Comments on: The last announcement from Alpha, 1969 https://alphatelevision.services/presentation/the-last-announcement-from-alpha-1969/ Alpha Television Services (Birmingham) Limited | The studios of ABC and ATV in Birmingham Thu, 08 Oct 2020 15:06:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Derek Savage https://alphatelevision.services/presentation/the-last-announcement-from-alpha-1969/#comment-42 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 08:55:40 +0000 http://alphatelevision.services/?p=263#comment-42 The last announcement from Aston was made at the end of Thursday night’s programmes on 25 September 1969, according to The Birmingham Post.
The next day’s edition reported ‘At 12.5am today, ATV bade farewell from its Aston studios, the former cinema which has been used as a TV studio since 1956. The announcer, Jill Palmer (sic) told viewers that all programmes would now be coming from ATV’s new headquarters, Paradise Centre.’
The same newspaper, on 5 September 1969, had reported that programmes for schools would be the first to be broadcast from ATV’s new centre – starting at 11am on Monday 22 September.

]]> By: Russ J Graham https://alphatelevision.services/presentation/the-last-announcement-from-alpha-1969/#comment-5 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 19:11:28 +0000 http://alphatelevision.services/?p=263#comment-5 In reply to Andrew Hesford.

Autumn 1969 is the best we can say.

]]> By: Andrew Hesford https://alphatelevision.services/presentation/the-last-announcement-from-alpha-1969/#comment-4 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 18:42:16 +0000 http://alphatelevision.services/?p=263#comment-4 What was the date of the last announcement??

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