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5 unusual facts about Channel M


Channel M

The channel was originally based at smaller studios in the Triangle shopping mall and the later at the Printworks entertainment complex in Manchester city centre, until Channel M moved to the former Urbis museum in August 2005.

By the start of 2012, all remaining local programming had been removed from the schedule, resulting in a schedule consisting of simulcasts of Real Radio North West and Euronews and acquired programming from The Community Channel.

The studio's position on the ground floor of Urbis in Manchester city centre gave a live elevated background shot of the area around Cathedral Gardens and Manchester Victoria railway station.

In November 2007, Channel M's news team moved again to the MEN Media headquarters at Spinningfields, which was used as a secondary studio base for some news bulletins.

Code XIII

Code XIII was a regional rugby league programme on Channel M, and was originally presented by Barney, the presenter of Channel M's boxing programme Seconds Out.


Nikki Dean

Dean used to present the Entertainment News for Channel M, SKY 203 alongside Andy Crane and a rotating Sports Correspondent as well as various other Freelance reporting roles for other TV Stations including a daily Morning Health and Fitness Show on SKY 186 alongside TMF Presenter Hannah Peckham.


see also

CHNM-DT

A leather-clad Sikh motorcyclist who boards his bike to the Channel M jingle, arranged and performed in a style mixing ZZ Top-style blues rock with East Indian music

Miss Météo

Josiane Després (played by Mahée Paiement): She is one of the friends of Myriam at Channel M.