YSTV creates and produces a wide range of shows, both independently and in collaboration with other university societies.

This was actually the studio of the University's Audio-visual Department and YSTV generally borrowed it for an hour or so across lunchtimes.

In 1977 the usual grant from the Students' Union of £300/year was increased to £3000 and this allowed the conversion of a Preparation Room behind the main Physics Department Lecture Hall into a small but exclusive studio for YSTV.

Following a campaign supported by students, York University Students' Union, Greg Dyke and Tom Gutteridge, YSTV were offered a new studio on campus in Goodricke College (later becoming James College) which was officially opened by Greg Dyke on 29 October 1994.

[4] On 13 January 2006, the station opened up its live stream to the whole world, releasing their content under a Creative Commons license.