Channel M News was a regional television news service covering the ten boroughs of

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Channel M Channel M was a regional television station, serving Greater Manchester. The station, originally known as ''Manchester Student Television'', was owned and operated by the GMG Regional Media division of Guardian Media Group. Coverage Original ...

, partly in conjunction with the

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History

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

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and the

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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

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Channel M News Mass media in Manchester British television news shows