Joe Radford
Joe Radford has been an active member of YSTV since 2019. In their first year, they were generally known for being a regular presence at Writer's Room, winning YSTV Does Hunted episode 2 and co-creating of the infamous Baby Shark Social 2020. Their constant presence in YSTV during first year led many fellow freshers to believe they were actually a second or third year.
Joe Radford | |
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| "Joeseph Raddersford" | |
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| Years Active | 2019 – Present |
| Positions Held | |
| Hometown | Nottingham |
| Current Location | York |
| Degrees | BA History |
| Allegiance | Smoker's Corner |
Later in their time at York, they became best known for running YSTV through a large amount of the Covid-19 Pandemic and the transition back to in-person activity. They had two terms as Station Director, first being elected in Winter Term of 2020, following Zoe Dickinson stepping down. Upon being re-elected in 2021, Joe became the fifth Station Director to have a second term.
Under Joe, YSTV survived a period of extreme turmoil and upheaval. At a time when many student tv stations collapsed, YSTV was able to keep going and create new foundations from which to build upon once regular activity could resume. Although it may seem a bit dramatic to say, it is entirely possible YSTV wouldn’t have made it through the Covid-19 pandemic without Joe.
Skills
- Producing
- Directing
- Camera Operation
- Sound Operating
- Post-Production
- Livestream Teching
- Not doing his degree
- Knowing too much about comics
- Organising amazing Shark Themed Parties
- Wiki article editing
- Fixing Roses-related issues as they occur
- Sorting out merch disputes that have been ongoing for 4 years
Awards
- Highly Commended for Best Sport Journalist - Colours Ball 2021
- YSTV - Best Student Group - Love York Awards 2021
- Roses Unlocked - Best Event - Love York Awards 2021
- YSTV - Bronze Award for Best Broadcaster - NaSTA 2022
- Outstanding Achievement - YUMAs 2022
- Best Photographer or Videographer - YUMAS 2022
- Roses 2022 - Silver Award for Best Event Coverage - NaSTA 2023
- Anne Lister: Fit for Another World - Gold Award for Best Documentary - NaSTA 2023
Origins
Joe first encountered YSTV in V-Bar whilst they were filming Zoe and Johnny's Drunk Diaries. After attending the welcome meeting he soon became hooked on the seductive drug of YSTV. At the Give It a Go session in 2019, Joe was a contestant on the YSTV game show Riddle Me This, winning the show (twice since his original winning answer was deemed to have been "too quick").
Shortly after becoming a member of YSTV Joe was one of the members of YSTV to witness the Heslington Bank Robbery that occurred beneath Zoe Dickinson's flat. The event has since been deemed significant as one of the reasons that he was able to integrate with YSTV so quickly.
Early on in his YSTV career, Joe also participated in a trip to Brimham Rocks, when Olivia famously crashed the Van on the way home. It was also on this trip that he found out that Rhys Milling was welsh, a revelation that would have ramifications over the remainder of his time at York.
First Year
Joe's first major producing role was on the Boxing/MMA Fight Night 2019. He co-produced the livestream with Zoe Dickinson, before floor-managing for the stream on the night. Due to changes to fights and unexpected injuries, Joe was forced to think on his feet and find new interviewees quickly throughout the night, in order to keep the show running smoothly. In the aftermath of the stream celebrations were had by way of winning a fight of his own against Zoe and then copious amounts of drinking at Marmite.
Joe's winning streak continued when he won YSTV Does Hunted Episode 2 with Olivia Gibbs totally outsmarting all of the hunters, putting all the other huntees to shame and most impressively outrunning Matthew Zeffertt. Unfortunately, just as all good things must come to an end, so too did Joe's winning streak. On the Drunk Mario Kart edition of Boozy Broadcasts at the start of second term, Joe (dressed as Mario) played and lost the first race of the night.
At the end of his first term, Joe directed and edited the short film Nessie (written by one Jacob Boyle). The film received much critical acclaim (ie the highly critical Matthew Zeffertt liked it) and there was rapturous applause following it's preview at a YSTV production meeting.
