Tyne Tees Television

Tyne Tees Television first went on the air on 15th January 1959 covering the north east region of England and its surrounding areas. For a period of time between 1969 and 1980 the company merged with Yorkshire Television under the name Trident Television. The station was one of two companies, the other being ATV, that refused to carry Coronation Street when it began in 1960 but after its initial success quickly joined in with transmissions, beginning with Episode 14 (25th January 1961). After beginning colour transmissions on 17th July 1970, the station started broadcasts of the programme in that medium from Episode 990 onwards.

The station continued to transmit Coronation Street until Wednesday 25th February 2009 when it merged with Border Television to become ITV Tyne Tees & Border.