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1. 11. BBC Radio 5 Live off air as fire alarm sparks evacuation at MediaCity

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 11 January 2012 BBC Radio 5 Live went off air for five minutes when a fire alarm sparked an evacuation at MediaCity. The evacuation took place at 12.20am today during Tony Livesey's late-night show.

2. 12. Dragons' Den is latest top TV show to move to MediaCity in Salford

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 05 January 2012 Dragons' Den is the latest high profile show making the move to Salford's MediaCity. The popular BBC2 programme, where budding entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to the panel of 'dragons' for investment, was previously filmed in Pinewood Studios near London.

3. 13. David Ottewell: Give MediaCity a fair crack of the whip

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 24 November 2011 Anyone who has walked round the MediaCity site, or Salford Quays in general - the Lowry centre with its A-list productions, the iconic Imperial War Museum North, the plush canal-side apartments - could hardly fail to be impressed, writes David Ottewell.

4. 14. BBC now 'open for business' at MediaCity in Salford, says Peter Salmon

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 16 November 2011 Peter Salmon, Director of BBC North, said the corporation was now 'very much open for business' at its new MediaCity home as he spoke about his ambition to create jobs and reach out to audiences in the north of England.

5. 15. Stephen Fry blasts BBC in blog rant over 'absurd' move to MediaCity

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 12 December 2011 Stephen Fry has launched a blistering attack on the BBC's move to Salford. In a foul-mouthed tirade written on his blog, the actor-turned-author slammed the Beeb's relocation to MediaCity.

6. 16. City's new signing: Gary Lineker to commute to MediaCity in Salford to present BBC's Match of the Day

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 10 October 2011 The former England player, 50, will make the weekly 450-mile round trip from his Surrey home to the new studios at MediaCity. Match of the Day will start broadcasting from Salford on November 5.

7. 17. Bumper year for RTS TV awards as MediaCity makes its mark on the north west

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 28 September 2011 With the BBC’s ongoing move of departments to MediaCity in Salford, this year’s North West Royal Television Society Awards is shaping up to be the biggest ever.

8. 18. Two workmen spend eight months sitting in a van watching Metrolink trams in bid to solve MediaCity junction problem

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 15 June 2011 Engineers have spent eight months sitting in a van next to a Metrolink line watching trams going through a problem junction. The men have been stationed next to the track at the point where the MediaCity spur meets the Eccles line at Salford Quays since October.

9. 19. Robbie Savage can’t wait to tackle his new BBC role at MediaCity

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 13 June 2011 While not all BBC staff are behind the big move to MediaCity in Salford, it couldn’t have made flamboyant footballer Robbie Savage any happier.

10. 20. Top MediaCity jobs must be for all says Hazel Blears

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 13 October 2010 Hazel Blears is calling for her constituents to be given high-end positions in MediaCity – and not just jobs as  hotel cleaners.

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