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On Monday 24 September 1990, a third sub-regional opt-out for south Yorkshire and north Derbyshire was introduced – "South" from Sheffield initially aired at lunchtime and within the main 6 pm programme, while "East" (Hull) aired in east Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and north Norfolk, and Calendar News was broadcast to the rest of the region (west ...
Christa Ackroyd – presenter on Calendar during the 1990s; she left to join the BBC's Look North. Kaye Adams – journalist on Central Television; later presenter on Scottish TV. Jonathan Aitken – presenter on Yorkshire Television's Calendar from 1968 until
Ackroyd switched to television in 1990 and became a co-anchor for Yorkshire Television's regional news programme Calendar, originally alongside Richard Whiteley, and later, Mike Morris. In September 2001, she switched to the BBC to present the Leeds-based edition of Look North with Harry Gration. [4] [5]
Yorkshire Television launches following the decision to split the north region into two resulting in a new franchise being created for the Yorkshire area. The new contractor launches its own news operation under the title of Calendar. 30 July – Thames Television replaces Associated-Rediffusion as the holder of the London weekday franchise.
BBC Look North is the BBC's regional television news service for West, South and North Yorkshire and northern parts of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.The service is produced and broadcast from the BBC Broadcasting Centre at St. Peter's Square in Leeds with district newsrooms based in Bradford, Sheffield and York.
ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network.
1 February – ITV's breakfast television service TV-am launches. Consequently, Yorkshire Television's broadcast day now begins at 9:25am. 1984. No events. 1985. 3 January – The last day of transmission using the 405-lines system. 1986. 9 August – Yorkshire becomes the first ITV company to provide 24-hour broadcasting. [11]
The companies serving London, the Midlands, North West England and Yorkshire (which were the first to start broadcasting in 1955 and 1956) were responsible for making or commissioning the majority of nationally networked programmes; these companies were known as the "Big Four" before 1968 and the "Big Five" afterwards (reflecting the number of ...