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Also known as York Vision, launched around 1986 as a more populist alternative to [[Nouse]]. | Also known as York Vision, launched around 1986 as a more populist alternative to [[Nouse]]. | ||
In the late 90s/early 00s the paper really seemed to have a problem with YSTV, variously referring to it as "Minority Geek Soc" and "[[Clock]] Soc", and for many years running a spoof YSTV listings column headed by a picture of [[The Simpsons]]. In particular in 2003/4 there was an clash between the two sparked by YSTV's "generous" YUSU budget allocation (actually around £1000 less than Vision). This led to a letter from [[Dave Baker]] (but largely penned by [[Jonathan Bufton]]) pointing out this fact, and also that the money had led to a number of awards at [[NaSTA]] - but unlike Vision YSTV didn't shout about its success quite as much. Predictably Vision then retaliated by | In the late 90s/early 00s the paper really seemed to have a problem with YSTV, variously referring to it as "Minority Geek Soc" and "[[Clock]] Soc", and for many years running a spoof YSTV listings column headed by a picture of [[The Simpsons]]. In particular in 2003/4 there was an clash between the two sparked by YSTV's "generous" YUSU budget allocation (actually around £1000 less than Vision). This led to a letter from [[Dave Baker]] (but largely penned by [[Jonathan Bufton]]) pointing out this fact, and also that the money had led to a number of awards at [[NaSTA]] - but unlike Vision, YSTV didn't shout about its success quite as much. Predictably Vision then retaliated by questioning the value of [[NaSTA]] awards...and so it interminably went on. | ||
In recent years Vision | In recent years Vision has been more concilliatory, even reporting the station's success from time to time. This may be due to the launch of the [[Video Server]] and online programming (and the dropping of all simulcasting) making YSTV's output easier to see, or it may just have been a fairly nasty period in the paper's history - [[URY]] also suffered at their hands. |
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