03-07-2023, 09:14 AM
Having watched the July 1983 startup video again, the two local adverts on TV-am were slides with voiceovers, so they could've been recorded by a Granada announcer, or someone at TV-am, and transmitted out from Knutsford for the North west. As for the switch to Granada, and the colour bars, if the bars were coming from Birmingham, then it raises questions about the Saturday morning output playout; TVS made 73, but I thought it was transmitted down the line to LWT, who handled the Saturday morning output playout, to avoid hiring vision circuits etc. Similar idea to daytime mornings from 1988, with a quiz, This Morning, The Time The Place etc, Granada handling the switching. So, why were there bars from Birmingham.
Unless, the other theory may have been, Central were recording something from Granada, and Granada forgot about the colour bars.
Unless, the other theory may have been, Central were recording something from Granada, and Granada forgot about the colour bars.