21-12-2022, 11:05 AM
Frank Bough presented 6 o Clock Live on LWT until summer 1992, that was before the first tabloid revelations, but more came out that August. I hadn't heard he was up for the London Tonight gig, I'd have thought he wasn't as serious and credible a presenter as they were after anyway.
Yes LWT did suggest combining things like news and playout. Thames might well have gone along with it too as they'd have had to save money. The other factor is their HQ in the Euston Road. They stayed there for a while as they wound down the company and UK Gold continued to be transmitted from there. However they were going to sell the lease to either Associated Newspapers or the BBC in 1994 but the owners took it back for redevelopment. So they'd have been looking for a new home after a couple of years of the license anyway. Shacking up with LWT would have been an attractive option
Yes LWT did suggest combining things like news and playout. Thames might well have gone along with it too as they'd have had to save money. The other factor is their HQ in the Euston Road. They stayed there for a while as they wound down the company and UK Gold continued to be transmitted from there. However they were going to sell the lease to either Associated Newspapers or the BBC in 1994 but the owners took it back for redevelopment. So they'd have been looking for a new home after a couple of years of the license anyway. Shacking up with LWT would have been an attractive option