Articles by Eric Croston

Three different ways of doing news for three different ITV regions

Technological developments abound at the IBA: teletext, satellites, standards conversion and much more

The new concrete Emley Moor mast is commissioned

Photographs of the people behind the pictures

24-hour radio of all types from ten ILR stations

New technology sweeps ITV, with ENG, computer editing and ½-inch tape at the fore

The technical side to getting television to your home… and to the transmitter

The next round of ILR stations has been approved

Border Television punches above its weight

UHF coverage maps for ITV in 1979

It sounds amazing, but one day soon we could all be watching television that arrives at our homes from a satellite

Examining Granada’s 13-part series looking at Television

Inside the 20-year battle for a fourth channel

There’s always something new and different on Channel 4

The country’s newest, and most innovative, news programme

Channel 4’s first two years have seen an explosion in British filmmaking

Innovation comes from local radio – and vice versa

A tiny company serves the largest area thanks to modern technology

Yorkshire Television peers through the revolving door of 10 Downing Street

A system of networking on early 1980s ILR

ITN is called into action when a siege at an embassy in London comes to a shocking end

A second tranche of Independent Local Radio stations could soon be approved by the government. How will they be chosen?

World of Sport airs every Saturday on ITV – but work on the programme begins on Tuesday

The second phase of ILR begins as CBC comes on air in Cardiff

The first brand new national TV channel in almost 20 years has arrived

What makes ITV worth watching is regional programmes from your local station, says the IBA in 1976

The not-so-simple process of getting the output of the cameras to your TV screen in 1967

A trip behind the scenes of the frantic treadmill involved in producing two episodes a week of ‘Coronation Street’ in 1979

A gallery of photos from the construction of the Beacon Hill Channel 4 extension in the early 1980s

Inside ITV’s teletext service ORACLE in 1985

From chromakey to cycloramas, the jargon of television production in 1975 is explained here

Some technical details of how Independent Local Radio sounds so different in 1977

Looking forward to the arrival of TV-am, later in 1983

The IBA celebrates diversity on ITV in 1983

A look at how IBA transmitters were going solid-state in 1975

A look back at your favourite ITV light entertainment shows from 1970

How can you get the IBA to build you an ILR station in 1979?

A look at what children were watching on ITV in 1963

The work of the mobile maintenance teams in 1974

How Central changed ATV’s drama output