York Student Television

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York Student Television
YSTV Logo.png
Country United Kingdom
Affiliates University of York
YUSU
NaSTA
Ownership
Sister channels URY (radio)
History
Launched21 November 1967 (1967-11-21)
Links
Website ystv.co.uk
Availability
Streaming media
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York Student Television (abbreviated YSTV) is England's oldest student television station. Founded in 1967, the station is based at the University of York, with its studio in James College. YSTV once held the world record for longest continuous television broadcast under a single director, [1] and is a long-standing member of the National Student Television Association (NaSTA). YSTV creates and produces a wide range of shows, both independently and in collaboration with other university societies.

Contents

Recent shows include Tea Time Chat, a weekly magazine and politics show; YorKitchen, a cookery series; YSTV Sessions, an acoustic music show; various live coverage of on and off-campus events including extensive broadcasting of Roses 2017, and irregular reports on local events under the umbrella of YSTV Reports. [2]

History

Student presenter broadcasts on YSTV, October 1985. YSTV newsreader 1985.jpg
Student presenter broadcasts on YSTV, October 1985.

YSTV first broadcast on 21 November 1967 from the university's chemistry department, before moving to a permanent home in the physics department. This was actually the studio of the University's Audio-visual Department and YSTV generally borrowed it for an hour or so across lunchtimes. In 1977 the usual grant from the Students' Union of £300/year was increased to £3000 and this allowed the conversion of a Preparation Room behind the main Physics Department Lecture Hall into a small but exclusive studio for YSTV. At around the same time the society bought its first Sony Rover, which consisted of a black and white camera, smaller than the studio cameras, linked by cable to a reel-to-reel recording machine using half-inch video tape. This allowed much greater flexibility in producing programmes than before when students had been restricted to the studio. [3] Here it remained for over two decades, until in June 1993 the University asked YSTV to vacate. Following a campaign supported by students, York University Students' Union, Greg Dyke and Tom Gutteridge, YSTV were offered a new studio on campus in Goodricke College (later becoming James College) which was officially opened by Greg Dyke on 29 October 1994.

At the start of the 2004/05 academic year on 10 October 2004, the station started to broadcast live on the campus intranet to student bedrooms, with on demand content available worldwide. [4] On 13 January 2006, the station opened up its live stream to the whole world, releasing their content under a Creative Commons license. [5] [6] The station celebrated its 45th birthday in November 2012, and celebrated its 50th in November 2017. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 McWhirter, Norris (1990). Guinness Book of World Records. p. 233.
  2. ↑ "York Student Television | Current Productions". YSTV.
  3. 1 2 Dowdney, Mark (22 November 1967). "York TV students take to the air". The Northern Echo . p. 7. ISSN   2043-0442.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "YSTV Timeline". YSTV. 14 February 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  5. ↑ "YSTV goes worldwide". BBC Yorkshire. 5 January 2006. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  6. ↑ "Internet Stream Launch". YSTV. 10 December 2005. Archived from the original on 10 September 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  7. ↑ 'Letter from Greg Dyke to YSTV'. Held in the YSTV Archives.
  8. ↑ 1999 NASTA
  9. ↑ "Archives » The making of Bulletin". YSTV.
  10. ↑ "YSTV 3D". YSTV. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  11. ↑ Clark, Andy (10 May 2011). "NaSTA Best Broadcaster 2011". National Student Television Awards Loughborough 2011. NaSTA. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  12. ↑ Clark, Andy (6 May 2011). "NaSTA Best Technical Achievement 2011". National Student Television Awards Loughborough 2011. NaSTA. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  13. ↑ "NaSTA 2012". National Student Television Awards Nottingham 2012. NaSTA. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  14. ↑ "NaSTA 2014". National Student Television Awards Loughborough 2014. NaSTA. Retrieved 21 October 2014.

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