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GUST's evolution

GUST is 50 years old this year.

	‌1964 Glasgow University Student Television was founded as a standalone society dedicated to the appreciation of what was a relatively new phenomenon.
	1960s Programmes were not recorded in the early days, but played live in lecture theatres and other parts of the campus.
	1967 The University established their television studio in Southpark House, and it is still in use today by the Media Production Unit, Film & Television Studies students and GUST.
	1973 The National Student Television Association (NaSTA) was established, with GUST one of its founding members.
	‌Late 80s/early 90s Legend has it that GUST bought a RF line for just £1, which allowed them to transmit programmes across campus, with screens in places like the QM and the Hub.
	2004 Rather than transmit dead air, GUST would switch to a camera pointed on the office goldfish Gustav. Gustav died live on air while the crew were eating a late-night dinner in the Union.
	‌Mid-2000s GUST stopped broadcasting via the RF line when the company who owned it sold it off and it wasn’t replaced.
	2004/2005 The station purchased the www.gust.tv domain and began posting more and more videos online.
	2011 GUST updates its technology and buys its first high-definition digital camera.
	2014 GUST celebrates 50 years of student television and looks forward to continuing to evolve with the ever-changing world of television.

This article was first published in May 2014.