Best Broadcaster

The only category at the annual NaSTA awards which is created specifically for the awards rather than taken from our broadcast output. In a maximum of ten minutes of video, each station has to sell it's claim to be the best student television station in the country. This is normally done by cutting together excerpts from every production made in the previous year, with a mixture of live sound and music used to glue the whole lot together.

The edits produced have subsequently been used to promote the station at many other events, although the use of copyrighted music has prevented their being released on the website or broadcast regularly. In this role they are successors to the previous Review of the Year edits. Best Broadcaster edits exist for every year from 1999 to 2007.

1999

Oldest Best Broadcaster currently listed on Tapelog. Introduced in person by Production Director Helen Rix if memory serves me correctly.

2000

Introduced various elements of the station's output under their different genres, using a voice-over and the revolving cube ident.

2001

Edited by Michael Prior-JonesUnverified or incomplete information.

2002

Edited by Peter Bowles, main soundtack "So Lonely" by Jakatta.

2003

Edited by Michael Prior-Jones, main soundtrack "Walk of Life" by Dire Straits. Very similar in style to 2001.

2004

Edited by Rowan de Pomerai and Jonathan Bufton, main soundtrack "Gangster Tripping" by Fatboy Slim.

2005

Edited by Rowan de Pomerai, Richard Ash and Jonathan Bufton. Main soundtrack "Right Here, Right Now" by Fatboy Slim. Won Highly Commended.

2006

Edited by Rowan de Pomerai, Sarah Cheyne and Matthew Tole. Main soundtrack "Weapon of Choice" by Fatboy Slim. Won Highly Commended.

2007

Edited by Rowan de Pomerai, Sarah Cheyne, Iain Cooke, Matthew Tole and Richard Ash. It was noteable for using the Try Something You Thought You Couldn't Do promotions as well as YSTV shows, to try to portray the society aspects of the station as well as our output. Music used was:

• Insomnia by Faithless
• The LipSync theme
• The YSTV News theme
• Do Your Thing by Basement Jaxx
• Phwarming by campus band Vudu Guru
• Porcelain by Moby
• Praise You by Fatboy Slim
• Elections 2005 theme (as used in Elections 2006) by Rob Humphrey
• A songUnverified or incomplete information by campus band The Morning Thieves

2009

Edited by Iain Cooke, Neil Brehon, Anna Bucks and Roxanne Benson-Mackey. This year it was split into five sections prefixed with "YSTV does" - Entertainment, Music, News, Comedy and Live. This allowed each section to be edited independently rather than everyone working on one timeline.