In second Term Joe continued to take on notable producing roles. He took over as Head of Behind the Streams and took on several producing roles for Elections 2020. He solely produced the Debate Night and infamously the stream went flawlessly, never going down once. He then co-produced and floor managed ERN (as well as heading up the Behind the Streams).
Joe's most significant production yet has been the MMA Fight Night 2020. He was on the back foot from the beginning, due to the date of the event clashing with Zoe Dickinson's 2nd year film and her stealing nearly all of the potential crew members. Understaffed he soldiered on, organising the rigging of the stream and all the technical aspects himself (to acclaim from Tech Director Andrew Waddle). The stream itself was a wondrous piece of art. The exceptional quality of filming aided by Joe's directing finesse led to a stream for the ages, lifting the standards for all future boxing streams.
Early on in second term, when the news broke that Coronavirus had reached York, Joe was one of the members of YSTV to be interviewed by Sky News. Following the interview, he worked as camera op and editor on a video about the Coronavirus, which was to include interviews with students saying that they didn't think it was anything to worry about. Luckily this video was never released as it turned out that Coronavirus was something to worry about.
Joe also worked on YSTV's Come Dine With Me primarily Sound Op-ing for two of the episodes and leading the editing of the project too. Although no one asked him, he would have to say the overall quality of the episodes massively improved once he joined the crew.
At the end of second term, Joe and Caroline Preynat-Viero hosted the infamous Baby Shark Party. It was an insane night that will be hailed for decades as something that no one really knows quite why it happened or indeed what actually happened there. Joe put excessive amounts of producing into the event, ordering decorations and organising a session of "Sharks and Crafts," in which people could create their own shark costumes or decorations for the event.
Throughout second term, Joe was forced to take on roles usually completed by the committee due to members being absent, this included running Writer's Room and Production Meetings.
Joe had many things planned for his Third Term as YSTV including productions that were postponed, or adapted into alternative projects or all together scrapped due to the outbreak of Coronavirus and the imposed lockdown. Most significantly he was supposed to begin his pet project the YSTVCU. Due to this Joe became involved with several of the Quarantine shows that were produced from home such as Quarantine Weekly, Riddle Riddle (which was never actually made) and Animated short stories (which is coming eventually!!!).
At the 2020 Elections, Joe won the role of Head of Marketing becoming the first to do so. He quickly began to develop YSTV's social media presence, by increasing the regularity of posting and ensuring the online branding was consistent. Alongside Ben Allen he revamped YSTV's entire online branding, unifying several styles to make everything consistent across platforms. (See YSTV Branding 2020.)
Second Year
In Joe's second year, beginning as Head of Marketing, he completed the YSTV Branding 2020 and implemented it for welcome week 2020. Along with that, he worked on the preparations for the Freshers Stream 2020, along with creating all the marketing assets for it.
Also during the first term, he began work on an Untitled Quarantine Weekly Sequel Show (which later became Oranges and Lemons, alongside Zoe Dickinson). The plan was for it to operate bi-weekly beginning from Week 5 and run initially until Week 11 of term 1. The first episode, which was a Halloween themed episode, debuted to much success. Trying to keep the show running often became difficult due to the fact that a second coronavirus lockdown was introduced after only one episode had gone out. However, with a lot of perseverance, Joe (together with Zoe and many wonderful producers) succeeded in completing the initial run of the show.
In Week 6 of Term 1, Joe was elected as Station Director, following Zoe Dickinson stepping down the week before. Whilst this was an exciting prospect at first, he was immediately dropped in the deep end. The day after he was elected was Media Committee and two days later a second national lockdown began. Joe very quickly got to terms with the responsibilities entailed in station directing and began attempting to hold everything together as much as he could. Through talking to YUSU, he secured access to the studio for kit distribution and also YSTV were allowed to continue to film outdoors in pairs. Meaning that at least he hadn't failed in his new job within the first two days.
