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stations
Most stations screen content somewhere on their own university campus and most provide content online as well, either via in-house streaming or by online video hosting sites, such as UK Student Films or You Tube. Below are details of every affiliate station. Most stations focus on magazine style review and news programming, whilst relatively few produce scripted comedy or drama.
If you would like to find out how to affiliate to NaSTA this year or if you are already an affiliated member and simply need to renew your annual membership, please go to the Affiliation page to obtain further details or contact us direct via telephone or email.
LUST - Host Station
LUST is the student TV station of the University
of Leicester is based in Leicester, It was founded by Matt Capon
in 2003. LUST focuses on programmes about nightclubs, producing popular
series such as 'Shag TV' (ULSU's official club night every Monday at
Zanzibar), and the critically acclaimed 'FerretVision' (coverage of
Friday nights 'Madfer-it' at the ULSU). This style of programming has
been copied by other stations such as LSUTV . They also cover a range
of union events and have worked closely with RAG to
raise money for charity and plan future events. In March 2008, LUST
will be hosting the National Student Television Association annual
conference and awards.
Brookes TV
Brookes TV is the students' voice at Oxford Brookes University. Run by the School of Technology, Brookes TV is made by students for local broadcast. Brookes TV is broadcast here online and on SixTV Oxford's local TV channel.Brookes TV is based at the new home for the School of Technology in Wheatley Campus. This houses a state-of-the-art TV studio and a full news production suite. Students involved use this industry recognised system every day to create Brookes TV.
GUST
GUST is the station of the University
of Glasgow and the only Nasta affiliate based in Scotland.
GUST is the oldest of the Nasta stations and the second oldest Student
TV station in the world. GUST effectively ran Nasta when many other
stations collapsed during the 1980s.
LooSE TV
LooSE
TV is the television network of the London
School of Economics Students' Union, it was established in 2005.
The network produces short films, documentaries as well as cover major
school and students' union events. Major visits to the School are also
covered, including an interview with Peter
Hain and the public lecture delivered by LGen Roméo
Dallaire. Staple programmes include "The Old Theatre",
a series of documentaries covering the weekly Union General Meetings
and "Election Night Live", the count night of LSE SU executive
and sabbatical officer elections.
LS:TV
LS:TV is based at the University
of Leeds, and is one of the newer stations in NaSTA. The station
broadcasts a diverse range of programming both live throughout the
Union and online. It has one of the largest outputs of any NaSTA station,
aiming to broadcast two hours of content every week. The station has
enjoyed considerable success at the NaSTA awards with its scripted
comedy and dramas.
LSUTV - Loughborough Students' Union Television
LSUTV
is the station of Loughborough's Students, and is based in Loughborough
Students' Union. It came into existence sometime around 2001 when
students started to produce TV programmes using the facilities provided
by the media centre, which was added to the Students' Union in 1998-1999.
LSUTV quickly developed and has since established a relatively diverse
range of programming. Amongst its shows are 'LSUTV news', aimed squarely
at Loughborough's students, and an entertainment programme called 'Totty
TV' and Loughborough GOLD following the sporting achievements of Loughborough's
teams, which is edited and shown on the day that it is filmed as part
of the Unions entertainments.
LSUTV broadcast mainly over the internet but its shows can be seen around
the union and will be broadcasting as a TV channel using Freewire to
all students living in halls on campus as of October 2007.
BUFFTV
BuffTV
broadcasts live and on demand via the internet and programming is comedy-centric.
BuffTV broadcast live from Matthew Waite & Ian Roes flat using
minimal physical hardware as most of their technology is custom software.
The entire station is just Matthew and Ian who produce, write, film and
present the entire show. BuffTV joined NaSTA for the 2007 conference
and won three highly commended awards, including Best Live Show. After
a rebranding exercise last year as ‘MattNIan TV’, BuffTV
will be returning with new weekly live shows before Christmas 08.
Nerve* Television
Nerve*
Television is the station of the Bournemouth University. Its programming
is based around a fortnightly live studio show, 'Top of the Pile', a
game show also showing the latest student films. Other programmes include
CSI:BU, Nerve*Cast, and Nerve* Centre. Nerve* Televisions main output
is through a network of TV's on campus and halls and also through podcasting.
Nexus UTV
Based
at the University
of East Anglia, Nexus was founded in 1969 using resources from
the University's newly established Audio Visual Centre. During the
1970s Nexus grew in members and programming, with the capability for
live broadcasting. The 1980s saw the introduction of colour programmes,
and although the '90s saw some decline, with the new millennium approaching
Nexus was up and running again with its own Newsletter. The decision
of UEA to stop running its technical courses led to a lack of technical
knowledge in the station. Now Nexus uses ex-BBC MiniDV cameras and
edits on Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Pro. Current programming includes
regular music, film and sports shows, a comedy programme, and a weekly
news show. Plans for 2007 include streaming programmes online.
NUTS
NUTS is an exciting student television station development at the University
of Nottingham, and yet another station in the growing band of midlands based student television stations.
SUSU.TV
SUSU.tv is the pioneering student television station at the University of Southampton and a welcome addition to the National Student Television Association for 2008
SSBN
Sunderland represent the North-East proudly as the flagship student television station for the University of Sunderland.
Stoic TV
Imperial
College plays host to STOIC (Student Television Of Imperial College),
who broadcast on the South Kensington campus. Stoic's output is wide-ranging(though
total output is no greater than most NaSTA stations), including comedy,
news, entertainment and events coverage.
Warwick Television
Warwick Television is the station of University
of Warwick. WTV, similarly to LS:TV, has put a strong focus on
scripted programming, its flagship programme being Saved. Similarly
to LS:TV, this station has one of the larger outputs of a NaSTA station.
WTV is the co-host station of the Nasta conference this year, building
upon its involvement with the Warwick Student Arts Festival.
Visit Warwick Television's Web site
XTV
XTV (recently rebranded 'xtvonline') is the station at the University
of Exeter. Founded in 1990, it broadcasts in the Student's Union
on the university's Streatham campus. In the past few years it has
placed emphasis on building a strong web presence, and all programmes
are broadcast online. Programming is currently geared towards magazine-style
and entertainment shows, but in previous years a few comedy and drama
programmes have been made.
YSTV
YSTV (York Student Television) is the station of University
of York. YSTV has a strong technical background compared to the
other NaSTA stations. This technical proficiency has seen YSTV become
the first NaSTA station to stream their content online and produce
animated shorts.
Other affiliated stations
- UCLU film and TV - University College London
- CTN - University College Dublin
- CTV - University of Bath
- CCTV - Canterbury Christ Church University
- Demon TV - De Montfort University
- Guild Television - University of Birmingham
- R:TV - University of Essex
- Trent TV - Nottingham Trent University
- CUTV – University of Cardiff
Non-affiliated student TV stations
The stations below are run by students but not affiliated to NaSTA, but we hope to welcome them into the family soon
- Air TV - University of Stirling
- Cam Crew TV - University of Plymouth
- CUTE - University of Cambridge
- FX:TV - University College Falmouth
- LUST - University of Lancaster (Not the Original LUST)
- GLAM TV - University of Glamorgan
- SJCTV - St John's College, Oxford
- SPARK TV - University of Lincoln
- UDSUTV - University of Derby
- Winstanley TV - Winstanley College
For those stations who we may have missed, please get in touch with us at nasta@le.ac.uk.