1987 in Irish television

The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1987.

Events

• 10 March – John P. Wilson is appointed Minister for Communications with responsibility for broadcasting.^[1]
• 31 March – Ray Burke is appointed Minister for Communications with responsibility for broadcasting.^[1]
• 9 May – Ireland wins the Eurovision Song Contest with Hold Me Now, a song composed and performed by Johnny Logan.^[1]
• 22 June – RTÉ Television introduces its Aertel teletext service.^[1]
• Undated – 1987 is believed to be the airdate of the pirate television station Telefis na Gaeltacht based in Connemara. This channel should not be confused with its similarly named legal successor. Several Irish deflector systems (normally used for relaying British television signals on UHF) occasionally carried local programming.

Debuts

RTÉ 1

• 4 October – Where in the World? (1987–2006)
• 8 October – Know Your Sport (1987–1998)

RTÉ 2

• 3 October – Marketplace (1987–1996)

Ongoing television programmes

1960s

• RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock (1961–present)
• RTÉ News: Six One (1962–present)
• The Late Late Show (1962–present)

1970s

• Sports Stadium (1973–1997)
• The Late Late Toy Show (1975–present)
• RTÉ News on Two (1978–present)
• Bosco (1979–1998)
• The Sunday Game (1979–present)

1980s

• Today Tonight (1982–1992)
• Mailbag (1982–1996)
• Glenroe (1983–2001)
• Rapid Roulette (1986–1990)
• Live at 3 (1986–1997)
• Saturday Live (1986–1999)
• Questions and Answers (1986–2009)
• Dempsey's Den (1986–2010)

Ending this year

• Undated – MT-USA (1984–1987)

Deaths

• 5 November – Eamonn Andrews, 64, broadcaster and television presenter^[2]

References