11-06-2021, 07:31 PM
Robertclark125 post_id=18151 time= user_id=1163 Wrote:When TV-am infamously "covered" the Brighton bombing, with just telephone reports from John Stapleton, had the franchise been taken off them there and then, what would've replaced it on a temporary basis, and could TV-am have submitted a bid in the new battle?
I would argue if TV-am lost the franchise because of the botch job they made of coverage of the Brighton bombings, there wouldn't be any point in letting them apply again, surely as they've already demonstrated the hash job they made of it that led to the stripping of the franchise in the first place? Its like losing your driving licence because you drank far too much, drove anyway and subsequently wrapped the car round a lamppost wiping out a school walking bus in the process and then wondering why your licence was suspended for ?
Plausible we could have seen some makeshift programming similar to what happened in Wales (the so-called "Independent Television Service for Wales and the West" when TWW threw all their toys out the pram after losing their licence in 1968 to Harlech), only with a less clumsy name until somebody else could be appointed through the normal avenues.