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So i take it Yorkshire ditched the Channel 3 branding on 26th January 1998, which was two months before Tyne Tees was reinstated on 9th March of that same year? Am i right?

My recollection was the start of February but it was a long time ago now.

The first episode of Emmerdale to be produced with the new endcap was Tuesday 10th February 1998 - initially it did still state “for IT\*”; that didn’t change until Tuesday 6th October 1998, coinciding with the time ITV unveiled their new logo (though, as an aside, I believe the new logo took a while to be incorporated into the presentation of the various regions, and wasn’t routinely used on endcaps). 

Anyway, this implies a possible change to YTV’s presentation around 6th-9th February, though of course Emmerdale episodes could have been in the can with the “3s” endcap and not re-edited, or this may have even been covered up “live”.(I’m basing this info on the ITV3 repeat run). YTV were on the ball with the October change though, so the theory holds some water.

BTW, when did Granada take over YTV and TTT? Do any of the above dates coincide?