ITV regional names in your tv listings

Im surprised that nobody else has mentioned that in this weeks Culture - the TV listings magasine for the Sunady Times, the alternative region to Meridian on Tuesday (yesterday) is LWT !

Until some time in December my other region was Carlton or LWT depending on the day, and since then its been "London" - as it is for all other days this week.

Do other TV listings papers make similar mistakes with Carlton/LWT/ITV1 London or HTV/ITV1 Wales? I see Westcountry is still listed despite being Carltonised

......and on a comic note, walking past LNN/ITV studios today I saw a porta-cabin outside with "ABC Rentals" on the side? Are ITV so desperate they are going through the ABC archives

Oh, that's not unusual, papers in my area still refer to HTV West, HTV Wales and Central, in listings and in articles. But interestingly I do recall some mags and papers referring to Thames/LWT as "ITV London" fifteen years ago on listings pages. I don't think it really means anything. After all, the names of the stations haven't changed *officially*, have they?

Most newspapers in Ireland still list "HTV Wales" - only the Irish Independent has really gone over to "ITV1 Wales"

Ceefax still refers to "Channel 3 Tyne Tees"

We get TV Quick so for us it just has ITV1 not Granada, but I think that TVQ have always had it as ITV. But under other regions, for us they are Border, Central, Yorkshire and HTV, but HTV is now known as Wales, and West. On the NTL EPG it just says ITV1, but for BBC 1 and 2 it comes under BBC One/Two England! But if you get a magazine like Heat or a newspaper, Carlton and LWT are better known as London.

Not really related but I sometimes on the rare occasion see in the newspaper magazines when the wrong regions magazine has been passed to the wholesaler who then passes it on to the newsagent for example a London newsagent getting the Central edition of Sunday Times Culture magazine!

Daily Star has ITV 1 London (mon-Fri) & ITV 1 LWT on saturdays

I regularly receive ITV1 Central listings with my copy of the Guardian and I live in south London!

The Western Mail calls it "ITV1Wales" and even uses an ITV1Wales logo. Although it did carry reports about the rebrand, so it's only to be expected.

The Welsh Mirror always had HTV on the front but ITV1 Wales inside.. Consistent branding as always.

Telewest EPG still calls it 'ITV'. Not Scottish, not EVEN ITV1

some analogue tvs have the capabilities to show the name of the channel you are watching: mine had these:

ITV1 Carlton (I Think) on weekdays, London Weekend Television

after the nationalisation of ITV1 it were these:

it is now either GMTV, Carlton, Carlton Plus, London Weekend Television, LWT...