Editing Independent Broadcasting Authority (section)

{{short description|Former British commercial television and radio regulator}}
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The '''Independent Broadcasting Authority''' ('''IBA''') was the regulatory body in the [[United Kingdom]] for [[Commercial broadcasting|commercial]] [[television]] ([[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] and [[Channel 4]] and limited [[satellite television]] regulation – [[cable television]] was the responsibility of the [[Cable Authority]]) – and commercial and independent [[radio]] broadcasts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/80543/broadcasting/25238/United-Kingdom?anchor=ref312998 |title=Encyclopædia Britannica - Independent Broadcasting |access-date=17 March 2012 |archive-date=12 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512215717/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/80543/broadcasting/25238/United-Kingdom?anchor=ref312998 |url-status=live }}</ref> The IBA came into being when the Sound Broadcasting Act 1972 gave the [[Independent Television Authority]] responsibility for organising the new [[Independent Local Radio]] (ILR) stations. The [[Independent Television Commission]] formally replaced the IBA on 1 January 1991 in regulatory terms; however, the authority itself was not officially dissolved until 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://legislation.data.gov.uk/en/uksi/2003/2554/made/data.htm?wrap=true |access-date=11 August 2014 |date=2 October 2003 |title=The Dissolution of the Independent Broadcasting Authority Order 2003 |quote=The Independent Broadcasting Authority are hereby dissolved with effect from 2nd October 2003 |archive-date=20 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920042207/http://legislation.data.gov.uk/en/uksi/2003/2554/made/data.htm?wrap=true |url-status=live }}</ref>

The IBA appointed and regulated a number of regional programme TV contractors and local radio contractors, and built and operated the network of transmitters distributing these programmes through its Engineering Division. It established and part-funded a [[National Broadcasting School]] to train on-air and engineering staff.