London media invade Manchester

On reading that Chrysalis, Emap and Guardian Media Group are fighting to bring talk radio to Manchester I immediately felt a hope that Chrysalis’ LBC-derived format will win the day; hey it’s online already (well kind of). The truth is that Manchester appears to be benefiting from an influx of London based media; we’ve had Metro for years, but Time Out’s looking exciting and Xfm’s bedding in well on the whole (although breakfast DJ Paul Tonkinson, is far more annoying than Chris Moyles).

I simply can’t imagine rooting for local boys Guardian Media Group, who already have a radio station, TV station and print media monopoly. Their proposed 60 per cent chat adult-orientated rock station sounds ever so boring.

But it would be so much nicer to be reading about Manchester media doing well elsewhere.
Contact Stephen Newton

Posted at : October 10th, 2006 - 9:51 am
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