Southern Television

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Southern Television

The Southern region when it lost its franchise in 1981
Type	Region of television network
Branding	Southern
Country	England
First air date	30 August 1958; 65 years ago (1958-08-30)
Motto	The Station that serves the South
TV transmitters	Rowridge Dover Hannington Midhurst Whitehawk Hill Chillerton Down Heathfield
Headquarters	Southampton
Broadcast area	South and South East England
Owner	Rank Organisation, Associated Newspapers & D. C. Thomson & Co.
Dissolved	31 December 1981; 42 years ago (1981-12-31) (after 23 years, 123 days)
Picture format	PAL 625 lines via UHF Black and white 405 lines via VHF
Affiliation(s)	ITV
Language	English
Replaced by	Television South

Southern Television was the ITV broadcasting licence holder for the South and South-East of England from 30 August 1958 to 31 December 1981. The company was launched as 'Southern Television Limited' and the title 'Southern Television' was consistently used on-air throughout its life. However, in 1966, during the application process for contracts running from 1968, the company renamed itself 'Southern Independent Television Limited',^[1] a title which was used until 1980 when the company reverted to its original corporate name. Southern Television ceased broadcasting on the morning of 1 January 1982 at 12:43am,^[2] after a review during the 1980 franchise round gave the contract to Television South.