''Liverpool Today'' is a local television news and current affairs programme, broadcast between October 2016 and November 2017, serving

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

and

Merseyside Merseyside ( ) is a metropolitan county, metropolitan and ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England, with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England, 1.38 million. It encompasses both banks of the Merse ...

. Produced by Made in Liverpool, the programme was broadcast from studios at Toxteth TV in the

Toxteth Toxteth is an inner-city area of Liverpool in the historic county of Lancashire and the ceremonial county of Merseyside. Toxteth is located to the south of Liverpool city centre, bordered by Aigburth, Canning, Dingle, and Edge Hill. The area w ...

suburb of Liverpool.

Overview

Made in Liverpool's news operation began in December 2014 as part of the newly-launched Bay TV - the station aired a rolling service of short local news bulletins throughout the day until October 2016, when Bay TV was brought by

Made Television Local TV Limited (formerly Made Television) is a local television network in the United Kingdom, operating eight stations serving the Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Liverpool, North Wales, Teesside and Tyne and Wear areas. The stations a ...

after falling into administration. Bay TV's news output was revamped and relaunched on Wednesday 19 October 2016 as a twice-nightly half-hour programme on weeknights entitled ''Liverpool Today''. The programme focused exclusively on local news stories from

and surrounding areas, as opposed to the broader regional news services provided by

BBC North West BBC North West is the BBC English Region serving Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, North Yorkshire (western Craven), West Yorkshire (western Calderdale), Derbyshire (western High Peak), Cumbria (Barrow-in-Furness and So ...

and

ITV Granada ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man. From 1956 to 1968 it broadcast to both the north west and Yorkshire but only on weekdays as ABC Weekend Television was it ...

. Following the launch of sister station

Made in North Wales Local TV North Wales (typeset as LOCAL TV North Wales, and formally called North Wales TV and Made in North Wales) is a British local television station serving Mold, Denbigh, Ruthin and surrounding areas. The station is owned and operated by L ...

, reporters and presenters were occasionally shared with that station's counterpart ''North Wales News''. In November 2017, following a restructuring of the Made network's operations,Jobs to be axed at Made in Birmingham TV station
Birmingham Post, 26 October 2017 ''Liverpool Today'' was axed and local production was cut. A replacement programme, ''Made TV News'' - combining local and national news stories - was produced from Leeds but axed in February 2018 in favour of ''Merseyside Live'', a rolling block of pre-recorded news, sport and features produced by local videojournalists. Liverpool Today on-air team

References

External links

Liverpool TodayMade in Liverpool
{{DEFAULTSORT:Liverpool Today) 2016 British television series debuts 2017 British television series endings Mass media in Liverpool