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This is a timeline of breakfast television station [[TV-am]]
* '''1980'''
**24 January – The [[Independent Broadcasting Authority]] announces that in the next ITV franchising round it will offer a national licence for breakfast television.
**28 December – The [[Independent Broadcasting Authority|IBA]] announces that [[TV-am]] has been awarded the contract to provide ITV with a breakfast television service. It beat of six other bids for the franchise, to begin transmission in June 1983<ref>Southern and Westward TV lose franchises and others to be restructured. By Kenneth Gosling. The Times, Monday, 29 December 1980; pg. 1</ref> so as to avoid clashing with the launch of [[Channel 4]], which went on air in November 1982.
* '''1981'''
** March – TV-am chooses as its studios a former car showroom which is renovated to create the [[Breakfast Television Centre]]. <ref></ref>
* '''1982'''
**No events.
* '''1983'''
**1 February – TV-am launches on ITV, with ''[[Good Morning Britain (1983)|Good Morning Britain]]''. It is beaten to air by two weeks by the BBC’s breakfast service ''[[Breakfast Time]]''. The service operates seven days a week between 6 am to 9:15 am.
**28 February – TV-am cuts its ''[[Daybreak (1983 TV series)|Daybreak]]'' programme to thirty minutes, allowing ''[[Good Morning Britain (1983)|Good Morning Britain]]'' to begin half an hour earlier. Original ''Daybreak'' presenters [[Robert Kee]] and [[Angela Rippon]] are both replaced, with Gavin Scot (weekdays) and Lynda Barry (weekends).<ref>TV-am to start main show earlier. By Kenneth Gosling. The Times (London, England), 25 February 1983; pg. 2;</ref><ref>Breakfast TV battle claims first victim.By Kenneth Gosling. The Times (London, England), Thursday, 17 February 1983; pg. 1</ref>
**18 March – Amid falling ratings and mounting pressure from investors, [[Peter Jay]] steps aside as TV-am's Chief Executive allowing [[Jonathan Aitken]] to take on the role.<ref>Move to oust Jay at ailing TV-am. The Times (London, England), Friday, 18 March 1983; pg. 1</ref><ref>Jay ousted as backers move to save TV-amBarker, Dennis;Simpson, DavidThe Guardian (1959-2003); 19 March 1983; P1</ref><ref>TV-am shake-up expected after Peter Jay quits. The Times (London, England), Saturday, 19 March 1983</ref>
**1 April – [[Roland Rat]] makes his first appearance on [[TV-am]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Created by David Claridge and launched by TV-am Children's editor [[Anne Wood]] to entertain younger viewers during the Easter holidays,<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Roland is generally regarded as TV-am's saviour, being described as "the only rat to join a sinking ship".<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
**12 April – [[Timothy Aitken]] succeeds his cousin Jonathan as chief executive of TV-am due to the [[Independent Broadcasting Authority|IBA]] rules regarding MPs operating a television station.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
**19 April – [[Angela Rippon]] and [[Anna Ford]] are axed from TV-am.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
**29 April – [[Michael Parkinson]] is appointed to TV-am's board of directors.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
**April – [[Greg Dyke]] joins as Editor-in-Chief.
**May – The 10-minute interval between the end of TV-am and the start of the regional ITV franchises at 9:25 am ends because the switch of the broadcast signals from TV-am to each regional ITV franchise becomes an automatic process and the IBA extended TV-am's hours to 9:25 am to allow for continuous programming.
**23 May – TV-am's new look starts.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> ''[[Daybreak (1983 TV series)|Daybreak]]'' is axed, with ''Good Morning Britain'' extending to start at 6:25 am. Commander David Philpott is moved to present the weather at the weekends only, with [[Wincey Willis]] becoming the new weekday weather presenter.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
** June – [[Nick Owen]] and [[Anne Diamond]] start joint-presenting ''[[Good Morning Britain (1983 TV programme)|Good Morning Britain]]''.
**August – TV-am has a ratings success when they employ [[Chris Tarrant]] to host a series of outside broadcasts from seaside resorts across the UK.
