12-03-2024, 11:06 AM
(12-03-2024, 10:42 AM)Neil Jones Wrote: The original hours were 6-9:15 as mentioned above, later revised to 9:25am, though I seem to remember they had 5:55am-9:15 initially for some reason that eludes me, though as 24hr broadcasting became more common, those 5 minutes went bye bye.
Though as it turned out anyway TV-am pushed back their start time to 6:15 and later 6:25 to save some money, though they did eventually come back to 6:15 but I think they didn't return to a 6am start until around the strike period.
Originally TV-am started at 6:00am in February 1983. By the time Daybreak was axed in April it became 6:30am, and when the switch was automated in May, it soon settled on a 6:25am start. That was then brought forward to 6:15am from the start of 1985, where it remained until August 1987 when it changed to a 6:00am start, probably to help the flow of 24 hour TV that was just about to start in some regions. I don’t believe this was affected by the strike. Weekend and bank holiday start times did vary between 1983 and 87.