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*''[[Scotsport]]'' (1957–2008)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Haynes |first1=Richard |title=BBC Sport in Black and White |date=17 November 2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-45501-7 |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZM-GDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 |language=en}}</ref>
*''[[Scotsport]]'' (1957–2008)
*''[[Reporting Scotland]]'' (1968–1983; 1984–present)
*''[[Reporting Scotland]]'' (1968–1983; 1984–present)
*''[[Top Club]]'' (1971–1998)
*''[[Top Club]]'' (1971–1998)

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List of years in Scottish television (table)
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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1989.

Events

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January

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  • 7 January – BBC Scotland launches an extended Saturday teatime results programme. Rather than opting out of the last few minutes of Grandstand, the programme, called Afternoon Sportscene, runs for the entire duration of the time allocated for the day's results, starting at some point between 1 and 5 minutes before the network aired English counterpart Final Score.
  • January – Scottish Television launches a new set of idents.[1]

February

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  • 5 February – The world's first commercial DBS system, Sky Television, goes on air in the United Kingdom.

March

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April

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May

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June

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  • No events.

July

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  • No events.

August

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September

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  • 1 September - The first ITV generic look is introduced.[4] All three regions adopt the look, but Scottish drops it in December.

October

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  • No events.

November

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  • No events.

December

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  • December – The controversial Broadcasting Bill is introduced into Parliament by the Government. It will pave the way for the deregulation of commercial television.[5]

Debuts

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BBC

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ITV

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Television series

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Births

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Deaths

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  • 17 December - Edward Boyd, 73, radio and television writer

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ident Central - Scottish Television 1989-1992". Archived from the original on 2018-10-26. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  2. ^ "I Love Blue Peter – John Leslie". BBC Online. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
  3. ^ Shaps, Simon (24 August 2009). "Rupert predicted the future but will James be such a visionary?". The Independent. Archived from the original on 28 August 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Scottish Television ITV Corporate Ident 1989 Announcer Brian Ford". YouTube. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  5. ^ "The Broadcasting Acts of 1990 and 1996". Ofcom. Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  6. ^ Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-137-45501-7.
  7. ^ Brown, Ian (13 February 2020). Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities. Springer Nature. p. 194. ISBN 978-3-030-39407-3.
  8. ^ McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-317-16096-0.
  9. ^ Williams, Craig (30 April 2020). "A look back at classic Glasgow comedy show City Lights". GlasgowLive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  10. ^ Tait, Derek (15 November 2019). A 1980s Childhood. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-4456-9242-5.