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York TV launched in the autumn of 2003 promising to provide a local TV service to the people of York. However the patchy coverage made it even harder to watch at the time than YSTV, which was quite an achievement. | York TV launched in the autumn of 2003 promising to provide a local TV service to the people of York. However the patchy coverage made it even harder to watch at the time than YSTV, which was quite an achievement. | ||
At launch they expressed an interest in sharing news gathering facilities, and as such arranged a meeting with [[Station Director]] of the time [Dave Baker]]. They made a less than inspiring start by failing to turn up, and as such the idea was not proceeded with. | At launch they expressed an interest in sharing news gathering facilities, and as such arranged a meeting with [[Station Director]] of the time,[[Dave Baker]]. They made a less than inspiring start by failing to turn up, and as such the idea was not proceeded with. | ||
Those who could actually pick up the station reported a station screening the same | Those who could actually pick up the station reported a station screening the same few episodes of "Jimbo and the Jet Set" on rotation daily, text-in shows notably without texts and copious amounts of QVC. | ||
Two years later, with YSTV's output now online for all to view, they again contacted the station with a view to broadcasting two shows - [[Learning Curves]] and [[Acoustic Treatment]] - to a "wider" audience (a debatable concept given the station's coverage). {{unsure| Did anything come of this?}} | Two years later, with YSTV's output now online for all to view, they again contacted the station with a view to broadcasting two shows - [[Learning Curves]] and [[Acoustic Treatment]] - to a "wider" audience (a debatable concept given the station's coverage). {{unsure| Did anything come of this?}} | ||