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Hello, I'm Jonathan.  I joined YSTV in October 2002 and graduated in July 2005 and was one quarter of the [[Gang of Four]].  During this time I was...
Jonathan Bufton first experienced YSTV during his university open day in October 2001, when he was shown around the station by [[Jenny Gordon]].  Upon arriving in York a year later he wasted no time in joining up, and was immediately co-erced into presenting the first [[Bulletin (again)|Bulletin]] of the academic year.


[[Controller of Entertainment and Drama]] for a bit in 2003,
In early 2003 he was elected [[Controller of Entertainment and Drama]] and soon after produced his first show [[Have I Got News For YUSU]].  At the May 2004 AGM he became [[Production Director]] and ended up producing around a dozen shows over his time at YSTV including [[Elections 2004]], [[Good Morning Campus]] and the [[URYVision Song Contest]].  He also relaunched YSTV's news output as [[YSTV Week]].
[[Production Director]] 2003-4,
[[Commercial Director]] twice - in the summer of 2004 and again in the summer of 2005 (must have been a heat thing!) and
[[Scheduling Manager]] 2004-5.


I produced or co-produced [[Have I Got News For YUSU]], [[YSTV Week]] at launch (and the [[Greg Dyke]] Special),  [[Small Screen]], [[Children In Need 2003]], [[Elections 2004]], [[URYVision Song Contest]], [[Elections Past]], [[YSTV's Bloomers]] and [[Good Morning Campus]]Oh, and [[Off The Cuff]], but I don't like to talk about that.  I also "performed" in the "[[Snow]]" ident that won Best Ident at [[NaSTA 2003]].  I am referred to sometimes as "Buffy The Bulletin Slayer" (usually by [[Dave Baker]]), a reference to my surname and the fact that I axed [[Bulletin (again)|Bulletin]].
He was part of the [[Gang of Four]] that had to keep the station going during dark days in 2003 when the majority of the station's active members left all at onceDuring this period he launched his own TV review show [[Small Screen]], which went on to run for twenty-four editions over nearly two years and win an award for "Best Light Entertainment Programme" at [[NaSTA 2004]].  The previous year had seen his [[Snow]] sequence win "Best Ident".


I'm now a Broadcast Scheduler for ITV1 in London.  Oh, and that [[Kate Rushworth]] woman who did something to do with news seems to hang around.
In his final year he held the post of [[Scheduling Manager]], indulged his love of the [[YSTV Archive]] with [[Elections Past]] and was stalked periodically by [[Sarah Leese]], before graduating in the summer of 2005.  Soon after graduating he got a job as a Broadcast Scheduler for ITV1 in London, where he lives with other half and one-time [[News Biatch]] [[Kate Rushworth]]. Like many [[Old Farts]] he has returned a number of times for big events and outside broadcasts as well as [[NaSTA]]. 


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