* '''1984'''
**Australian business tycoon [[Kerry Packer]] takes a substantial minority interest in the company, and in early May he appoints his own chief executive, [[Bruce Gyngell]], to help make the company financially viable. [[Greg Dyke]] leaves with a few weeks of the appointment to take a new position with [[Television South|TVS]].<ref>TV-am chief to go in cuts dispute. By David Hewson, Arts Correspondent. The Times (London, England), Monday, 21 May 1984; pg. 3</ref> Ten days later, general manager Michael Moor also left the station.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
**12 October – The cost-cutting is brought sharply into focus in its coverage of the [[Brighton hotel bombing]]. The night before the terrorist attack, TV-am sent the production team home as it could not afford to pay for hotel rooms. When the blast occurred in the early hours, the BBC and [[Independent Television News|ITN]] provided immediate coverage. TV-am's response was limited to a caption of reporter [[John Stapleton]] reporting over the phone.<ref></ref> [[Trade union]] agreements at the time meant that technical staff at the local ITV station [[Television South|TVS]] could not provide cover for another commercial television company, and TV-am's previous conflicts with ITN meant that the latter would not share its footage. The whole affair earned the company a severe rebuke from the IBA, who told the company to invest and improve its news coverage, or it would lose its licence.
** 13 October – The first edition of children’s programme ''[[Wide Awake Club]]'' is broadcast. It replaces ''[[Data Run]]'' and ''[[Rub-a-Dub-Tub]]''. Also cancelled is summertime filler ''[[SPLAT]]''. The change is part of the cost-cutting programme.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* '''1985'''
** 3 January – TV-am expands its broadcasting hours. Weekday programmes begin ten minutes earlier during the week, at 6:15 am<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI3osNG33T8 Thames Television closedown 2 January 1985]</ref> and weekend programmes begin at 6:55 am.
** 14 September – ''[[Wide Awake Club]]'' is extended and now runs for two hours, from 7.30 am until 9.25 am.
** 3 October – [[Roland Rat]] transfers to the [[BBC]]. Commenting on the move, he says, "I saved TV-am and now I'm here to save the BBC."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
** October – Following Roland Rat’s move to the BBC, TV-am launches a new children’s programme - a spin-off from ''[[Wide Awake Cub]]'' called ''[[Wacaday]]''.
* '''1986'''
**August – After more than three years, the presenting partnership of [[Nick Owen]] and [[Anne Diamond]] ends when Nick leaves TV-am for [[ITV Sport]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* '''1987'''
** For a short period in 1987, prior to the start of 24-hour broadcasting on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]], a selection of teletext pages were broadcast in-vision prior to the start of [[TV-am]]. These pages mostly consisted of news and information about TV-am.
**July – TV-am re-introduces a news hour, running from 6 am until 7 am.
** September – TV-am recommences broadcasting each day from 6 am.
** 23 November – The TV-am strike begins after members of the technicians' union the [[ACTT]] walk out in a dispute over the station's ‘Caring Christmas Campaign’. What is meant to be a 24-hour stoppage continues for several months when staff are locked out by Managing Director [[Bruce Gyngell]]. TV-am is unable to broadcast ''[[Good Morning Britain (1983)|Good Morning Britain]]'', the regular format is replaced with shows such as ''[[Flipper (1964 TV series)|Flipper]]'', ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' and ''[[Happy Days]]''.
**December – A skeleton service that sees non-technical staff operating cameras and Gyngell himself directing proceedings, begin to allow ''[[Good Morning Britain (1983)|Good Morning Britain]]'' to start broadcasting again.
* '''1988'''
**25–29 January – [[TV-am]] airs a week of live broadcasts from [[Sydney]] to celebrate [[Australian Bicentenary|Australia's bicentenary]].
**February – The strikers are sacked and replaced with non union staff. Viewing figures remain high throughout the disruption, which continues well into 1988, although normal programming gradually resumes.
* '''1989'''
** April – ''[[Wide Awake Club]]'' is relaunched as WAC 90.
* '''1990'''
**June – ''[[Wide Awake Club|WAC 90]]'' ends and is replaced by ''[[Hey, Hey, it's Saturday! (United Kingdom)|Hey, Hey, it's Saturday!]]''.
