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Extension of Independent Local Radio
Published 23 January 2023
The next round of ILR stations has been approved
Pictures from the Sky
Published 21 December 2022
It sounds amazing, but one day soon we could all be watching television that arrives at our homes from a satellite
The Authority’s Plans for Channel Four
Published 2 November 2022
Inside the 20-year battle for a fourth channel
New Initiatives on Channel 4
Published 2 November 2022
There’s always something new and different on Channel 4
ILR Meeting the Challenge
Published 19 October 2022
Innovation comes from local radio – and vice versa
Electronic technology to serve the Grampian area
Published 5 October 2022
A tiny company serves the largest area thanks to modern technology
How the new look will change ITV
Published 22 September 2022
The franchise results are in. What will this mean for ITV in the 1980s?
Tuning in with the winners
Published 22 September 2022
Elkan Allan looks at what convinced the IBA to pick TVS, TSW and TV-am
All up to the advertisers
Published 29 August 2022
The government has announced it plans to start commercial radio in the UK
In tune with Channel 4
Published 4 July 2022
The Channel 4 main transmitter network is complete, but there’s more to do
Selection of ILR areas and companies
Published 25 April 2022
A second tranche of Independent Local Radio stations could soon be approved by the government. How will they be chosen?
Small but strong
Published 21 March 2022
CHANNEL TELEVISION AT 60 • The closest we got to local community TV
Who does what in ITV
Published 19 November 2021
The Independent Broadcasting Authority explains who does what in ITV
Breakfast with Anna
Published 15 October 2021
The new ITV contracts are announced, to mixed reviews from the Daily Mirror
The birth of a channel
Published 2 August 2021
The first brand new national TV channel in almost 20 years has arrived
ITV’s Regional Strength
Published 9 October 2020
What makes ITV worth watching is regional programmes from your local station, says the IBA in 1976
Commercial radio on way – 60 stations to be opened
Published 28 September 2020
The government gives the go-ahead for Independent Local Radio in 1971
Blueprint for channel 4
Published 2 September 2020
What does Channel 4 hold for the viewer when it launches in 2 years?
Building for Channel 4
Published 29 July 2020
A gallery of photos from the construction of the Beacon Hill Channel 4 extension in the early 1980s
Who does what in ITV?
Published 22 April 2019
The Independent Broadcasting Authority explains who does what in ITV in this booklet from 1973
Private Eye’s take on the 1979 ITV strike
Published 25 October 2018
Satirical magazine Private Eye’s view of the ITV strike in 1979
TV franchise – the picture is unclear
Published 18 October 2018
Ructions at City Road as Tyne Tees wins its franchise in 1980 but is ordered to restructure
The Sound of ILR
Published 1 October 2018
Some technical details of how Independent Local Radio sounds so different in 1977
Thames in the ITA and IBA yearbooks
Published 31 July 2018
How Thames presented itself in every ITA/IBA yearbook from 1969 until 1988
Waking up to Television
Published 7 June 2018
Looking forward to the arrival of TV-am, later in 1983
Oracle – Broadcasting the Written Word
Published 26 March 2018
The IBA introduces its experimental ‘Oracle’ service in the early 1970s
A Solid Step Forward
Published 12 March 2018
A look at how IBA transmitters were going solid-state in 1975
Get into view with new channel
Published 24 October 2017
Channel 4 is coming, so please help your elderly neighbours tune in
So you want an ILR station?
Published 7 August 2017
How can you get the IBA to build you an ILR station in 1979?
► CBC test transmissions
Published 2 June 2017
New local radio station CBC in Cardiff prepares to come on air in 1980