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1970. 6 April – HTV starts broadcasting in colour, [1] initially only from the Wenvoe transmitter in Wales and from this day the station becomes known on the air as HTV. 30 May – A separate HTV West service is launched on UHF from the Mendip transmitter [2] which coincided with a new full-evening news programme for the region called Report West.
HTV also began to supply local commercial playout for both S4C and the new Channel 4, which at that time, carried regional advertising in the West. The Pontcanna premises could not be expanded sufficiently to accommodate the increased studio production and so a new studio complex was constructed at Culverhouse Cross on the western outskirts of ...
Regional and sub-regional news and weather coverage may extend to include overlap areas. ... HTV West HTV (West) ITV1 West of England; ITV1 West [note 9]
ITV Cymru Wales is the ITV franchise for Wales.The new separate licence began on 1 January 2014, replacing the long-serving dual franchise region ITV Wales & West serving Wales and the West of England, which had previously used the branding "ITV Wales" within the Wales subregion.
6 April – HTV starts broadcasting in colour and from this day, the station becomes known on air as HTV rather than Harlech Television. [5] The service for Wales becomes known as HTV Cymru Wales. (HTV's "general" 405-line VHF service for South Wales and the West of England continues as a separate service). 1971. No events. 1972
ITV West Country is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the South West England franchise area on the ITV network.Previously, between 2009 and 2013, the area was a non-franchise region, branded with the same name, incorporating the former ITV Westcountry franchise area and the ITV West sub-region of the ITV Wales & West franchise.
The opening of a colour service from the Mendip transmitter in May 1970 led to the creation of a separate HTV West service and the launch of a full evening news programme for the region, Report West. Up until the early 1980s, the first half of the programme also aired on HTV's 'General Service', followed by a full edition of Report Wales.
1970. June – A separate HTV West service is launched, as is a full evening news programme for the region called Report West.; 1971. No events. 1972. 11 September – Scottish television launches Scotland Today, although the programme is only broadcast for ten months each year.