Editing ITV Border (section)

===Acquisition and takeover===
Border was unopposed in retaining its ITV franchise in 1991, with a bid of £52,000 per year (or £1,000 per week).

In 1993, Border began its first venture into commercial radio when it was awarded the licence for a new regional radio station serving Central Scotland – [[Scot FM]] – in partnership with [[Grampian Television]].<ref>{{cite news
  | title = New radio station promises broad programme choice
  | publisher = Herald scotland (Glasgow)
  | date = 11 December 1993
  | url = http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/new-radio-station-promises-broad-programme-choice-1.728880
  }}</ref> By May 1995, Grampian had bought out Border's stake in the company.<ref>{{cite news
  | title = radio-station-not-quite-at-home-on-the-range
  | publisher = Herald scotland (Glasgow)
  | date = 20 July 1996
  | url = http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/radio-station-not-quite-at-home-on-the-range-1.444841
  }}</ref>

Border's second venture was Century Radio, conceived as the second regional station for North East England, on 1 September 1994, with John Myers (a former continuity announcer) as managing director and John Simons as programming director. During the rest of the 1990s, Border launched an additional Century radio station in Manchester while holding interests in a number of other stations including Sun FM in Sunderland and Cumbria's CFM Radio, and in 1997 formed a subsidiary, Border Radio Holdings, for its radio business.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cwherald.com/archive/archive/border-television-expand-across-the-airwaves-&%238230%3B-19970726267822.htm | title=Border Television expand across the airwaves | work=[[Cumberland and Westmorland Herald]] | date=26 July 1997 | access-date=6 February 2009 }}</ref>

In March 2000, a takeover battle broke out between [[Capital Radio]] and [[Scottish Radio Holdings]] for Border<ref>Scottish Radio bid starts battle for Border. Raymond Snoddy Media Editor. The Times (London, England), Thursday, 16 March 2000; pg. 28</ref> – the latter went on to state that Border's ongoing status as a truly independent media business was no longer ''a realistic option'' in a consolidating industry.<ref>"Scottish Radio turns up takeover heat" David Teather Media business correspondent. The Guardian (1959–2003) [London (UK)] 28 March 2000: 27.</ref> By April, [[Capital Radio]] had purchased the company<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/711668.stm | title=Capital Radio bags Border TV | work=BBC News | date=13 April 2000 | access-date=6 February 2009 }}</ref> and the following year sold Border's television assets to [[Granada plc|Granada Media Group]] for £50.5&nbsp;million.<ref>Capital wins Border battle. Raymond Snoddy Media Editor. The Times (London, England), Thursday, 20 April 2000;</ref> Rumours over its future persistently dogged Border and it trod a difficult path to balance the interests of three different nations. As with many of the other ITV regional stations, a steady reduction in the range and quantity of its output continued its decline.

In July 2006, it was announced that the [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] transmitter was to transfer to [[ITV Tyne Tees|Tyne Tees]] as part of the preparations for the digital switchover of the Border region in 2008, and to bring Berwick into line with the rest of the North East which was scheduled to switch over to digital in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |first=Thomas |last=Baldwin |title=Digital switchover confusion is resolved |work=Berwick Advertiser |url=http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=970&ArticleID=1654750 |date=27 July 2006 |access-date=16 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222001428/http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=970&ArticleID=1654750 |archive-date=22 February 2008  }}</ref> The transfer took effect from 13 December 2006, although Border news programmes still carry stories about Berwick-upon-Tweed due to its proximity to the eastern [[Scottish Borders]].