Thread:DonaldoC1997/@comment-424959-20150706164952/@comment-424959-20150706165745

Actually, I've heard that in late 1967, to vary the programming and tone of presentation in each region and to make each company work a little bit harder for viewer loyalty, the ITA did an about-face on it's early plan to restrict weekend only franchising to London and decided to extend weekend companies to the whole country