02-07-2023, 10:33 AM
Yes there was regional advertising in the early days of TVam, some originating in Knutsford which would have been providing those seen in Granadaland. Some details here: www.dgsys.co.uk
Possibly it was some early days teething issues with the BT switching?
Difficult to tell with that video exactly what's going on with those colour bars as theres a lot of signal disturbance which isn't helped by the recording. The BAT identifier appears and disappears seperately to the bars, possibly there's even two sets of bars seen there but I think it's the video levels fluctuating in the switching. Possibly that's not a fade but just something in the switching and the video level disappearing slowly?
If it was an outside source left switched to air when Granada went live then it's not the only example, there's a clip on YouTube of them going on air with the audio from TVS's opening sequence.
youtu.be
Same announcer oddly, I wonder if there was some sort of routine where they'd watch, reversion/voiceover and/or record trails coming down the line through the TX desk before they started for the day? Then they forget or don't get round to taking it off the desk?
Possibly it was some early days teething issues with the BT switching?
Difficult to tell with that video exactly what's going on with those colour bars as theres a lot of signal disturbance which isn't helped by the recording. The BAT identifier appears and disappears seperately to the bars, possibly there's even two sets of bars seen there but I think it's the video levels fluctuating in the switching. Possibly that's not a fade but just something in the switching and the video level disappearing slowly?
If it was an outside source left switched to air when Granada went live then it's not the only example, there's a clip on YouTube of them going on air with the audio from TVS's opening sequence.
youtu.be
Same announcer oddly, I wonder if there was some sort of routine where they'd watch, reversion/voiceover and/or record trails coming down the line through the TX desk before they started for the day? Then they forget or don't get round to taking it off the desk?