by Gillian McDade
Forty nine homes in Dungannon still have black and white televisions.
The town is 17th in the UK on the TV Licensing Black and White Index.
In first place is London with 1596 sets.
Sunday marked the 50th anniversary since the first colour transmission on the BBC.
TV Licensing has now revealed that there are still more than 8,000 homes across the UK and 611 in Northern Ireland where people enjoy programmes in black and white.
Omagh falls in 9th place with 80 homes with black and white televisions.
Almost 70 postcodes dropped out of the Index in the past 18 months, including Augher and Donaghadee, as entire villages and towns convert to full-colour viewing. A further 313 postcodes across the UK boast a sole black and white viewer in their community.
Karen Grimason, TV Licensing spokesperson for Northern Ireland, says many are still content to watch spectacular programmes like The Night Manager and Planet Earth in monochrome.
Fewer than 500 families had a colour TV set in 1967 when Australian John Newcombe took the Wimbledon Mens’ title in 1967.
Comparatively, more than 9 million people tuned in to watch Andy Murray contest the title last year.
A TV Licence is needed to watch or record live TV, or watch or download BBC programmes on iPlayer. A licence costs £147 and can be bought in minutes at tvlicensing.co.uk/ni
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