* '''1991'''
** September – Children’s programme ''[[Hey, Hey, it's Saturday! (United Kingdom)|Hey, Hey, it's Saturday!]]'' is axed.
** October – TV-am looks to branch out into radio when it bids with Virgin Communications Ltd to operate the UK’s second [[Independent National Radio]] station.
** 16 October – The ITC announces the results of the franchise round. Following the [[Broadcasting Act 1990]], the ITC had to conduct a franchise auction whereby contracts would be given to the highest bidder, subject to fulfilling a programming ‘quality threshold.’ [[TV-am]] looses the national breakfast television franchise to Sunrise Television due to it not being the highest bidder.
* '''1992'''
** February – Ahead of the loss of its franchise, TV-am closes its in-house news service and contracts it out to [[Sky News]] for a one-off payment. Other original programming, especially children’s programming, is wound down ahead of the end of the company’s franchise.
** April – Independent Music Radio, the consortium which TV-am is a part, is awarded the second [[Independent National Radio]] licence.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
** June – [[David Frost]] leaves. His final interviewee is [[Margaret Thatcher]] whose legislation was responsible for TV-am loosing its licence.
** 31 December – At 9:25 am, TV-am ends its final broadcast after 9 years and 11 months on air.
* '''1993'''
**March – TV-am sells its stake in forthcoming national commercial radio station [[Absolute Radio|Virgin 1215]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> to [[Apax Partners]], [[JPMorgan Chase|JP Morgan Investment Corporation]] and [[David Frost|Sir David Frost]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="Observer-1997-04-13">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
** August – TV-am plc becomes Crockfords plc, since 1995 known as Capital Corporation Ltd, a gambling company which is currently non-trading.
== See also ==
* [[Timeline of breakfast television in the United Kingdom]]
* [[History of ITV]]
==References==
[[Category:History of ITV]]
[[Category:Culture-related timelines|TV-am]]
[[Category:United Kingdom media timelines|TV-am]]
[[Category:History of television in the United Kingdom|TV-am]]
[[Category:British history timelines|TV-am]]
[[Category:Years in British television|TV-am]]
[[Category:United Kingdom television timelines|TV-am]]
[[Category:Company timelines|TV-am]]
[[Category:ITV timelines|TV-am]]
* '''1980'''
**24 January – The [[Independent Broadcasting Authority]] announces that in the next ITV franchising round it will offer a national licence for breakfast television.
**28 December – The [[Independent Broadcasting Authority|IBA]] announces that [[TV-am]] has been awarded the contract to provide ITV with a breakfast television service. It beat of six other bids for the franchise, to begin transmission in June 1983<ref>Southern and Westward TV lose franchises and others to be restructured. By Kenneth Gosling. The Times, Monday, 29 December 1980; pg. 1</ref> so as to avoid clashing with the launch of [[Channel 4]], which went on air in November 1982.
* '''1981'''
** March – TV-am chooses as its studios a former car showroom which is renovated to create the [[Breakfast Television Centre]]. <ref></ref>
* '''1982'''
**No events.
* '''1983'''
**1 February – TV-am launches on ITV, with ''[[Good Morning Britain (1983)|Good Morning Britain]]''. It is beaten to air by two weeks by the BBC’s breakfast service ''[[Breakfast Time]]''. The service operates seven days a week between 6 am to 9:15 am.
