwtech@UMBC Research and Technology Park.

More than 26 million homes nationwide can watch RLTV. Viewers in the Baltimore region can catch RLTV on CN8 The Comcast Network and on Channel 238 on DirectTV. For more information on the Open House, contact Kathy Raab, RLTV University Liaison, at kraab@rl.tv or 443-610-0028. For more information on Retirement Living Television, visit http://www.rl.tv.