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Overview

''Granada Reports'' is produced and broadcast from studios in the Orange Tower at

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in Salford Quays. Before this, the news service was based at Granada's Quay Street studios in Manchester city centre. Reporters are also based at newsrooms in the

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, Lancaster and on the

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. News staff were also based at district offices in Blackburn and

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, until they were closed in 2005.

History

When Granada began broadcasting in May 1956, coverage of regional news and sport featured regularly within its programming, including the station's ''Travelling Eye'' outside broadcasts. Within a year, Granada established its first regular bulletin - ''Northern Newscast'' - followed by a topical magazine programme, ''People and Places'', noted for featuring some of the earliest television appearances by

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. In 1958, Granada broke further ground with three ''Travelling Eye'' programmes covering the Rochdale by-election. Up until 1962, the station was also producing topical output in the

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, primarily for Welsh-speaking viewers in North Wales, including daily news bulletins and a magazine programme, ''Dewch i Mewn'' (''Do Come In''). ''People and Places'' was succeeded in January 1963 by the nightly ''Scene at 6.30''. The programme was the first on British television to break news of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, following a tip-off from

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. Granada continued to experiment with its regional news coverage, including late night editions of ''Scene'', and from 1964, a new strand known as ''Granada in the North'' (later ''On Air''), which replaced continuity junctions with national and local news summaries, features and programming previews. Following changes to the company's franchise, including a new brief to solely cover the North West, ''Scene'' was axed in 1968 and replaced by six self-contained regional programmes, preceded by a ''Granada News'' bulletin. Granada reverted back to a nightly magazine programme, under the name of ''Six-O-One'', and latterly ''Newsday'', until settling on the ''Granada Reports'' brand in 1973. During its early years, the programme spawned a number of spin-offs, including the social action series ''Reports Action'' and the North West political programme ''Reports Politics''. On 20 September 1978, Joy Division made their television debut on by performing ''Shadowplay'' during the "What's On" segment of ''Granada Reports''. In April 1986, most of Granada's regional news operation was relocated from Manchester to a computerised news centre at the former Traffic Office building in Liverpool's

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, eight years after the company had first established a news base in the city, based at

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. The flagship evening programme was relaunched as ''Granada Tonight'' in January 1990, before returning to the Manchester headquarters in 1992. The Albert Dock news centre continued to produce and broadcast bulletins until 1998 – the studios were finally closed in July 2006. For much of its run, ''Granada Tonight'' placed a greater emphasis on non-news features and entertainment content, with its studio set consisting of sofas and armchairs. On 1 October 2001, the main evening programme reverted back to ''Granada Reports'', while short bulletins continued to air as ''Granada News''. As of 2013, most bulletins now air under the joint branding of ''ITV News'' and ''Granada Reports'' with breakfast updates entitled ''Good Morning Granada''. The programme was unaffected by cutbacks to ITV regional news in early 2009. The only major change saw ITV Granada take over coverage of the Isle of Man from ITV Tyne Tees & Border on 16 July 2009. On 27 September 2012, it was announced technical staff had been invited to volunteer for redundancy as part of national job losses affecting ITV News services. The timing coincided with production moving from Granada Studios to

.Redundancies at ''Granada Reports''
Manchester Evening News, 27 September 2012 The first bulletin from Salford Quays, presented by

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, aired on Sunday 24 March 2013.

Current notable on air team

* Mel Barham *

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* Gamal Fahnbulleh * Mike Hall *

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''Granada Reports'' moves to new home at MediaCityUK

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, 25 March 2013 *

Amy Welch Amy Welch (born 13 May 1985) is a journalist and news reporter for ITV news programme ''Granada Reports''. She is originally from Frodsham, Cheshire and attended University of Central Lancashire , mottoeng = "From the Earth to ...

* Elaine Willcox

Former notable on air team

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* Stephen Douglas * Peter Eckersley * Clare Fallon *

Judy Finnigan Judith Adele Finnigan (born 16 May 1948) is an English television presenter and writer. She co-presented ITV's '' This Morning'' (1988–2001, 2019–) and the Channel 4 chat show, ''Richard & Judy'' (2001–2008) alongside her husband Richard ...

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* Stuart Hall * Catherine Jacob * Chris Kelly *

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* Jan Leeming *

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* Tom McGurk *

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* Michael Parkinson * George Reid * Shelley Rohde * Mike Scott *

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* Brian Trueman * Dan Walker *

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* Anthony Wilson

Awards

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**Best News Coverage: 2007, 2013 *

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**Best News Coverage in the Nations and Regions: 2007, 2008 **Best Regional News Programme – North West: 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 **Best Regional Story – North West: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 **Best Regional on Screen Talent – North West: 2011 (Rob Smith), 2012 ( Clare Fallon) **Best Innovation in Multimedia – North West: 2012 (

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