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Vine worked for the North Devon Journal Herald from the age of 17 and various newspapers, becoming the sports editor of the Western Morning News in Plymouth. He joined Westward Television in 1961, though he worked for the BBC for the majority of his broadcasting career. He joined the BBC, to work on BBC2, in 1966.
[2] [a] [4] From 1946 BBC Television broadcast Wimbledon live from 2-3pm until approximately 7.30pm. [5] [6] With play starting on centre court after 2pm in those days, this represented a full day's play, though sometimes the coverage was shared with other sports such as cricket and racing, a practice that was to continue until 1998. [7]
The 1967 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 26 June until Saturday 8 July 1967. [1] It was the 81st staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1967.
Desmond Michael Lynam, OBE [1] (born 17 September 1942) is an Irish-born British television and radio presenter. In a broadcasting career spanning more than forty years, he has hosted television coverage of many of the world's major sporting events, presenting Grandstand, Match of the Day, Wimbledon, the Grand National, Sportsnight, the World Cup and Olympic Games, as well as presenting non ...
High-definition television coverage of Wimbledon is broadcast by the BBC for the first time. The BBC HD channel shows continual live coverage during the tournament of Centre Court and Court No. 1 as well as the evening highlights show Today at Wimbledon. 2008. No events. 2009. December – The BBC broadcasts the end of year ATP Finals for the ...
The Wimbledon World Lawn Tennis Professional Championships, also known as the Wimbledon Pro, was a men's tennis tournament held in August 1967. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The tournament was sponsored and broadcast by the BBC to mark the invention of colour television .
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29 September – BBC Radio 1 'borrows' BBC Radio 2's FM frequencies on a weeknight for the final time following the start of a programme of switching on transmitters to allow BBC Radio 1 to broadcast full-time on FM which, at this time, was available to two thirds of the UK. Anne Robinson, and Billy Butler join, and Stuart Hall leaves.