Country of origin England Original network Channel M First episode date 2004 Presented by Andy Crane | Producer(s) Channel M Original release 2004 – 10 July 2009 Final episode date 10 July 2009 Genre News | |
Also known as 'Channel M Lunchtime NewsChannel M News at NineChannel M News Review' Running time 5pm bulletin: 60 minutes
Review: 30 minutes Similar Omni News, Bad Influence!, What's Up Doc? | ||
Channel M News was a regional television news service covering the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, North West England produced by Channel M, partly in conjunction with the Manchester Evening News.
Launched in 2004, Channel M News aired each weekday evening alongside a weekly review programme and occasional documentary specials. Breakfast, lunchtime and late evening news bulletins were also produced throughout the programme's run.
Channel M News was produced and broadcast from the station's studios at Urbis and the MEN Media newsroom at Spinningfields in Manchester City Centre. The programme had previously been pre-recorded from small temporary studios in The Triangle shopping centre, The Printworks entertainment complex and Urbis before going live from a new, larger studio at Urbis in May 2006, looking out towards Cathedral Gardens and the Manchester Victoria railway station.
The final evening edition of Channel M News was broadcast on Friday 10 July 2009. From Monday 13 July 2009, the station's news coverage was incorporated into Channel M Today, a three-hour topical magazine programme on weekdays.