YOU'RE WATCHING BORDER Sept 1993

A romp through several days worth of Border, recorded from the Langholm relay in September 1993. Fill your boots on this mix of trails, ads, announcers, transmitter news and a whole edition of What's On! Not only but also, a reminder of why, despite the fabulous cast, The Brighton Belles was so awful.

[@jasejj]

It says a lot about the outlook of the two companies that this tiny broadcaster had massively slicker and more professional presentation at this time than Yorkshire-Tyne Tees, an organisation that had just spent two million pounds on what they had described as the most advanced transmission centre in Europe.

[@CaptainSiCo]

Were Border still making their own trails in this era? I know at some point they had an arrangement with Grampian and possibly made trailers for each other. I think they outsourced advertising sales (and ad break playout?) to Granada in the 90s and spent money on beefing up their local pres and image. It certainly shows.

[@clairecassey5880]

Totally agree...miles better despite the lack of budget.

[@CaptainSiCo]

At about 13:43 you can hear someone say what sounds like “Thomas”. I’m probably mis-hearing it and assume it’s a cue. You can also hear the talkback cues quite clearly at 14:45 when Lookaround has a few issues during its headlines sequence.

[@user-qp9jy4bi4z]

Do you have any links around CITV please

[@Gallowaywind]

Do you have any border clips from Early 1993 or late 1992 like this?

[@adamwithey8194]

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[@jamesmitchell8922]

Pity the ITV Weather report is incomplete

[@wesleycracknell1623]

i know i beilive hot and dry then flowers that weekend

[@jamesmitchell8922]

Saturday 18th September 1993

[@solojinglesradio1]

SEVERAL days* there's a sunday too