Would journalism dept. Make exception for sophomore intern prospect?

I am a sophmore in college majoring in broadcast journalism, I applied for an internship at a news station and received a phone call regarding my status. They asked if i can receive credit for the internship. The problem is in order to receive credit, I need to be enrolled in the interning class at my college. But----- only juniors and seniors are allowed to enroll. Would my school be able to make an exception and let me intern for credit? I have a 3.7 gpa and treasurer of the schools broadcasting association. My college advisors say to start as early as possible interning, but yet they deny internship to sophmores, even though I am being prospected to intern by the station. PLEASE HELP.