BRYAN, Ohio — For students at Bryan High School, the best seat at a game isn’t in the stands — it’s behind a camera, inside a van, or behind a microphone.

The Golden Bears Sports Network, known as GBSN, is a student-run broadcast program that produces live coverage of school athletics year-round. The operation grew from modest beginnings into a hands-on training ground for students interested in media, technology and production.

"We want them to be the best of the best to do it," said Chris Malanga, the group's executive producer.

Malanga, a local television veteran who began broadcasting Bryan sports in 2006, helped launch GBSN in 2010 and serves as its executive producer. He said the school tapped his experience when it expanded career-technical programming three years ago.

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