Channel M is a television station which is based in Manchester. Originally named Manchester Student Television, the channel's output is specifically designed for Greater Manchester. It began broadcasting on 14 February 2000. Image File history File links Channel m logo - fair use File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Guardian Media Group plc is a company of the United Kingdom owning various mass media operations including The Guardian, The Observer and the Manchester Evening News. ... As of 2005, analogue transmissions are still the most used method of receiving television in the United Kingdom. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Virgin Media Inc. ... This page is about the City of Manchester in England. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England which has a population of 2. ...

The main sources of content used to be CHUM, Euronews, Channel M's In-House Productions and the University of Salford. However, recently there has been considerable investment and the development of a raft of own developed content, focusing on news, music, lifestyle and sport across Greater Manchester. CHUM Limited is a media company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... EuroNews is a pan-European television news channel started on January 1, 1993, which broadcasts to most of Europe as well as terrestrially to 102 countries through satellite and cable and through time sharing on state television networks. ... The University of Salford is a large University situated in the city of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. ...

"Channel M" is now owned by GMG hence the investment and increase in content. The channel no longer uses Salford University as a source for content

Coverage

As an RSL station Channel M was primarily available free to air in a small area of Manchester. In 2004 Channel M launched on the NTL platform (now part of Virgin Media), but the biggest increase in viewership was when the channel launched on the Sky Digital Satellite platform in April 2006. When the channel launched on Sky it was the first RSL channel to broadcast on satellite. This gave the television station UK-wide coverage on the BSkyB service. A UK Restricted Service Licence (often called an RSL), is typically granted to radio stations and television stations broadcasting within the UK to serve a local community or a special event. ... Free-to-air (FTA) television (TV) and radio broadcasts are sent unencrypted and may be received via any suitable receiver. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Virgin Media, Telewest and Virgin. ... Virgin Media Inc. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... A UK Restricted Service Licence (often called an RSL), is typically granted to radio stations and television stations broadcasting within the UK to serve a local community or a special event. ...

The channel can be received on channel 39 (615 MHz) in some western and southern areas of the city, on Virgin Media Channel 878 around Greater Manchester, Mid-Lancashire and Cheshire also nationwide on Sky Channel 203. The service is not yet available on Freeview. Virgin Media Inc. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England which has a population of 2. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... The Cheshire Plain - photo taken adjacent to Beeston Castle The Cheshire Plain - photo taken towards Merseyside The Cheshire Plain panorama - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge Cattle farming in the county Black-and-white timbered buildings on Nantwich High Street Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester)[1] is a... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Freeviews retro logo Freeview is a brand name, owned by DTV Services Ltd. ...

The channel also become the first broadcaster in the region to offer its programmes on demand via broadband TV on its award winning website. [1]

Channel M News

The main focus for Channel M is its news and current affairs programming. The weekday evening news service Channel M News Live is filmed at 5pm and is repeated in half-hour bulletins from 5.30-7pm as Channel M News. In 2006 Channel M News at Nine was launched and broadcasts from 9-10pm, providing a more in-depth look at the city's news stories.

Channel M News is anchored by former BBC North West presenters Heather Stott (at 9 O'Clock) and Andy Crane (at 5pm and 9 O'Clock). Manchester Evening News columnist, Channel M Breakfast and City Life Anchor Byron Evans also featured regularly as a Channel M News presenter until he became anchor of the breakfast programme. BBC North West is the BBC English Region covering Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, the northern parts of Cheshire, the north-western portion of Derbyshire and southern Cumbria. ...

Channel M Breakfast broadcasts from 0600-0900 every morning. Byron Evans, Steph Elmore & Nina Warhurst are the programme's anchors. Along with guests, entertainment and sport specialists are present on the sofa. The News headlines are read by a news reporter rotating every six weeks (currently Georgia Calvin-Smith) and the 15 minute Traffic, Travel and Weather updates are usually read by Michelle Totton. When the show started on Monday 16th April 2007 it replaced the Euronews feed which broadcast on Channel M in the same timeslot. Euronews now broadcasts on Channel M from 0300-0600. EuroNews is a pan-European television news channel started on January 1, 1993, which broadcasts to most of Europe as well as terrestrially to 102 countries through satellite and cable and through time sharing on state television networks. ...

Channel M News bulletins are filmed at the Channel M News studio located in the Urbis museum in Manchester City Centre. Until August 2005 the news service was broadcast from The Printworks entertainment complex which is nearby. Due to a week-long exhibition at the Urbis building in January 2007, Channel M News was filmed from the Newsroom of the Guardian Media Group's MEN Media Building in Spinningfields, Manchester, where some of the news-gathering operations are based. The Urbis exhibition centre in Manchester. ... City of Manchester. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in August August 31: Michael Sheard August 26: Lord Fitt August 24: Jack Slipper August 24: Maurice Cowling August 24: Dr. Tom Pashby August 23: Brock Peters August 22: Lord Lane August 21: Robert Moog August... The Printworks is Europes first urban entertainment venue, based on Withy Grove in Manchester Until 1986, as the name suggests, the Printworks was a printing press, owned at the time of its demise by Robert Maxwell. ... The Urbis exhibition centre in Manchester. ... Guardian Media Group plc is a company of the United Kingdom owning various mass media operations including The Guardian, The Observer and the Manchester Evening News. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Original Programming

The channel's biggest successes can be seen as comedy talk-show Frank Sidebottom's Proper Telly Show and its particularly strong music coverage; hardly surprising given the city's musical heritage. With these shows, the channel is starting to attract a lot of interest nationally. Something else which is attracting national interest is Re:Loaded, the channel's computer and video game programme presented by Gerry McLaughlin.

