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===Launch=== In May 1960, the [[Independent Television Authority]] (ITA) invited applicants to provide the ITV service for the ''Borders'' region β an area that covered the English counties of [[Westmorland]] and [[Cumberland]], the south of Scotland and later, the [[Isle of Man]].<ref name="users.zetnet.co.uk">{{cite web|last=Rogers|first=Jeremy|title=Border Television History|url=http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/itw/Border/history.html|publisher=Independent TeleWeb|access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref> Prior to this, the ITA had moved away from the idea of ''satellite stations'' (companies owned by distant management as seen with [[Southern Television]] in the south of England) towards companies that had strong local ownership. The contract covered two new transmitters at [[Caldbeck transmitting station|Caldbeck]], near [[Carlisle, Cumbria|Carlisle]] and [[Selkirk transmitting station|Selkirk]], near [[St Boswells|Saint Boswells]] in the [[Scottish Borders]]. [[ITV Granada|Granada Television]] and [[ABC Weekend Television]] had laid a claim to providing service via Caldbeck whilst [[Scottish Television]] expressed a strong interest in Selkirk. The ITA rejected both these in favour of a new contract area and a new company to serve it β although they stipulated the area to be "marginal" in their plans and that applicants had to present a very strong business case for the area as well as the contract.<ref name="users.zetnet.co.uk"/> Two applications were received, one from Solway Television and another from Border Television. Border were chosen on the basis of their plans and management which was considered local but still featured names from large business (the then chairman of [[Reuters]] for example) and from the world of education.<ref name="users.zetnet.co.uk"/> Launch was scheduled for February 1961 but construction problems with both transmitters resulted in delays until May of that year. As this led into the summer holiday period, Border asked for a launch delay as the break would affect advertising revenue. Accordingly, Border launched on Friday 1 September 1961,<ref name="users.zetnet.co.uk"/> the 14th ITV station to go to air. During its first year of operation, Border made a profit unlike other regional companies in their initial year, and by its second year, it had covered its launch costs, due mainly to a 60% audience penetration<ref name="users.zetnet.co.uk"/> in an area that, at the time, was largely ignored by the [[BBC]]. From Friday 26 March 1965, the Isle of Man was added to Border's coverage area.
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