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Newsround was the first programme ever transmitted by YSTV, on 21st November 1967. It pre-dated the BBC programme of the same name by around five years. It continued as a regular lunchtime news broadcast shown on the then 5 college monitors. | Newsround was the first programme ever transmitted by YSTV, on 21st November 1967. It pre-dated the BBC programme of the same name by around five years. It continued as a regular lunchtime news broadcast shown on the then 5 college monitors. | ||
One of the first programmes was featured in | [[File:1967_northern_echo.png|thumb|right|400px|One of the first programmes was featured in this Northern Echo article on the opening of YSTV.]] | ||
The producer was station founder [[David Crossley]], the news was read by [[Mick Jordan]] with an interview by [[Keith Carr]]. The society at that time included [[Michael Carmody]], [[Geraldine Bray]] (cameras), [[Moira Simmons]] (vision mixer). The University's senior technical officer [[Bruce Pears]], though not a member of the society because he was not a student, was crucial to the successful establishment and production of Newsround. The title music was initially from the first movement of Dvorak's New World Symphony (chosen by Michael Carmody), and later .'Time is Tight' by Booker G. & the MGs. | The producer was station founder [[David Crossley]], the news was read by [[Mick Jordan]] with an interview by [[Keith Carr]]. The society at that time included [[Michael Carmody]], [[Geraldine Bray]] (cameras), [[Moira Simmons]] (vision mixer). The University's senior technical officer [[Bruce Pears]], though not a member of the society because he was not a student, was crucial to the successful establishment and production of Newsround. The title music was initially from the first movement of Dvorak's New World Symphony (chosen by Michael Carmody), and later .'Time is Tight' by Booker G. & the MGs. | ||