30-05-2022, 08:32 PM
(29-05-2022, 04:32 PM)telebox2001 Wrote: I believe in 1985 the Manchester Runway disaster saw TV-AM supplying a lot of footage with both ITN and Granada unable to get anywhere near MAN due to traffic? Indeed, I seem to recall the IBA gave TV-AM a special pass to stay on air past 09:25 as ITN weren't in a position to pick up the coverage?
IIRC TV-am had a base in either Knutsford or Wilmslow, both of which are very close to Manchester Airport. They could have been there within minutes.
