Made in Liverpool's news operation began in December 2014 as part of the newly launched Bay TV - the station aired a rolling service of short local news bulletins throughout the day until October 2016, when Bay TV was brought by
Made Television after falling into administration. Bay TV's news output was revamped and relaunched on Wednesday 19 October 2016 as a twice-nightly half-hour programme on weeknights entitled
Liverpool Today. The programme focused exclusively on local news stories from
Liverpool and surrounding areas, as opposed to the broader regional news services provided by
BBC North West and
ITV Granada. Following the launch of sister station
Made in North Wales, reporters and presenters were occasionally shared with that station's counterpart
North Wales News. In November 2017, following a restructuring of the Made network's operations,
Liverpool Today was axed and local production was cut. A replacement programme,
Made TV News - combining local and national news stories - was produced from Leeds but axed in February 2018 in favour of
Merseyside Live, a rolling block of pre-recorded news, sport and features produced by local videojournalists.
Liverpool Today on-air team ==References==