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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 on weekdays only, as ABC Weekend Television was its weekend counterpart. Granada's parent company Granada plc later bought several other regional ITV stations ...
Granada plc (previously called Granada Ltd, Granada Group plc, and Granada Media plc) was a British conglomerate best known as the parent from 1954 to 2004 of the Manchester -based Granada Television . The company agreed a corporate takeover of Carlton Communications in 2004 and Granada plc subsequently became ITV plc on 2 February 2004.
Overview. Granada Reports previous title card. Granada Reports is produced and broadcast from studios in the Orange Tower at MediaCityUK in Salford Quays. [1] 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 Royal Liver Building in Liverpool ...
World in Action was a British investigative current affairs programme made by Granada Television for ITV from 7 January 1963 until 7 December 1998. Its campaigning journalism frequently had a major impact on events of the day. Its production teams often took audacious risks, and the programme gained a solid reputation for its often-unorthodox ...
Independent Television News (ITN) Sky News. Gamal Fahnbulleh (born April 1982 [1]) is a British broadcast journalist and presenter, currently employed by ITV Granada. He presents Granada Reports, an evening news programme for North West England and the Isle of Man. He also is now a relief presenter across all ITV National News programmes.
1950s. 1951. 12 October – The Holme Moss transmitter is opened in Northern England, making the BBC Television Service available to the region for the first time. 1954. The Independent Television Authority (ITA) awards Granada the North of England contract for Monday to Friday - ABC gets the weekend licence. 1955.
1950s. 22 September – The first news bulletin is broadcast at 10pm on ITV’s launch night. 17 February – ITV begins broadcasting in the Midlands - ATV Midlands launches ITV in the Midlands and the following day the Midlands’ weekend contractor ABC Weekend TV broadcasts for the first time. 3 May – Granada Television launches ITV across ...
Lucy Meacock in 2018 having just abseiled down Radio City Tower, Liverpool.. Lucy Meacock is an English journalist and presenter employed by ITV Granada.She has been one of the main female news presenters of ITV regional news programme, Granada Reports since 1988 and celebrated 35 years presenting the programme in November 2018 at age 64.