Emoa Lobby

Emoa Lobby is a regional programme produced by Emoa Productions for NETV, with live discussions concering local politics and its ties with local business. It is currently presented by Dennis Parrot and Judy Taylor, and airs each Wednesday at 18.30. The programme is effectively a continuation of NETV Tonight, which is broadcast live from the same studio between 18.00 and 18.30, with Emoa Lobby continuing after the 18.30 advertisement break. Parrot particularly specialises in political discussion, whereas Taylor specialises more closely in the relation of businesses to the North East, and politics.

It was initially part of the North Community programme, however the section was given its own slot in June 2006. The programme continued in a regular slot up until June 2007 when it was replaced by Vanquish Media local's The Biz programme. Emoa Lobby was to be re-named as "NETV Lobby" in November 2006 when Emoa axed all corporate on-air brands on its regional television services, however Emoa Lobby was retained as it was a well-known name amongst its niché audience, with business features sometimes being referred to as "Emoa Business". The brand was still occasionally used on one-off occasions and political debates on NETV Tonight, however the programme no longer had its own "lobby" set and uses the news set of NETV News North.

The format however was revived in March 2008 when the the series run of The Biz ended.

The format was copied by GTV and used in the programme Emoa Lobby Scotland, focusing on local politics and businesses in North West Scotland and the Highlands, which has since dropped the "Scotland" brand to mirror the name of its North East counterpart.