ATV Midlands News

ATV Midlands News was a regional television news programme, produced by ATV, serving the English Midlands. First broadcast on Monday 7 May 1956, ATV Midlands News was one of the first daily regional news services on British television, originally consisting of a short early evening summary of local headlines read by Patricia Cox (one of the first female newsreaders on British television) with stories often sourced directly from the Birmingham Evening Dispatch, a local newspaper.

ATV Midlands News

ATV Midlands News was a regional television news programme, produced by ATV, serving the English Midlands. First broadcast on Monday 7 May 1956, ATV Midlands News was one of the first daily regional news services on British television, originally consisting of a short early evening summary of local headlines read by Patricia Cox (one of the first female newsreaders on British television) with stories often sourced directly from the Birmingham Evening Dispatch, a local newspaper.