''Channel M Breakfast'' is a regional

breakfast television Breakfast television (Europe, Canada, and Australia) or morning show (United States) is a type of news or infotainment television programme that broadcasts live in the morning (typically scheduled between 5:00 and 10:00a.m., or if it is a l ...

programme, produced by the

Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tamesid ...

local television station, Channel M. Launched on Monday 16 April 2007 and broadcast from the headquarters of Channel M at Urbis in Manchester city centre, the programme covered news, sport, features and entertainment from Greater Manchester and was the only regional television programme of its kind in the United Kingdom. It was broadcast on weekdays between 6am and 9am and was presented by Byron Evans and Nikki Dean. The editor was Vanessa Williams. The programme was axed on Friday 15 May 2009 as part of severe cutbacks to programming output and staffing levels at the station.Channel M axes Breakfast show
, How Do, 15 May 2009 After the programme ended, for a short while, the first two hours (6am to 8am) was used to broadcast live footage of the area's traffic cameras accompanied by a simulcast of

Real Radio North West Heart North West is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Heart network. It broadcasts to North West England from studios in the Spinningfields area of Manchester city centre. Overview Century Radio (1998–2009 ...

, and when the live footage from the traffic cameras ceased a holding slide was shown during the Real Radio simulcasts.

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External links

''Channel M Breakfast'' official site
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