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ITN's News at Ten from 14 August 1967 devotes 10 minutes of its programme to the closure of the offshore stations and the forthcoming launch of BBC Radio One.

ITN's News At Ten on the closure of the offshore stations

It's 1971 and Ireland is hosting the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time. Terry Wogan is there, ready to commentate for BBC Radio 2, but clearly with very little bandwidth. Someone manages to get a better feed - but one, Radio 2 continuity discover, with no Wogan attached...

BBC Radio 2 coverage of the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest

In the 1970s, our honorary president was Geoffrey Lugg, head of presentation at ABC and Thames. He recorded many hours of tapes from 1970 onwards detailing how Thames was formed and what its presentation practices were, as well his memories of ABC and of Rediffusion in 1956 and 1968. Here's a brief excerpt from his first tape, in February 1970, where he talks about the importance of presentation and how Thames hands over to LWT on Fridays at 7.

The Geoffrey Lugg Tapes - 001

A promo for YTV's first drama, voiced by Harlech's Peter Lewis, the David Hamilton closes down ABC on its last Saturday night.

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ABC's final Saturday closedown, 27 July 1968

David Hamilton closes ABC North down for the very final time on Sunday 28 July 1968 with this special trip down memory lane, also featuring Keith Martin with the final weather forecast.

Goodbye to ABC, final programme on ABC, 28 July 1968

In the week of 22 February 1971, LWT teeters on the edge yet again and faces a takeover from Rupert Murdoch. Ludovic Kennedy and Barrie Penrose at the BBC's '24 Hours' stir the pot... or investigate the troubled broadcaster.

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David Gasson