UTV Welcomes the West of Ulster

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UTV Welcomes the West of Ulster

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Location

Belfast

Year

1963

Date

Production 15/02/1963

Length

10min 33sec

Audio

sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcast Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

This programme is an important piece of Northern Irish television history as it was made to welcome viewers in the west of the country to Ulster Television. Between 1959 and early 1963 it was only viewers in the eastern parts of Northern Ireland who could tune into UTV. However, a new transmitter in Strabane ensured that those in the west could also be entertained by the fledgling channel.

A special night of programming was prepared to appeal directly to viewers in Derry/Londonderry and the west and this welcome from the studio included words from the Northern Ireland Officer of the Independent Television Authority. It must have been considered a very solemn occasion because the studio then hands over to representatives of the four main religious denominations in Northern Ireland who were each granted generous amounts of time to address the viewers.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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