https://zenith1964.com/wednesday-9-september-1964-on-southern 1964: the year everything changed Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:41:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://zenith1964.com/wednesday-9-september-1964-on-southern#comment-2023 Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:41:23 +0000 http://zenith1964.com/?p=596#comment-2023 Just a little note on your explanation that Southern broadcasting hours were overrunning – in fact not just the party political broadcast was exempted this day, but also the Professional Wrestling, which was counted as an outside broadcast, so those 40 minutes of wrestling could be used to extend the broadcasting day, or moved to any other day of the week. Southern decided to close early, as for some regions, early close downs were what their audience preferred, as some regions, people went to bed early, or there wasn’t a need for late night programming. Same happened in Ulster Television region for example, who were often off air come 11.30pm during the 1960s and indeed well into the 70s and 80s

]]> https://zenith1964.com/wednesday-9-september-1964-on-southern#comment-53 Wed, 06 May 2020 23:47:52 +0000 http://zenith1964.com/?p=596#comment-53 Considering that “East Side West Side,” a serious drama about a New York social worker played by George C. Scott, was one of those series that the critics loved but the viewers didn’t (on the home of “The Beverly Hillbillies,” CBS), one might say that many viewers may’ve just turned their sets off this night.

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