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Friday, 15 May 2009

Channel M has brought the curtain down on its long running Breakfast show. The final episode, broadcast from the station's Urbis studios, was transmitted this morning.

The move comes as part of the restructuring announced recently by parent firm MEN Media. This is expected to result in about half the staff at the station - some 41 roles in total - losing their positions.

Dean: regular host

A source at Channel M confirmed to How-Do that the breakfast anchors Byron Evans and Nikki Dean had now been made redundant, although this had not been confirmed by the station itself at the time of writing.

The source went on to add that other staff connected to the show were now awaiting news of their fates.

The last show can be seen online here.

Channel M's breakfast programme was regarded by many as one of the station's cornerstone productions, filmed every weekday morning between 6 and 9am.

The station has already ceased its music productions and now looks set to focus on sports and early evening news.

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Comments (13)

1 By Mr. Sock, on 15-05-2009 17:28
So what is left of Channel M's output?

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2 By Captain Chaos, on 15-05-2009 22:38
Erm.... sports and early evening news?

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3 By TopGun, on 16-05-2009 07:56
Derek Hatton?

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4 By Missed Opportunity, on 18-05-2009 10:27
So they make the excellent Nikki Dean redundant, yet continue to employ inarticulate sports presenters who struggle to get a sentence out?? Get a younger, more imaginative Director of Programming in - before it's all too late!!

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5 By Square eyes, on 18-05-2009 11:17
It's a shame to see it go - it wasn't a bad little show, all things considered. Also a real shame about the music.

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6 By Matt D, on 18-05-2009 13:20
I think MEN Media have finally come up with a solid business plan. Let's face it, content only gets in the way of advertising so get rid of all the content and you're left with 24hrs a day of solid ad space. Genius.

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7 By Mr Man, on 18-05-2009 13:59
People always joked about Channel M being watched by five people but by axing shows and making reduancies, there'll be fewer viewers than ever before. Wake up MEN - there are dozens of channels out there, all vying for attention. If you're not putting anything on, what's the point in tuning in?? They may as well give up, shut up shop and go home.

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8 By JohnD, on 18-05-2009 14:19
Weren't Dianne Oxberry and Eamon O'Neil supposed to be guest hosts on this soon?

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9 By Andrew Fowler, on 18-05-2009 14:38
Isn't Eammon O'Neal the Editor-in-Chief of MEN Media's weeklies?

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10 By CP Scott, on 19-05-2009 06:12
If the MEN could find anyone daft enough to buy it, they would sell Channel M tomorrow. The return on the thirteen million quid poured into it is likely to be nil. Should the people who wasted this money be running a media business?

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11 By Mr Man, on 19-05-2009 09:11
If these people were so hot at business, they would be running their own. They're not - they're useless and that's why newspapers and small stations like Channel M are in the position they are in.

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12 By James D, on 23-05-2009 08:31
Perhaps Manchester Confidential should step up a bit more. They have a laugh at the MEN and good for them because we need satire if we pretend to be a mature city - and the MEN and Channel M have been a joke recently. They should stream the music content on to the site and also do more with video and audio content. I'm not sure what resource they have but they seem the most likely to prove if city internet magazines have a future.

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13 By JoeSchmo, on 24-05-2009 22:17
Not to be cruel when people are being made redundant but the Channel M breakfast show was embarrassingly poor most of the time. I was sent a link for an ‘extreme diet’ piece they did recently which you’d swear was a mockumentary it was so atrocious yet the woman doing the piece genuinely seemed to think she was a serious journalist! It was all too clear that some of these people got jobs because of the Salford Uni connection rather than actual talent and sadly will struggle to compete for alternative presenting jobs in the ‘real’ world.

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