Towards the end of the first term, Joe also began to partake in online live shows, most importantly, YSTV on the Rocks - which he co-created with Sophie and producing one final Christmas themed episode of Oranges and Lemons.
With second term being entirely online, Joe, alongside newly-elected Production Director and partner-in-crime, Alize Akturk, began working on developing more online livestreams. YSTV on the Rocks continued, as well as creating Meme Stream Media and coming up with the idea for Society Scoop. The term was mostly dominated by YSTV's coverage of the YUSU Elections 2021. This was co-ordinated entirely online, but was a fantastic success. ERN saw a special elections edition of YSTV on the Rocks featured in the After-Show and saw Joe running around between different places to deliver kit for the night.
The end of second term, Easter Break and the start of third term were all heavily dominated by Roses 2021, officially known as Roses Unlocked. This Roses worked differently from most others, involving digitally assisted fixtures, that took place simultaneously in both York and Lancaster, being linked together by the coverage of YSTV and LA1TV. Joe led the coverage as Roses Lead and headed up the planning and the weekend itself. A gargantuan effort, involving 38 YSTV crew members (only 3 of whom had worked on a Roses before) and ultimately a huge success. Despite some setbacks, with one stream that didn't go live and a key member who dropped out on Saturday morning, Joe worked with the incredible team to hold everything together and ensure that things ran smoothly from that point onwards (which he was mostly successful in doing).
Following the Chaos of Roses 2021, Joe then went on an excursion to Surrey for a day to return some hired cameras, only to return home and immediately run AGM of 2021. This event, much to Joe's testament for planning it two days after Roses, lasted less than 2 hours and is very possibly the shortest AGM in YSTV's history.
In YSTV's 2021 elections, Joe was successfully re-elected as Station Director, making him the 5th SD to receive a second term. Following re-election, and now a part of The Big Five, Joe set about to bring YSTV back into life as much as possible, with the pandemic at long last gradually thawing. He assisted with the Eurovision after shows, ran the FLOPPYs alongside Sophie Bolwell-Davies, and produced YSTV's coverage of the Love York Awards. It was at the Love York Awards that YSTV won Student Group of the Year, which is still perhaps Joe's proudest achievement. He also won Highly Commended for Best Sport Journalist at the Colours Ball for his work on Roses Unlocked.
As the year came to an end, Joe could not have been prouder with what YSTV had been able to achieve in a year that saw it face so many difficulties. The resilience of his incredible team became particularly clear as he and Max Roach co-ordinated NaSTA entries over the summer break.
Towards the end of the Summer, Joe began work on the Anne Lister Documentary as Director of Photography.
Third Year
Ongoing...
Productions
YEAR 1
YEAR 2
YEAR 3
| # | Show | Position | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Term | |||
| 55 | Coffee Shops of York | Sound Op | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PF41sN4AH4 |
| 56 | Moving In and Moving On | Assistant Director | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_EvDFWcN-M |
| 57 | Fit for Another World - The Legacy of Anne Lister | Director of Photography / Editor | |
| 58 | Freshers 2021 - Sophie @ Salvos | Sound Op / Editor | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKVHCsccPNQ |
| 59 | Vanbrugh Paradise Festival | Producer / Camera Op | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MuA5Nd_IBw |
| 60 | Freshers 2021 Livestream | VT Lead / Roaming Reporter | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lXcOttrhXQ |
| 61 | YUSU Comedy Night | Sound Op | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns1bhq1bNrU |
| 62 | Technical Stage Services Ad | Camera Op / Sound Op | |
| 63 | Freshers Festival | Presenter | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPJ3RxcoXH8 |
| 64 | Riddle Me This (Give it a Go 2021 - 1) | Camera Op and Autocue Supervisor | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8D24HjVIUM |
