York Student Television (abbreviated YSTV) is England’s oldest student television station

Student television station

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. Founded in 1967, the station is based at the University of York

University of York

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, with its studio in James College

James College

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. YSTV once held the world record for longest continuous television broadcast under a single director, and is a 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.

Current shows include The York Link, a magazine show; The York Sport Show, with updates on college and varsity sporting events; The Ultimate Challenge, a game show; Past to Present, a history documentary series; Newsrind, a satirical news show in collaboration with The Lemon Press

The Lemon Press

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; Platform, a spotlight review show; Student Kitchen, a cookery series; and irregular news broadcasts under the umbrella of YSTV Reports.

History

YSTV first broadcast on 21 November 1967, from the university’s Chemistry department. 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. On 13 January 2006, the station opened up its live stream to the whole world, releasing their content under a Creative Commons

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 license. The station celebrated its fortieth birthday during the summer of 2007.

Notable events

• October 1967 - First society stall recruiting members for University of York Tele-Film Productions.
• 21 November 1967 - inaugural YSTV broadcast from the Chemistry department.
• 1969 - Germaine Greer
  Germaine Greer
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   and Frank Muir
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   make contributions.
• 20 October 1986 - inaugural YSTV colour broadcast. At this time YSTV could only be watched on seven screens - one in each university college.
• January 1988 - YSTV breaks the world record for the longest continuous television broadcast by a single director (Keith Hide-Smith) and earns a place in the Guinness Book of Records with Breaker 88.
• 29 October 1994 - YSTV's G/046 Goodricke Studio opened by Greg Dyke
  Greg Dyke
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  .
• January 2000 - YSTV produces a programme for BBC Choice
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   titled The Making of Bulletin.
• June 2000 - YSTV appeared on Channel 4
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  's The Big Breakfast
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  , competing for a chance to make a 90 second programme live on air.
• 26 May 2005 - Greg Dyke returns to the studio he opened a decade prior for an in-depth interview.
• 17 November 2007 - YSTV celebrates 40 years on air with a live four-hour programme.
• October 2009 - Goodricke College is officially relocated to the new Heslington East campus. Although still in the same location as before, YSTV is now part of James College.
• April 2011 - YSTV named second Best Broadcaster and awarded the Best Technical Achievement award at the NaSTA Awards 2011.

External links

• York Student Television