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The name was revived in 1997 when YSTV's News and Current Affairs output was revamped by News Editor [[Julie Knox]]. Bulletin would run three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and live up to its name - a quick round-up of the news, sport and weather with occasional short VTs. This regularity in the early days proved a good way of getting new members involved. | The name was revived in 1997 when YSTV's News and Current Affairs output was revamped by News Editor [[Julie Knox]]. Bulletin would run three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and live up to its name - a quick round-up of the news, sport and weather with occasional short VTs. This regularity in the early days proved a good way of getting new members involved. | ||
However, in 1999-00 [[Andrew Carter]] the then News Editor decided to try and run a "proper" news service and put the programme on every night of the week, with even a lunchtime "update" attempted at one point. | [[Image:Lunchtime.png|left|thumb|160px|The lunchtime snooze]] | ||
However, in 1999-00 [[Andrew Carter]] the then News Editor decided to try and run a "proper" news service and put the programme on every night of the week, with even a lunchtime "update" attempted at one point. | |||
The news content was nearly always rehashed from the BBC and Yorkshire Evening Press websites, with two presenters sitting at a plain black news-desk with a red curtain on the front against a black background. The programme suffered from a lack of VT inserts because there was rarely enough time to produce them given the five-nights-a-week schedule. Andrew's somewhat abrasive style tended to result in most of our journalists getting fed up and leaving! | |||
Often an anonymous caller would request that BBC Teletext news was shown just before Bulletin (a feature of [[BBC Schedula]]), allowing viewers to read the stories for themselves. | Often an anonymous caller would request that BBC Teletext news was shown just before Bulletin (a feature of [[BBC Schedula]]), allowing viewers to read the stories for themselves. | ||
[[Image:WornOutBulletin.png|left|thumb|160px|Worn out Bulletin titles]] | [[Image:WornOutBulletin.png|left|thumb|160px|Worn out Bulletin titles]] | ||
The show had a number of title sequences - the first by [[Chris Parker]] depicted a crew on location filming an item, before returning to the control room and putting the tape in a UMatic machine. Due to the frequency of use, the master tape of this was practically unbroadcastable by 1999 and a new title sequence by [[Chris Ward]] featuring flying "Bulletin" lettering over shots of campus and the control room was introduced. This was followed in 2002 by another, this time entirely graphical, using the same piece of music. This title sequence was re-vamped in October 2002 to include shots around the university in the background | The show had a number of title sequences - the first by [[Chris Parker]] depicted a crew on location filming an item, before returning to the control room and putting the tape in a UMatic machine. Due to the frequency of use, the master tape of this was practically unbroadcastable by 1999 and a new title sequence by [[Chris Ward]] featuring flying "Bulletin" lettering over shots of campus and the control room was introduced. This was followed in 2002 by another, this time entirely graphical, using the same piece of music. This title sequence was re-vamped in October 2002 to include shots around the university in the background | ||
[[Image:LiftWeather.png|left|thumb|160px|Weather from the Goodricke lift]] | |||
One notable highlight was the weather slot, normally a computer generated graphic voiced over by the newsreader. However, as time permitted, a number of roving news reports were produced by [[Chris Ward]] - even making it as far afield as Bridlington. | |||
By 2001 the show was three times a week again, and in 2002 this was reduced to just twice a week - Monday and Thursday - after the Friday edition was poorly crewed. | By 2001 the show was three times a week again, and in 2002 this was reduced to just twice a week - Monday and Thursday - after the Friday edition was poorly crewed. | ||