| 65 | YSTV Sport: Women's Rugby - York v Glasgow | Van Driver / Technical Lead | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ6dSOGNaaM |
| 66 | Uni Hacks Episode 1 | Producer | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RhaB-vx1Hk |
| 67 | YSTV on the Rocks Episode 5 (Give it a Go Special) | Presenter | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJMt_1qxiNA |
| 68 | How Not To Do It Episode 1 | Technical Assistant | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGI9wlZjQzM |
| 69 | YSTV Sport: Women's Football | Technical Assistant | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhktT_oVsu0 |
| 70 | Comedy Soc Presents: Have I Got News for York | Technical Lead | |
| 71 | Meme Stream Media Episode 3 | Presenter | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWtw5_HmdEw |
| 72 | Uni Hacks Episode 2 | Producer / Cam Op | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NafYJh5hDGA |
| 73 | NaSTA Vlog 2021 | Vlogger | |
| 74 | How Not To Do It Episode 2 | Technical Assistant | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cBPy5k71oE |
| 75 | YSTV Sport: American Football | Technical Assistant / Van Driver | |
| 76 | Comedy Soc: Freshers Sketch Show | Technical Assistant / Camera Op | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkXHxbH1CSs |
| 77 | YSTV Sport: Boxing Fight Night 2021 | Floor Manager | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcllbikF4BU |
| 78 | How Not To Do It Episode 3 | Producer / Director | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7PRlPxxrRI |
| 79 | How Not To Do It Episode 4 | Producer / Director | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpA7ki8dO3s |
| 80 | Christmas Livestream | Director / The Queen | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrL8E2RhuVI |
| Spring Term | |||
| 81 | Courtyard's 13th Birthday | Producer | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLQsvoyDowE |
| 82 | Yindoors 2022 | Technical Assistant / Camera Op | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9bJpQDEoFo |
| 83 | Sweet May: Live at Victoria Vaults (Commercial) | Producer | |
| 84 | A Live From The Apocalypse | Producer / Presenter | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FlrDQX75qM |
| 85 | YSTV Sport: Volleyball | Technical Assistant | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uyvKj6zPyo |
| 86 | Giant Canvas Balloon Painting | Dart Thrower | |
| 87 | ComedySoc: 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Tech Assistant / Appearance | |
| 88 | Boxing Fight Night - Spring 2022 | Producer / Director | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIbLk-tXurU |
| 89 | College Varsity 2022 - Studio | Presenter | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2b6xFsHBnc |
| 90 | MMA Face-off VT | Camera Op | |
| 91 | ComedySoc: Women & Queer Culture Show | Director / Tech Lead | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW5myeG8_jk |
| 92 | Battle of the Bands Final 2022 | Producer / Camera Op | |
| 93 | MMA Fight Night - Spring 2022 | Tech Assistant | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rEChLPPfW4 |
| 94 | NaSTA 2022 Livestream | Executive Producer | |
| Summer Term | |||
| 95 | Drunk History: War of the Roses | Historian / Producer | |
| 96 | Roses 2022 | YSTV Lead | |
| 97 | Drunk History: Vikings | Producer / Camera Op / Sound Op | |
| 98 | Summer Ball 2022: Rides Review | Presenter | |
| 99 | Guide to Summer Ball 2022 | Presenter | |
| 100 | YSTV Gives Unsolicited Advice at the YUMAs | Interviewee | |
| 101 | YSTV Reports: Anne Lister Documentary Premiere | Interviewee | |
| 102 | End of Year Livestream Stream | Producer / Editor / Guest |
Once Planned, But Long Abandoned Productions
Joe once hoped to launch the YSTVCU. It would have began with Andy Goes to the Moon and Matt-Man. The two productions were unfortunately postponed due to the pandemic and never quite came to fruition. Other potential YSTVCU films included "Rhys fixing a computer", "Johnny is 3 guys in a trench coat", "Manu opens a hotel" and "Olivia gets banned from Sainsbury's".
Joe once planned to produce YSTV's own version of the show Taskmaster which has been dubbed "Masktaster" to avoid copyright infringement. The show has since been passed on to Freshers who may one day make the show.
Plans for a YSTV show dubbed as CAMP YSTV, that Joe was producing with Olivia Gibbs have been put on hold indefinitely.
Where Are They Now?
