Border Television, the smallest mainland ITV station, produces the most popular regional news programme, according to BARB figures quoted in today’s Guardian. Lookaround, the nightly half hour show which covers Cumbria, the Borders and the Isle of Man, has a 51% share of viewing in its area.
London Tonight, from Carlton and LWT fares second worst, managing a 30% share. Tyne Tees Today, bottom of the league table has a 28% share.
REGIONAL NEWS PROGRAMMES POPULARITY
SOURCE: BARB weeks 1-44,1993
% SHARE
1 Lookaround (Border)
51
2 Meridian Tonight
45
3 North Tonight (Grampian)
45
4 Central News
44
5 UTV Live At Six (Ulster)
42
6 Granada Tonight
40
7 Anglia News
39
8 Calendar (Yorks)
38
9 Scotland Today (Scottish)
35
10 Westcountry Live
33
11 Wales At Six (HTV Wales)
31
12 HTV News (HTV West)
30
13 London Tonight (Carlton/LWT)
30
14 Tyne Tees Today
28
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