**28 February – TV-am cuts its ''[[Daybreak (1983 TV series)|Daybreak]]'' programme to thirty minutes, allowing ''[[Good Morning Britain (1983)|Good Morning Britain]]'' to begin half an hour earlier. Original ''Daybreak'' presenters [[Robert Kee]] and [[Angela Rippon]] are both replaced, with Gavin Scot (weekdays) and Lynda Barry (weekends).<ref>TV-am to start main show earlier. By Kenneth Gosling. The Times (London, England), 25 February 1983; pg. 2;</ref><ref>Breakfast TV battle claims first victim.By Kenneth Gosling. The Times (London, England), Thursday, 17 February 1983; pg. 1</ref>
**18 March – Amid falling ratings and mounting pressure from investors, [[Peter Jay]] steps aside as TV-am's Chief Executive allowing [[Jonathan Aitken]] to take on the role.<ref>Move to oust Jay at ailing TV-am. The Times (London, England), Friday, 18 March 1983; pg. 1</ref><ref>Jay ousted as backers move to save TV-amBarker, Dennis;Simpson, DavidThe Guardian (1959-2003); 19 March 1983; P1</ref><ref>TV-am shake-up expected after Peter Jay quits. The Times (London, England), Saturday, 19 March 1983</ref>
**1 April – [[Roland Rat]] makes his first appearance on [[TV-am]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Created by David Claridge and launched by TV-am Children's editor [[Anne Wood]] to entertain younger viewers during the Easter holidays,<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Roland is generally regarded as TV-am's saviour, being described as "the only rat to join a sinking ship".<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
**12 April – [[Timothy Aitken]] succeeds his cousin Jonathan as chief executive of TV-am due to the [[Independent Broadcasting Authority|IBA]] rules regarding MPs operating a television station.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
**19 April – [[Angela Rippon]] and [[Anna Ford]] are axed from TV-am.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
**29 April – [[Michael Parkinson]] is appointed to TV-am's board of directors.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
**April – [[Greg Dyke]] joins as Editor-in-Chief.
**May – The 10-minute interval between the end of TV-am and the start of the regional ITV franchises at 9:25 am ends because the switch of the broadcast signals from TV-am to each regional ITV franchise becomes an automatic process and the IBA extended TV-am's hours to 9:25 am to allow for continuous programming.
**23 May – TV-am's new look starts.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> ''[[Daybreak (1983 TV series)|Daybreak]]'' is axed, with ''Good Morning Britain'' extending to start at 6:25 am. Commander David Philpott is moved to present the weather at the weekends only, with [[Wincey Willis]] becoming the new weekday weather presenter.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
** June – [[Nick Owen]] and [[Anne Diamond]] start joint-presenting ''[[Good Morning Britain (1983 TV programme)|Good Morning Britain]]''.
**August – TV-am has a ratings success when they employ [[Chris Tarrant]] to host a series of outside broadcasts from seaside resorts across the UK.
* '''1984'''
**Australian business tycoon [[Kerry Packer]] takes a substantial minority interest in the company, and in early May he appoints his own chief executive, [[Bruce Gyngell]], to help make the company financially viable. [[Greg Dyke]] leaves with a few weeks of the appointment to take a new position with [[Television South|TVS]].<ref>TV-am chief to go in cuts dispute. By David Hewson, Arts Correspondent. The Times (London, England), Monday, 21 May 1984; pg. 3</ref> Ten days later, general manager Michael Moor also left the station.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
**12 October – The cost-cutting is brought sharply into focus in its coverage of the [[Brighton hotel bombing]]. The night before the terrorist attack, TV-am sent the production team home as it could not afford to pay for hotel rooms. When the blast occurred in the early hours, the BBC and [[Independent Television News|ITN]] provided immediate coverage. TV-am's response was limited to a caption of reporter [[John Stapleton]] reporting over the phone.<ref></ref> [[Trade union]] agreements at the time meant that technical staff at the local ITV station [[Television South|TVS]] could not provide cover for another commercial television company, and TV-am's previous conflicts with ITN meant that the latter would not share its footage. The whole affair earned the company a severe rebuke from the IBA, who told the company to invest and improve its news coverage, or it would lose its licence.
** 13 October – The first edition of children’s programme ''[[Wide Awake Club]]'' is broadcast. It replaces ''[[Data Run]]'' and ''[[Rub-a-Dub-Tub]]''. Also cancelled is summertime filler ''[[SPLAT]]''. The change is part of the cost-cutting programme.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* '''1985'''
** 3 January – TV-am expands its broadcasting hours. Weekday programmes begin ten minutes earlier during the week, at 6:15 am<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI3osNG33T8 Thames Television closedown 2 January 1985]</ref> and weekend programmes begin at 6:55 am.
** 14 September – ''[[Wide Awake Club]]'' is extended and now runs for two hours, from 7.30 am until 9.25 am.
** 3 October – [[Roland Rat]] transfers to the [[BBC]]. Commenting on the move, he says, "I saved TV-am and now I'm here to save the BBC."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
** October – Following Roland Rat’s move to the BBC, TV-am launches a new children’s programme - a spin-off from ''[[Wide Awake Cub]]'' called ''[[Wacaday]]''.
