Yorkshire Television Ident History - 1968-2002

Yorkshire Television launched on July 29th 1968. It was the ITV franchise that served Yorkshire, North-East Derbyshire, North Nottinghamshire and (from 1974) Lincolnshire until October 27th 2002 when regional ITV was abolished. YTV merged with Tyne Tees Television in 1992, and then bought by Granada in 1997.