# Liverpool TV

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**Liverpool TV** (formerly known as **Bay TV Liverpool,** **Made in Liverpool**, **LOCAL TV Liverpool** and **TalkLiverpool**) is a [local television](/source/Local_television_in_the_United_Kingdom) station serving [Liverpool City Region](/source/Liverpool_City_Region) and surrounding areas. The station is owned and operated by [Local Television Limited](/source/Local_Television_Limited) and forms part of a group of nine LOCAL TV stations (eight licensed as local stations with Manchester TV on a standard regional licence). It broadcasts from studios and offices in the [Toxteth](/source/Toxteth) suburb of [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool).

## Overview

Bay TV Liverpool was launched in November 2011 as a video-on-demand service producing local content, winning Best Media Website at the 2013 Prolific North Awards.[1]

On 21 February 2013, Bay TV was awarded a local TV licence by Ofcom to broadcast a linear television channel in the [Liverpool City Region](/source/Liverpool_City_Region) area including [Wigan](/source/Wigan) and parts of [Cheshire](/source/Cheshire).[2][3] Under the initial proposals, the channel aimed to air ten hours of local programming each day, including two and a half hours of news on weekdays, and a weekly political programme. The channel began broadcasting on Freeview channel 8 on Thursday 4 December 2014 at 5.30pm, later moving to channel 7 following the closure of [BBC Three](/source/BBC_Three).

On 23 August 2016 it was announced that Bay TV Liverpool had entered administration.[4] The station owed a total of £451,575, with a debt to Revenue and Customs outstanding at £145,187, individual shareholder loans debts to the value of £133,800, and other “trade and expense creditors” to the sum of £152,488.[5] A week later, [Made Television](/source/Made_Television) announced it had bought out the station for an undisclosed sum - the group was one of four bidders who lost the original licence award to Bay TV.[6]

Bay TV ceased broadcasting at 11pm on Sunday 9 October 2016 and reopened and relaunched as Made in Liverpool at 6pm on Wednesday 19 October 2016.[7] The station began broadcasting on Sky and digital satellite platforms in January 2017.

As of April 2017, the Liverpool station also produces local news programming for sister station [Made in North Wales](/source/Made_in_North_Wales), serving [Mold](/source/Mold,_Flintshire), [Denbigh](/source/Denbigh), [Ruthin](/source/Ruthin) and surrounding areas.

On Thursday 25 May 2017, Made in Liverpool and its sister channels began carrying acquired programming from the UK & Ireland version of factual entertainment channel [TruTV](/source/TruTV_(UK_and_Ireland)) as part of a supply agreement with [Sony Pictures Television](/source/Sony_Pictures_Television). The station simulcasts TruTV in two daily blocks from 1-5pm and from 9pm-1am (8pm - midnight on Tuesdays to accommodate *[America's Got Talent](/source/America's_Got_Talent)*).[8][9] As of November 2017, the Made network simulcasts [CBS Reality](/source/CBS_Reality) for eleven hours a day.

In November 2017, following a restructuring of the Made network's operations,[10] local output was cut with studio production of daily news and magazine programmes was transferred to other Made TV stations. The station's bespoke [local news programme](/source/Liverpool_Today) was also axed.

On 2 January 2018, Made in Liverpool ceased broadcasting on digital satellite and was replaced by a generic *Made Television* networked feed featuring a daily three-hour block of local news programming for six of the network's licence areas, including Liverpool.[11]

In 2021, the station was rebranded from Liverpool TV to LOCAL TV Liverpool, with the intention that the station would become part of the 'Northern TV Network'.[12] This was media executive and newspaper owner [David Montgomery](/source/David_Montgomery_(newspaper_executive)) (National World's Executive Chairman)[13] plan to link up LOCAL TV Liverpool with the new Freeview channel 99 Manchester service[14] and stations in Newcastle and [Leeds](/source/Leeds_TV). In October 2023, the station was renamed TalkLiverpool as part of its partnership with Montgomery Media and [Rupert Murdoch](/source/Rupert_Murdoch)'s [News UK](/source/News_UK), [TalkTV](/source/TalkTV_(British_TV_channel)).[15] However, six months later, in April 2024, TalkTV closed its national broadcasting operation and the station's name reverted to Liverpool TV.[16]

The station broadcasts from the [Storeton](/source/Storeton_transmitting_station) relay transmitter which is transmitted via the [Winter Hill transmitter](/source/Winter_Hill_transmitting_station) which also broadcast the station via a directional localised signal beam on Freeview channel 7, but is not available on satellite or cable.[citation needed]

## Programming

Liverpool TV is required to broadcast 35 hours a week of first-run local programming.[17][18]

As of February 2018, the station's sole local programme is *Merseyside Live*, a rolling four-hour block of pre-recorded local news, sport and features airing each weeknight from 5-9pm. A half-hour block also airs on the generic *Made Television* networked feed on digital satellite each weekday evening at 7pm.[19] Programmes produced by the other Made TV stations also air on the channel along with acquired programming from independent producers and other broadcasters around the UK, including the thrice-daily programming blocks from [CBS Reality](/source/CBS_Reality) - airing from 9-11am, 1-5pm and 9pm-2am.

