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- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- See also
- References
{{AFC submission|||ts=20190219224838|u=Rillington|ns=118}}This is a timeline of the history of Westward Television. 1960s - 1961
- 29 April – Westward Television starts broadcasting. Westward had fought off 11 competing bids to win the licence to broadcast to south west England.[1]
- 1968
- 22 April – The Huntshaw Cross transmitting station opens, providing better reception across north Devon.
- August – A technicians strike forces ITV off the air for several weeks although management manage to launch a temporary ITV Emergency National Service with no regional variations.
- September – The final edition of Westward's listings magazine Look Westward is published. Listings are subsequently carried in a Westward edition of TVTimes which now becomes a national publication.
- 1969
- 17 January – Westward merges with the Keith Prowse company, due to Westward’s chairman Peter Cadbury also being chairman of Keith Prowse.[2]
- Later in 1969 – EMI purchases Keith Prowse Music Publishing from Westward.[3]
1970s - 1970
- January – Peter Cadbury is sacked, and re-hired within days as the chairman of the Westward board, after he made outspoken remarks against the levy imposed on advertising revenue imposed by the IBA.[4]
- 1971
- 13 September – Westward begins broadcasting in colour, but only from the Stockland Hill and Caradon Hill transmitters, and to mark the change, Westward's ident is re-shot in colour.[5]
- 1972
- 16 October – Following a law change which removed all restrictions on broadcasting hours, ITV is able to launch an afternoon service.
- 1973
- 5 November – Colour transmissions begin from the Huntshaw Cross transmitter.
- 1979
- 10 August – The ten week ITV strike forces Westward Television off the air. The strike ends on 24 October although Westward staff returned to work a few days before the rest of the country.
1980s - 1980
- 28 December – The Independent Broadcasting Authority announces that Westward has lost its franchise to TSW.[6]
- 1981
- Early in 1981, the new franchisee TSW purchases Westward Television for £2.38 million.
- 11 August – TSW goes on air in all but name, continuing to use the Westward name until the end of the year.
- 31 December – Just before midnight, Westward Television says goodbye before TSW takes over at midnight. The other companies that lost their franchise shut down at the end of the night’s programmes – ie a few minutes into 1982. However, given that TSW was already on air in all but name, the switch took place at midnight rather than at closedown.[7]
See also- History of ITV
- History of ITV television idents
- Timeline of ITV
References1. ^[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1515994/Peter-Cadbury.html Obituary: Peter Cadbury], Daily Telegraph, 18 April 2006
2. ^"Westward in merger discussions", The Guardian, Thursday, 16 January 1969, p.10
3. ^"EMI: A brief history", BBC News, 24 January 2000. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
4. ^"Mr Cadbury back as chairman of Westward TV", The Guardian, Friday, 30 January 1970, p.22
5. ^[https://identcentral.co.uk/idents/itv/itv-regions/westward-television/ Ident Central: Westward Television]
6. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G-5H3KT6CY BBC News ITV franchise changes ATV, Southern & Westward, TV-AM 28th December 1980 28 December 1980]
7. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As53uyTNE0E Audio of the handover from Westward to TSW]
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