1973 in Irish television

Events

  • 6 January – Long running US children's educational series Sesame Street makes its premiere in Northern Ireland on UTV. Despite already airing on RTÉ in Ireland since debuting in 1971, airings of the series on UTV is also available in various parts of the Republic.
  • February – The Broadcasting Review Committee published an interim report recommending the establishment of a second television channel for the Republic of Ireland. It is envisaged that it will broadcast a mix of domestic and foreign programming.[1]
  • 14 March – Dr Conor Cruise O'Brien is appointed Minister for Posts and Telegraphs.[1]
  • Undated – Figures published in the RTÉ Annual Report suggest that 77% (542,000) of households in the Republic of Ireland now have a television set. Of these 530,000 have a television licence and 27,000 have colour televisions.[1]

Debuts

RTÉ

UTV

Ongoing television programmes

Ending this year

Births

See also

References

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