Bron1 - Iceland's state TV only commenced in 1966, and until 1981 there was no tv during July and until 1986 no tv on Thursdays. Nowadays the tv schedules cover 365 days a year.
Bron2 -The Icelandic broadcasting service’s television station went into operation early October 1966 and it seems almost too obvious that the Icelandic government would gladly have postponed a costly television adventure for at least a few years. In the mid-1960s a minimal change had been made in the broadcasting law enabling RUV to prepare for television transmissions. The station did not get specially built facilities building but rented an office building and a large garage in downtown Reykjavik where a primitive studio was built using amongst other things an old mobile unit, a gift from the Swedish television. At first the station operated three days a week but in 1968 the station operated six days a week (Thursdays were TV-free) and broadcast about 22 hrs. of program but it covered yet only the South and Southwest of the country. During the first 15 years of its existence the station continued to go off the air, not only every Thursday but during the whole month of July as well. The Thursday tradition actually persisted for full 20 years, when competition finally forced RÚV’s management to change this policy.
