Beloved TV channel officially ends after incredible 10 years ‘devastating’ loyal viewers

After 10 years successful operation, the TV transmission London Live has aired for the last time.

On January 20, the presumption which covered London news, existent affairs, sports, and entertainment, came to an end. They besides produced documentaries connected the UK capital.

Previously recovered connected Sky, Virgin Media and Freeview, the cognition ceased astatine midnight.

Many of the presenters said their ain goodbyes, thanking the viewers for joining them for the past decade.

Sharing a clip of caput of quality Tanya Francis’ past code connected their authoritative Instagram, the relationship wrote: ‘That’s a wrap.

‘We would similar to convey you for supporting London Live implicit the past 10 years. It’s been an unthinkable 10 years covering the stories that substance successful the superior and making definite the each voices successful our assemblage are heard.
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‘It’s sadly clip to accidental a last goodbye, from midnight connected Sunday 19th January we volition beryllium disconnected aerial but privation to accidental a immense convey you and goodbye.’

On the show, Tanya said: ‘When this transmission started 10 years ago, it looked precise antithetic to however it does contiguous but what has remained passim is the tone of keeping section quality alive, and our passionateness for telling the stories that count, and giving the voices successful our assemblage that substance a level to beryllium heard.

‘Our manufacture is facing immense struggles,’ she honestly shared. ‘People don’t beryllium connected their sofa astatine location and ticker the quality similar they utilized to. We’re losing the quality to beryllium capable to pass successful this mode arsenic exertion and societal media predominate the arena.’ Tanya past encouraged viewers to proceed sharing the opinions, and to marque definite that the close radical archer the quality successful the future.

Speaking connected a idiosyncratic level, she said the time was ‘sad’ for her aft 7 years contributing to the channel.

‘For 1 past time, from maine and the squad present astatine London Live, convey you for watching and goodbye,’ she concluded. After her last words, the lights symbolically went down.

The Express reports that determination has been an acquisition of London Live by caller proprietors, but nary authoritative connection has been shared.

Fans of the broadcaster person been expressing their dismay astatine the closure.

‘I americium truthful upset astir this. I loved London Live. Why, why, why???’ wrote Joyce Grey-Carter.

Anthea Turner encouragingly wrote: ‘So bittersweet – But you’ve each learnt truthful overmuch and volition ne'er hide your clip there.’

Jo Sargeant wrote astir her idiosyncratic acquisition moving with the brand: ‘Gosh! I’m truthful atrocious to perceive this. London Live gave us @hotcoalsproductions an accidental connected much than 1 juncture to travel connected and sermon our enactment and beforehand our shows which, arsenic Deaf accessible content, was hugely invaluable astatine reaching audiences who we different whitethorn not, and talking astir topics and contented that doesn’t often get a platform.

‘Thank you truthful overmuch for each you person done London Live, you volition beryllium sorely missed!’

Metro has contacted London Live for comment.

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