Television South

TVS, or Television South, was the ITV franchise holder in the South of England which replaced its predecessor, Southern Television on the morning of 1 January 1982, and operated until midnight on 31 December 1992, when it was in turn replaced by Meridian Television. TVS (and Meridian) had a slightly bigger coverage area than Southern because on the day of its launch the Bluebell Hill and Chatham Town transmitters in north Kent were switched from the London ITV region to the South of England region. The station contributed few programmes to the network, but had some articulate and enthusiastic late night presenters.