* '''1986'''
**August – After more than three years, the presenting partnership of [[Nick Owen]] and [[Anne Diamond]] ends when Nick leaves TV-am for [[ITV Sport]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* '''1987'''
** For a short period in 1987, prior to the start of 24-hour broadcasting on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]], a selection of teletext pages were broadcast in-vision prior to the start of [[TV-am]]. These pages mostly consisted of news and information about TV-am.
**July – TV-am re-introduces a news hour, running from 6 am until 7 am.
** September – TV-am recommences broadcasting each day from 6 am.
** 23 November – The TV-am strike begins after members of the technicians' union the [[ACTT]] walk out in a dispute over the station's ‘Caring Christmas Campaign’. What is meant to be a 24-hour stoppage continues for several months when staff are locked out by Managing Director [[Bruce Gyngell]]. TV-am is unable to broadcast ''[[Good Morning Britain (1983)|Good Morning Britain]]'', the regular format is replaced with shows such as ''[[Flipper (1964 TV series)|Flipper]]'', ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' and ''[[Happy Days]]''.
**December – A skeleton service that sees non-technical staff operating cameras and Gyngell himself directing proceedings, begin to allow ''[[Good Morning Britain (1983)|Good Morning Britain]]'' to start broadcasting again.
* '''1988'''
**25–29 January – [[TV-am]] airs a week of live broadcasts from [[Sydney]] to celebrate [[Australian Bicentenary|Australia's bicentenary]].
**February – The strikers are sacked and replaced with non union staff. Viewing figures remain high throughout the disruption, which continues well into 1988, although normal programming gradually resumes.
* '''1989'''
** April – ''[[Wide Awake Club]]'' is relaunched as WAC 90.
* '''1990'''
**June – ''[[Wide Awake Club|WAC 90]]'' ends and is replaced by ''[[Hey, Hey, it's Saturday! (United Kingdom)|Hey, Hey, it's Saturday!]]''.
* '''1991'''
** September – Children’s programme ''[[Hey, Hey, it's Saturday! (United Kingdom)|Hey, Hey, it's Saturday!]]'' is axed.
** October – TV-am looks to branch out into radio when it bids with Virgin Communications Ltd to operate the UK’s second [[Independent National Radio]] station.
** 16 October – The ITC announces the results of the franchise round. Following the [[Broadcasting Act 1990]], the ITC had to conduct a franchise auction whereby contracts would be given to the highest bidder, subject to fulfilling a programming ‘quality threshold.’ [[TV-am]] looses the national breakfast television franchise to Sunrise Television due to it not being the highest bidder.
* '''1992'''
** February – Ahead of the loss of its franchise, TV-am closes its in-house news service and contracts it out to [[Sky News]] for a one-off payment. Other original programming, especially children’s programming, is wound down ahead of the end of the company’s franchise.
** April – Independent Music Radio, the consortium which TV-am is a part, is awarded the second [[Independent National Radio]] licence.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
** June – [[David Frost]] leaves. His final interviewee is [[Margaret Thatcher]] whose legislation was responsible for TV-am loosing its licence.
** 31 December – At 9:25 am, TV-am ends its final broadcast after 9 years and 11 months on air.
* '''1993'''
**March – TV-am sells its stake in forthcoming national commercial radio station [[Absolute Radio|Virgin 1215]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> to [[Apax Partners]], [[JPMorgan Chase|JP Morgan Investment Corporation]] and [[David Frost|Sir David Frost]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="Observer-1997-04-13">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
** August – TV-am plc becomes Crockfords plc, since 1995 known as Capital Corporation Ltd, a gambling company which is currently non-trading.
== See also ==
* [[Timeline of breakfast television in the United Kingdom]]
* [[History of ITV]]
==References==
[[Category:History of ITV]]
[[Category:Culture-related timelines|TV-am]]
[[Category:United Kingdom media timelines|TV-am]]
[[Category:History of television in the United Kingdom|TV-am]]
[[Category:British history timelines|TV-am]]
[[Category:Years in British television|TV-am]]
[[Category:United Kingdom television timelines|TV-am]]
[[Category:Company timelines|TV-am]]
[[Category:ITV timelines|TV-am]]
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