As of December 2021, the channel acts as a simulcast of [CBS Reality](/source/CBS_Reality) for most of the day, with Local TV Liverpool's news broadcast at lunch between 1–2pm and in the evening between 6-8pm.[20] In addition to these slots, Local TV comes back on air between 2-9am with repeats of its newscasts being listed next to a breakfast news update from 6am.[21]

Programmes produced by the other Local TV Ltd stations also air on the channel along with acquired programming from independent producers and other broadcasters around the UK, including the thrice-daily programming blocks, originally from [CBS Reality](/source/CBS_Reality) and since the start of 2023, from [TalkTV](/source/TalkTV_(British_TV_channel)), airing from 9-11am, 1-5pm and 9pm-2am.[22]

## See also

- [Local television in the United Kingdom](/source/Local_television_in_the_United_Kingdom)

## References

**Notes**

**Sources**

1. ["The Prolific North Awards 2013 The Winners"](http://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/2013/05/the-prolific-north-awards-2013-the-winners/). 17 May 2013.

1. ["Ofcom awards Liverpool local TV licence"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130430152633/http://media.ofcom.org.uk/2013/02/21/ofcom-awards-liverpool-local-tv-licence/). Ofcom. 2013-02-21. Archived from [the original](http://media.ofcom.org.uk/2013/02/21/ofcom-awards-liverpool-local-tv-licence/) on 2013-04-30. Retrieved 2013-02-21.

1. ["Bay TV Liverpool awarded local digital television licence"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130225212942/http://www.baytvliverpool.co.uk/vod/?vid=JBV5126074b92288). Bay TV Liverpool. 21 February 2013. Archived from [the original](http://www.baytvliverpool.co.uk/vod/?vid=JBV5126074b92288) on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.

1. ["Liverpool's Bay TV enters administration"](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpools-bay-tv-enters-administration-11788440). 23 August 2016.

1. ["Liverpool 's Bay TV seeks deal with creditor over debts of £450,000"](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-s-bay-tv-seeks-11622284). 15 July 2016.

1. ["Liverpool's Bay TV set to be bought days after going into administration"](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpools-bay-tv-set-bought-11823036). 31 August 2016.

1. [Liverpool local TV service prepares for re-launch](http://www.a516digital.com/2016/10/liverpool-local-tv-service-prepares-for.html), a516digital.com, 3 October 2016

1. [Made Television reveals all-new summer line up](https://www.madetelevision.tv/press/made-television-reveals-new-summer-line/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170901022512/https://www.madetelevision.tv/press/made-television-reveals-new-summer-line/) 2017-09-01 at the Wayback Machine, Made Television, 25 May 2017

1. [TruTV on Made](https://www.madeinbirmingham.tv/programme/trutv-on-made/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170901023417/https://www.madeinbirmingham.tv/programme/trutv-on-made/) 2017-09-01 at the Wayback Machine, Made Television, 25 May 2017

1. [Jobs to be axed at Made in Birmingham TV station](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/business/jobs-axed-made-birmingham-tv-13810191), Birmingham Post, 26 October 2017

1. [Made TV splits Sky and Freeview local TV feeds](http://www.a516digital.com/2018/01/made-tv-splits-sky-and-freeview-local.html), a516digital.com, 4 January 2018

1. ["JPIMedia chairman launches new Manchester TV channel - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage"](https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2021/news/jpimedia-chairman-launches-new-regional-tv-channel/)

1. ["About us | National World"](https://web.archive.org/web/20201231140146/https://www.nationalworld.com/about-us). *www.nationalworld.com*. Archived from [the original](https://www.nationalworld.com/about-us) on 2020-12-31.

1. ["David Montgomery's local TV network to launch Manchester channel"](https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/broadcasting-news/2021/02/david-montgomerys-local-tv-network-launch-manchester-channel). February 2021.

1. Thornham, Marc (2023-10-18). ["Local TV stations align themselves with TalkTV brand"](https://rxtvinfo.com/2023/local-tv-stations-align-themselves-with-talktv-brand/). *RXTV*. Retrieved 2024-05-15.

1. RXTV Newsdesk (2024-04-24). ["TalkTV closure brought forward; local Freeview channels revert back"](https://rxtvinfo.com/2024/talktv-closing-next-week/). *RXTV*. Retrieved 2024-05-15.

1. [Ofcom allows five local TV stations to cut local programming commitments](http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/ofcom-allows-five-local-tv-stations-to-cut-local-programming-commitments/), Press Gazette, 13 April 2016

1. [Ofcom eases local TV programme commitments on two stations](http://www.a516digital.com/2017/04/ofcom-loosens-programme-commitments-for.html), a516digital, 20 April 2017

1. [Made TV splits Sky and Freeview local TV feeds](http://www.a516digital.com/2018/01/made-tv-splits-sky-and-freeview-local.html), a516digital.com, 4 January 2018

1. *Your Merseyside Tonight* broadcast on Local TV Liverpool on 17 December 2021 at 6pm

1. *Your Merseyside - Breakfast* broadcast on Local TV Liverpool on 18 December 2021 at 6am

1. Maher, Bron (3 January 2023). ["TalkTV signs content partnership with David Montgomery's Local TV"](https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-mergers-news-tracker/talktv-local-tv-partnership/). *Press Gazette*. Retrieved 5 February 2023.

## External links

- [Official website](https://uklocal.tv/localtv-liverpool/)

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