1. 1960s

2. 1970s

3. 1980s

4. 1990s

5. 2000s

6. See also

7. References

This is a timeline of the history of Grampian Television. Events after the renaming of Grampian Television as STV North in 2006 and the replacement of North Tonight with STV News at Six in 2009 are covered on the Scottish Television timeline.

1960s

• 1960
  • August – North of Scotland Television is awarded the licence to cover north and north east Scotland on the condition that positions on the board are offered to the two losing applicants.

• 1961
  • 11 January – North of Scotland Television is renamed Grampian Television as it is thought that the North of Scotland TV name would be too cumbersome.
  • 30 September – At 2.45pm, Grampian Television, the ITV franchise for North East Scotland, goes on air.

• 1962
  • No events.

• 1963
  • No events.

• 1964
  • No events.

• 1965
  • No events.

• 1966
  • No events.

• 1967
  • Prior to the 1968 contract round, smaller regional stations sought an affiliation with one of the four major ITV companies, who would provide the bulk of their programming. Grampian links up with ABC Weekend Television.^[1]

• 1968
  • 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.

• 1969
  • No events.

1970s

• 1970
  • No events.

• 1971
  • 30 September – Grampian Television marks its tenth birthday by commencing colour transmissions.^[2]

• 1972
  • 16 October – Following a law change which removed all restrictions on broadcasting hours, ITV is able to launch an afternoon service.

• 1973
  • No events.

• 1974
  • No events.

• 1975
  • No events.

• 1976
  • No events.

• 1977
  • Grampian makes slight changes to its logo, most notably removing the animation.^[3]

• 1978
  • Grampian Television becomes the first British television station to adopt ENG video cameras for news coverage - a move which finally allows its regional news programme, Grampian Today, to extend from three to five nights a week. Grampian also develops its own outside broadcast unit, initially using studio equipment.

• 1979
  • 10 August – The ten week ITV strike forces Grampian Television off the air. The strike ends on 24 October.

1980s

• 1980
  • 7 January – Grampian Today is relaunched as North Tonight as part of an effort to reflect northern Scotland as a whole. The new programme replaced Grampian Today which had been on air since around 1978.

• 1981
  • No events.

• 1982
  • Grampian updates its logo.^[4]

• 1983
  • 1 February – ITV’s breakfast television service TV-am launches. It is a UK-wide service and therefore contains no Scottish-specific content. Consequently, Grampian’s broadcast day now begins at 9:25 am.
  • Grampian is using a studio in Inverness to increase newsgathering across the Highlands and Islands.

• 1984
  • Debut of Grampian Television’s current affairs programme Crossfire.

• 1985
  • 3 January – The last day of transmission using the 405-lines system.
  • April – Grampian Television introduces a new computerised logo.^[5]

• 1986
  • No events.

• 1987
  • 7 September – Following the transfer of ITV Schools to Channel 4, ITV provides a full morning programme schedule, with advertising, for the first time. The new service includes regular five-minute national and regional news bulletins.

• 1988
  • Grampian launches weekend regional news bulletins.
  • 2 September – Grampian begins 24-hour broadcasting.^[6] Consequently, the late night bulletin disappears because Grampian simulcasts the Night Time service from Granada Television.

• 1989
  • 1 September – ITV introduces its first official logo as part of an attempt to unify the network under one image whilst retaining regional identity. Grampian adopts the look.Grampian makes slight changes to tis logo, most notably removing the animation.^[7]

1990s

• 1990
  • No events.

• 1991
  • 16 October – Grampian retains its licence. There were three applicants for the licence and the other two bid more than Grampian. However both failed the quality threshold test.

• 1992
  • No events.

• 1993
  • No events.

• 1994
  • May – Grampian expands into radio and in conjunction with Border Television, Grampian is awarded the central Scotland licence. The station, Scot FM, launches on 16th September.

• 1995
  • No events.

• 1996
  • July – Grampian sells Scot FM to the Independent Radio Group for £5.25 million.^[8]

• 1997
  • June – SMG buys Grampian Television, the ITV contractor for Northern Scotland, for £105 million.^[9] Shortly afterwards, the company became SMG.

• 1998
  • Spring – In-vision continuity is dropped with announcements made over a new black ident. Grampian makes slight changes to tis logo, most notably removing the animation.^[10]
  • 15 November – The public launch of digital terrestrial TV in the UK takes place.

• 1999
  • No events.

2000s

• 2000
  • 28 February – Having decided not to adopt the 1999 ITV generic look, Scottish and Grampian launch a new on-screen logo.^[11]

• 2001
  • Grampian closes its Stornoway studio.

• 2002
  • No events.

• 2003
  • 6 January – Scottish and Grampian adopt the celebrity idents package, albeit with their own logos attached and with idents featuring a lot more Scottish personalities alongside those of ITV1.
  • June – STV North's Aberdeen headquarters move to new smaller studios in the city's Tullos area in June 2003, vacating a converted tram depot that had been used since Grampian Television's launch in September 1961.

• 2004
  • 8 January – Grampian’s regional current affairs and politics series Crossfire is replaced by a new programme, Politics Now, which is broadcast on both Grampian and STV.

• 2005
  • 30 May – STV launches across Scotland replacing the previously separate services of Scottish and Grampian.

• 2006
  • 30 May – Scottish Television is rebranded as 'STV' and the rebrand is rolled out across all of Scotland, thereby consigning the Grampian Television brand to history after 45 years. The area formerly covered by Grampian is now called STV North. North Tonight remans on air until 23 March 2009 when it is rebranded as STV News at Six.^[12]

• 2007
  • 8 January – Viewers of North Tonight begin to receive two different programmes - those in the Dundee, Angus, Perthshire and north-east Fife area receive a dedicated bulletin within the main North Tonight programme.

• 2008
  • No events.

• 2009
  • 20 March – The last main edition of North Tonight is aired ahead of a major revamp.
  • 23 March – STV News at Six launches across Scotland as it also replacemes Scotland Today.^[13] The bulletins remain fully localised although sub-regional inserts are now just five minute opt-outs.

See also

• History of ITV
• History of ITV television idents
• Timeline of ITV
• Timeline of television in Scotland

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