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Published 19 November 2021
The Independent Broadcasting Authority explains who does what in ITV
Published 15 October 2021
The new ITV contracts are announced, to mixed reviews from the Daily Mirror
Published 2 August 2021
The first brand new national TV channel in almost 20 years has arrived
Published 9 October 2020
What makes ITV worth watching is regional programmes from your local station, says the IBA in 1976
Published 28 September 2020
The government gives the go-ahead for Independent Local Radio in 1971
Published 2 September 2020
What does Channel 4 hold for the viewer when it launches in 2 years?
Published 29 July 2020
A gallery of photos from the construction of the Beacon Hill Channel 4 extension in the early 1980s
Published 22 April 2019
The Independent Broadcasting Authority explains who does what in ITV in this booklet from 1973
Published 25 October 2018
Satirical magazine Private Eye’s view of the ITV strike in 1979
Published 18 October 2018
Ructions at City Road as Tyne Tees wins its franchise in 1980 but is ordered to restructure
Published 1 October 2018
Some technical details of how Independent Local Radio sounds so different in 1977
Published 31 July 2018
How Thames presented itself in every ITA/IBA yearbook from 1969 until 1988
Published 7 June 2018
Looking forward to the arrival of TV-am, later in 1983
Published 26 March 2018
The IBA introduces its experimental ‘Oracle’ service in the early 1970s
Published 12 March 2018
A look at how IBA transmitters were going solid-state in 1975
Published 24 October 2017
Channel 4 is coming, so please help your elderly neighbours tune in
Published 7 August 2017
How can you get the IBA to build you an ILR station in 1979?
Published 2 June 2017
New local radio station CBC in Cardiff prepares to come on air in 1980
Published 12 April 2017
41 years ago, Beacon Radio 303 comes on air for the first time
Published 14 February 2017
A tongue-in-cheek list of simple dos and don’ts of applying for an ITV contract from the IBA
Published 17 October 2010
Roddy Buxton on the song and dance campaign to save ATV and Elstree studios