by David Prior
A new local TV station, Manchester TV, is launching tonight.
The channel will go live at 6pm on Freeview Channel 99 and forms part of the new Northern TV Network (NTVN) that includes Liverpool, Newcastle and Leeds.
Local TV, chaired by industry veteran and former Local World and Mirror Group boss David Montgomery, is behind the new launch.
He said: “Our new channel and NTVN will unashamedly champion the communities and the businesses of the north. The launch is a culmination of a £6milllion investment in our mission to move the TV world from the dated model of centralisation to a new age of localisation with journalists working in the heart of their communities.”