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In 1980, Anglia successfully retained the franchise after defeating a challenge from East of England TV, who wished to operate from Cambridge. [11] In addition, the IBA bowed to public pressure from 70,000 viewers in northern parts of Norfolk who were served by Yorkshire Television via the Belmont Transmitter; many of the viewers had gone to "considerable trouble and expense" to receive Anglia ...
25 January – Three new low-powered relay stations carrying Anglia are built in North Norfolk to improve reception in that area following public pressure from 70,000 viewers who since 1974 had been served by Yorkshire Television. Many of these viewers had gone to "considerable trouble and expense" to receive Anglia Television.
Richard George Joice (1921 in Great Ryburgh, Norfolk – 1 October 1999) was a British regional television presenter renowned in the East of England for his Anglia Television programmes - particularly the Bygones series that ran from 1967 for twenty years. [1] He was a director of Anglia TV in the company's infancy and its head of local programmes.
From 1 January 1974, East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and parts of north Norfolk (served by the Belmont transmitter) were transferred to the Yorkshire Television area, although the Anglia weather department continued to produce special regional forecasts for the area for several years.
Anglia News replaced the long-running news magazine programme About Anglia on Monday, 9 July 1990. Initially, there were two sub-regional editions for the East (Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex), and West (Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, northern Hertfordshire, northern Buckinghamshire (including the City of Milton Keynes), southern Lincolnshire, southern Rutland and a small part of ...
9 July – About Anglia ends and is replaced by Anglia News. The change sees Anglia produce two separate news services - East (Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex), and West (Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, northern Hertfordshire, northern Buckinghamshire, southern Lincolnshire, southern Rutland and a small part of southern ...
East of England (includes Lincolnshire, East Riding of Yorkshire and northern parts of Norfolk from 20 December 1965) Anglia Television: 27 October 1959 10 November 1958 Northern Ireland (includes Londonderry, Tyrone and Fermanagh from 18 February 1963) Ulster Television (UTV) 31 October 1959 16 December 1959 South West England: Westward Television
The regional television company Anglia Television began its operations from the old Agricultural Hall, renaming it Anglia House, across the road from the hotel in 1959. For the next 20 years the hotel became popular with actors and actress who appeared in Anglia's network drama programmes or in their regular local series.