The video production program at Eastview High School has grown exponentially since the school's opening in 1997. During the first school year, the school had one class of broadcast journalism (25 students) and a news-magazine show called The Flash (25 students).

Over the next few years, interest in those broadcasting classes drove up class sizes and expanded class sectioning. Eventually, a second class called Broadcast Journalism B was created. By the third year, students needed to go through an application process to join The Flash, and less than half could be accepted. All during this time, the daily announcements were read by a teacher through the school's intercom system.

By year six, it was obvious that the program needed to expand again. Over 200 students were enrolled in broadcast journalism classes and over 80 juniors and seniors applied to join The Flash.

It was decided that 2003-2004 would be the first year of The 4Cast, a student-produced daily announcement show that would air every day except Thursday.

Over the next couple of years, the junior students in the 4Cast and senior students in The Flash were so busy creating their shows that they seldom were able to collaborate on projects. At the same time, students in The Flash and 4Cast felt limited in the five minute block of time during 4 th hour available for our shows. Students were finding story topics that deserved more in-depth coverage that our five minute shows couldn’t accommodate.

Over 30 students traveled to Anaheim, California for the 2007 Student Television Network convention, and learned great tools to tell better stories. These students came back with an idea to create a longer format show (30 minutes in length) where 4Cast and Flash students could work together to create more detailed stories.

This show, which the students named The Storm Watch, was completed for the first time in April of 2007. The Storm Watch will air each of the four quarters of the school year and will highlight the best stories of our school community.