Sport programming such as Talking Sharks, FC United-The Fans' Club, Seconds Out and Inside MCFC broadcast news and content from Greater Manchester's sporting teams.

Music and entertainment programming is broadcast at the 8pm slot and through the daytime schedule. City Life, The Great Northern Music Show, Style In The City and City Centre Social feature celebrity interviews; music, food and fashion news from around Manchester.

At 4pm and intervals throughout the day Manchester Music is broadcast, which almost replaces the CHUM Television's North American music output on the channel. This slot usually broadcasts music from the alternative^{[disambiguation needed]} and indie genres. CHUM Limited is a media company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Look up alternative in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The term indie is short for independent and refers to artistic creations outside the commercial mainstream, without the support of a major record label, major movie studio, or other source of a large budget. ...

Travel-Style Magazine I Love Manchester is an hour-long review, showcasing an area of Manchester in each episode. The programme explores entertainment, fashion, food and a hidden side to parts of city. The programme has run for two series and is presented by Breakfast anchor Steph Elmore, with a 3rd series currently in development.

Advertising

Channel M's extremely localised audience, is unusual for a British television channel. This promotes an opportunity for local advertising, because of this the majority of the commercials are produced by local companies attempting to attract this Greater Manchester audience. Large companies like Ikea and DFS have also advertised on Channel M, the former during the opening of Greater Manchester's first Ikea store in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Channel M also offers organisations an opportunity to create a television advertisement, as the channel also films, edits and produces advertisements. IKEA is a privately-owned, international, low-cost home products retailer that sells modern, utilitarian design furniture, much of which is assembled by the consumer. ... DFS can mean several things. ... Ashton-under-Lyne is a town in Greater Manchester with a population of 44,400 (2001 estimate). ...

The Future

After music guru Anthony Wilson's switch from ITV Granada, He will present a new Friday evening entertainment show called The New Friday which will be produced by former Granada producer Eamonn O'Neill. Wilson is currently recovering from surgery, so this programme was postponed. Anthony (Tony) Wilson is a British record label and nightclub manager and journalist for Granada Television. ... A Granada TV logo from the black and white era. ...

Presenters and Reporters

• Andy Crane
• Heather Scott
• Stuart Hall
• Byron Evans
• Steph Elmore
• Gerry McLaughlin
• Frank Sidebottom
• Nina Warhurst
• Ben Bland
• Clare Fallon
• Bev Walkden
• Richard Butt
• Georja Calvin-Smith
• Michelle Totton
• Suzanne Beeley
• Nicky Dean
• Becky Want
• Sian Astley
• Jemma Gofton
• Robert Hodson

Manchester Media

Other broadcasting headquarters in Manchester include ITV's Granada Televisionand BBC's Northern England hub. Channel M is owned by the Guardian Media Group which also publishes The Guardian and The Observer National Newspapers, The Manchester Evening News and Greater Manchester's Weekly Newspapers. It has been suggested that Channel 3 (UK) be merged into this article or section. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion (US$7. ... Guardian Media Group plc is a company of the United Kingdom owning various mass media operations including The Guardian, The Observer and the Manchester Evening News. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Manchester Evening News is an English daily newspaper published each week day evening and on Saturdays. ...

In 2005, the channel won the "Best Newcomer" award at the Royal Television Society Awards. The Royal Television Society is a British-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future. ...

Programmes

• Channel M News
• Channel M News Live
• Channel M News Review
• Code XIII
• Egos and Icons
• Euronews
• FC United - The Fans Club
• Frank Sidebottom's Proper Telly Show In Black And White (with repeats in Colour)
• Gloves Off - (studio based talk show)
• Homesearch
• I Love Manchester
• Inside MCFC
• Interference
• Jobsearch - (text based)
• Live at The Rehearsal Hall
• Manchester Music formerly called 4Manchester
• Much In Your Space
• Re:Loaded - A weekly computer and video game review programme
• Reel North - (film programme)
• Speakeasy
• Style in the city
• Talking Sharks
• The Devil's Ring - (Short film)
• The Latics TV Show- An inside look at goings on at Wigan Athletic F.C.

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See also

• List of British television channels

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External links

• Official site
• Channel M @ The University of Salford - Information on Channel M and program details
• History of the Channel - Independent website
• Channel M - TV Listings and Schedules