24-08-2023, 07:47 AM
(23-08-2023, 11:33 PM)i.h Wrote: although you could argue it persisted into the 2000s with some other regions. "Westcountry Live" isn't the most cryptic name, but IMO it also doesn't immediately scream news. (IIRC they originally also had shorter bulletins called "Westcountry Latest", which is more newsy)'Westcountry Live' does at least mention the name of the area and TV station, whereas the examples I gave didn't even mention that.
Incidently, two I forgot to mention are Tyne Tees' 'Northern Life' and Ulster's 'Roundabout' which sounds more like a kids show
Although the original hour long Westcountry Live (like the original London Tonight) was more than just news, there was a lot of magaziney items and features too. So that's presumably why they didn't use the word news. They were probably more similar to those early regional magazines
Incidently, Westcountry's news bulletins had all sorts of names at the start such as Westcountry Latest and Westcountry Extra. They soon unified them except for Live