Timeline of Westward Television

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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.

• 1962 to 1967
  • No events.

• 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.
  • Later in 1969 – EMI purchases Keith Prowse Music Publishing from Westward.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 1974 to 1978
  • No events.

• 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.

• 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 – i.e. 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.

See also

• History of ITV
• History of ITV television idents
• Timeline of ITV

References

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