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- 1950s
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- See also
- References
This is a timeline of the history of Southern Television. 1950s- 1958
- 30 August – At 5:30 pm, Southern Television begins broadcasting.
1960s - 1960
- January – After winning the right to broadcast to Kent and East Sussex, Southern starts broadcasting to that area.[1]
- Southern makes minor changes to the visual look of its on-screen logo. The stylised star is banished and replaced by a more compass-like star symbol.[2]
- 1961
- Southern opens studios in Dover. This enables Southern to provide localised news opt-outs for the East of the region - the first television service of its kind in Britain.
- 1964
- 9 October – Southern launches a weekly news magazine for the South East of England called Friday on Ten. This is shown instead of the Friday edition of regional news magazine Day by Day.
- 1966
- Southern Television Limited renames itself Southern Independent Television Limited as part of the 1968 ITV franchise round.
- 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
- 19 August – Ahead of the launch of colour broadcasting, Southern moves into its new purpose-built studios.
- 13 December — Southern starts broadcasting in colour but does not mark the change with any alteration to its logo other than replacing the black background with a blue background.[3]
1970s - 1972
- 16 October – Following a law change which removed all restrictions on broadcasting hours, ITV is able to launch an afternoon service.
- 1977
- Due to the popularity of weekly magazine programme Scene South East, Southern launches Scene Midweek. This replaces part two of the Wednesday edition of Day by Day.
- 26 November – At around 5:10 pm, the Southern Television broadcast interruption takes place. The disruption, which occurs at the Hannington transmitter, is to sound only and lasts for six minutes.[4]
- 1979
- 10 August – The ten week ITV strike forces Southern Television off the air. The strike ends on 24 October.
1980s - 1980
- 28 December – The Independent Broadcasting Authority announces that Southern has lost its franchise to TVS.[5]
- 1981
- August – Southern sells its studios to TVS but Southern continues to use them until its franchise runs out at the end of the year.
- 1982
- 1 January – Southern Television closes down for the final time at 12:43 am.[6]
See also - History of ITV
- History of ITV television idents
- Timeline of ITV
References1. ^Southern - The Broadcasting Years
2. ^[https://identcentral.co.uk/idents/itv/itv-regions/southern-television/ Ident Central: Southern Television]
3. ^[https://identcentral.co.uk/idents/itv/itv-regions/southern-television/ Ident Central: Southern Television]
4. ^Sunday Express, 27 November 1977, p. 28.
5. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G-5H3KT6CY BBC News - ITV franchise changes ATV, Southern & Westward, TV-AM 28th December 1980 28 December 1980]
6. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2QS-aLGSGE Footage of the final moments of Southern Television]
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