Hi Anthony. This sounds great. Everybody should hear it. All the best, Nigel

Many thanks, the information you have provided has been added to both Tyne Tees' and LWT's descriptions, All the best, Nigel.

Hi. Most of the relay stations were placed in South Wales in the valleys as Wenvoe (main trans) couldn't quite 'peek' around the corners. This listing is from 1978, so there are many more transmitters in service now all over Wales. All the best, Nigel.

@@nigelcash5284 it would probably be a good idea to be done with transmitters in wales and just rely on satellite instead ;-).

Hi Andy. Richard Addinsell wrote this most wonderful composition. You can certainly hear the ocean, landscapes and hornpipe; very regional. However, the IBA decided that Southern wasn't the best company to lead the region through the 80s and that TVS had the better plans. I think that TVS did a wonderful job. Had it not been for the 1990s franchise auction, I think that TVS would have survived comfortably. Best wished, Nigel.

Hi Richard, many thanks for ypur wonderful comments. I am glad that you enjoyed the nostalgia along with the new. I've learned a lot since I started the channel. HTV was one of my fave ITV companies. Some of my relatives used to live in Bath, so I visited them quite regularly. Once again, thank you and all the best to you, Nigel.

Hi. I am so happy that you are pleased with the result. I very much had you in mind when editing the video. I have credited you in the description for the info you forwarded. I think that I only repeated one scene, which was the Menai Suspension Bridge. All the very best to you, Nigel.

Hi. I lived in the London ITV area as well with Anglia as a 2nd region. I agree that I always loved the handover from Thames as well, as I knew that we were all going to have a quality weekend's worth of TV. I very rarely watched the BBC at all in those days. How I lament the loss of such a great ITV company. Best wishes, Nigel.

@@nigelcash5284 Great childhood memories. Couldn't wait to come back from school to my now late grandparents house on Fridays. 7pm was my particular favourite bit. Either Family Fortunes with Bob Monkhouse or Play Your Cards Right.

Hi Denise. I really love the LWT startup theme as it is musically as relevant and timeless now as it was in the early 70s. The fact that the regional ITV companies are no longer around is a great loss to British broadcasting. Hope you enjoyed the video, all the best, Nigel.

@@nigelcash5284 I did. Thanks

Hi MrSean64. 'Bring in the New', I remember their first aired programme well as I could get a decent signal from the Bluebell Hill transmitter at the time. Southern were extremely bitter towards TVS after losing their franchise, but the new company did a great job. Unfortunately, they became a little too ambitious to grow the company which made it financially unstable and their 1991 franchise bid was judged too high by the IBA to be sustainable ovet 10 years. All the best, Nigel.

I'm looking at transmitter coverage maps in some 1970s ITV yearbooks and it looks like what you're saying is true. I also see that no part of Harrogate could receive YTV's signal even though it's further south than Ripon and therefore closer to the Emley Moor transmitter. That's the UHF signal; the VHF signal is a different story.

Hi. I have used quite a bit of material from Dave Jeffery and greatly admire his work. I always give him the credit for material used. Howevet, on this occasion the ATV ident is not from him. All the best, Nigel.

Hi. I'm glad that you liked the video, there is still a much longer version of this theme used to open the channel. I will do a video when i have done a lot more research. The Panopticon - Singing-Ringing tree was a sculpture that had to be included. I did not make enough of the south of the region even though Chester was included. I think that most ITV companies did not film videos as it might have been expensive and they might alsi need to be updated quite regularly. Of course, until 1982, Granada transmitted to the southetn Lake District, which I included here. All the best. Nigel.

Hi Ian. I wanted to show the beauty of the Midlands here, and it would appear that I succeeded. ATV had two versions of the movie. I didn't go for the fluffy sheep dog or the power station approach. But I do believe that the beauty of The Malverns were included in the originals. References to the culture of the Midlands was also important. Thanks for the thumbs-up, it means a lot. Best wishes, Nigel.

@ianhalsall-fox: Preferred the "River" ident.

Hi. I gather that you are not a Bruce Gyngell fan. The rebrand of YTV/TTTV was inexplicable especially for Tyne Tees viewers who 'hated' it. Thatcher's bill leading to the 1991 franchise round was a disaster for ITV in general. TV-am lost its franchise for which Thatcher wrote a personal apology to Gyngell. The whole thing was a mess with many great ITV companies losing out in a bizarre bidding 'war'. Even HTV, TTTV and YTV were almost lost due to the ITC considering failing them on their business plans. Others were either unopposed or underbid their rivals, winning on quality. Get me the smelling salts. Such is life. All the best, Nigel.

@@nigelcash5284 To be honest it was pretty much Thatcherite by the time the famous five had been ousted out and a Mr Aitkin was temporarily brought in, until he realised you're not supposed to that if you're a sitting MP (I'm surprised he did what he was supposed to). Not much of a Gyngell fan, he ruined YTV too and for the unlucky TTTV who had to take on the full C3 rebrand, it was dreadful.

@@Sheffield_Steve It was the 1990 Broadcasting Bill that tore ITV and Independent Local Radio to pieces.