Made in North Wales
| Made in North Wales | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 26 April 2017 |
| Owned by | Made Television |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) |
| Audience share |
Local TV Macro Network: 0.01% (September 2015, BARB) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Broadcast area | Mold, Denbigh, Ruthin and surrounding areas |
| Headquarters | Mold, Flintshire, North Wales |
| Sister channel(s) |
Made in Birmingham Made in Bristol Made in Cardiff Made in Leeds Made in Liverpool Made in Teesside Made in Tyne & Wear |
| Website | www.madeinnorthwales.tv |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 8 |
| Satellite | |
| Sky | Channel 134 |
Made in North Wales is a local television station serving Mold, Denbigh, Ruthin and surrounding areas. The station is owned and operated by Made Television Ltd and forms part of a group of eight local TV stations.
The station broadcasts from studios in the Toxteth suburb of Liverpool with local production staff based in Mold.
In January 2014, the broadcast regulator OFCOM announced it had awarded Bay TV a licence to broadcast the local TV service for Mold and surrounding areas - one of the smallest licences of its kind in the UK. The Mold licence had also been contested by a locally based group known as Serch TV Mold.
A year before, the owners of Bay TV Clwyd had already secured a licence for the Liverpool area, but the company was denied a licence to run a service for the Bangor area of Gwynedd, amid concerns about the viability of the proposed station.
Bay TV Clwyd was due to start broadcasting in October 2014, but the company said it had faced long delays because of problems with the Moel-y-Parc transmitter. Bay TV's Liverpool service began broadcasting in December 2014, but fell into administration in August 2016. It was sold to Made Television shortly afterwards and ceased broadcasting two months later before it was relaunched as Made in Liverpool.
In March 2017, Made Television announced it had acquired the Mold licence and would launch the service as Made in North Wales the following month. The station opened at 6pm on Wednesday 26 April 2017, broadcasting on Freeview channel 8.
Prior to its launch, the Welsh Language Society (Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg) accused the station of producing its local programming from Liverpool and pledging a single half-hour weekly programme in the Welsh language. In response, the company said it had hired production staff to work from Mold and the channel was linked to the Liverpool studios as part of its infrastructure.
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