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RE: TV Social Media Pres Gold - Stooky Bill - 10-11-2023

9 minutes of early 90's cable channel Wire TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaKCCnFudZU 

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RE: TV Social Media Pres Gold - James2001 - 10-11-2023

Richard Whitely's other half on hosting duties there.

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RE: TV Social Media Pres Gold - lookoutwales - 10-11-2023

Kinda has the whiff of a genuine Radio Active/KYTV flavour to it all, doesn't it?

Think Mike Morris got involved with it at some point post-TV-am - and didn't it end up as a low-budget sports channel or some such by the time it closed?

Talking of Mrs Whiteley, there's this clip of her fronting Calendar Kids - one of the many Calendar spin-offs - from 1978. Quite possibly featuring the first instance of a female football commentator on British TV, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZVTQ1QvHoc 

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RE: TV Social Media Pres Gold - Stooky Bill - 10-11-2023

(10-11-2023, 06:30 PM)lookoutwales Wrote:  Think Mike Morris got involved with it at some point post-TV-am - and didn't it end up as a low-budget sports channel or some such by the time it closed?

Wire TV started a channel called Sportswire. Eventually it got bought by the Mirror Group and became L!ve TV

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RE: TV Social Media Pres Gold - Stooky Bill - 13-11-2023

Snippets of Channel 4 and Thames around midday on 26th October 1984.

A great choice of viewing on independent television.. Channel 4 hasn't started yet and isshowing a testcard and 4-Tel in vision. Thames is on strike and just showing it's logo and music.


https://youtu.be/2YmkIuK1Os4?si=EUdoutl6kBBmxg8o 

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RE: TV Social Media Pres Gold - lookoutwales - 13-11-2023

(13-11-2023, 12:26 PM)Stooky Bill Wrote:  Snippets of Channel 4 and Thames around midday on 26th October 1984.

A great choice of viewing on independent television..  Channel 4 hasn't started yet and isshowing a testcard and 4-Tel in vision. Thames is on strike and just showing it's logo and music.

https://youtu.be/2YmkIuK1Os4?si=EUdoutl6kBBmxg8o 

And Thames wouldn't have made it on air until around 1.30pm - management were approaching the end of their first week putting out a makeshift service.

LWT took over at its normal time that evening (just the small matter of another 15 minutes for The Six O'Clock Show to fill) and TV-am wasn't affected either way.

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RE: TV Social Media Pres Gold - James2001 - 13-11-2023

The days of hours of test card... bring it back :p

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RE: TV Social Media Pres Gold - Stooky Bill - 13-11-2023

(13-11-2023, 01:47 PM)James2001 Wrote:  The days of hours of test card... bring it back :p

I was surprised to see that Thames just put up a still of their logo rather than a caption. But I suppose by that point and with only 3 TV channels everyone was aware of them being on strike.

Here's a clip of the start of programmes 3 days later, they had a menu up before going on air
https://youtu.be/OnKsIEQXKw4?si=200bnBOOPp0yYWI4 

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RE: TV Social Media Pres Gold - lookoutwales - 13-11-2023

From Neil Miles of this parish...what seems to be a closed circuit OB feed of Radio 2's Children in Need music marathon from 1992.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOA50XQ_T88 

Interesting point in time in Radio 2's history - Ken was at the start of a 30-year plus stretch on mid-mornings while Brian Hayes (better known for his abrasive approach to talk radio) was about to be ditched after a year on breakfast in favour of the returning Terry Wogan.

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RE: TV Social Media Pres Gold - VMPhil - 16-11-2023

https://x.com/mauracurrie/status/1725068327922380829?s=46 

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