From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia BBC Yorkshire
BBC Yorkshire
The three stations simulcast networked program-
BBC Yorkshire ming during the evenings and late night with Radio York
also carrying programming from BBC North East and
Cumbria.
Online and Interactive
BBC Yorkshire also produces regional news & local radio
pages for Ceefax, BBC Red Button and BBC Local News web-
sites for each county.
History
Main article: BBC North
The regional operation from Leeds began in 1968, when
Headquarters Leeds
the original BBC North region was broken up into BBC
Broadcast Yorkshire and North Midlands North, BBC North West and BBC North East, with the BBC
area North name being transferred from Manchester to the
Nation BBC English Regions new operation in Leeds. The new operation was called
BBC North until 2002.
TV Emley Moor In 2002, viewers on the Belmont transmitter trans-
transmitters ferred to the BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire service, and
the service began to use the on-screen name of BBC York-
Radio BBC Radio Leeds, BBC Radio Sheffield and
stations BBC Radio York
shire. This was made official in 2004, when both the Leeds
in this area operation, and the Yorks and Lincs operation in Hull,
moved into new premises.
BBC Yorkshire is one of the English regions of the BBC. Studios
It was formed from the division of the former BBC North
region into BBC Yorkshire and BBC Yorkshire and Lin-
colnshire, based in Hull.
Services
Television
BBC Yorkshire’s television output consists of the flagship
regional news service Look North, the topical magazine
programme Inside Out and a 20-minute opt-out during
Sunday Politics. BBC Yorkshire also produces a late night
football magazine show Late Kick Off with BBC Yorkshire
and Lincolnshire and the rugby league highlights pro-
gramme The Super League Show, which is simulcast in the Old Broadcasting House on Woodhouse Lane.
North East & Cumbria, and East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
regions on Monday nights. The first Leeds base for BBC North was a converted studio
complex in All Souls Church, where the service was based
Radio through into the 1970s. From then, the service moved
The region is the controlling centre for BBC Radio Leeds, into Old Broadcasting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds
BBC Radio York and BBC Radio Sheffield. where some services such as BBC Radio Leeds had already
been broadcasting. The building itself was of two ages,
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia BBC Yorkshire
Yorkshire moved to the new building, located in St.
Peter’s Square, Quarry Hill, Leeds, which had state of the
art computer systems, new digital studios for BBC Radio
Leeds, and brand new technology that allowed the pro-
gramme to be broadcast in widescreen.
In addition to St. Peter’s Square, BBC Yorkshire also
has radio studios and radio bureaux located in the Na-
tional Media Museum in Bradford, York and Sheffield.
BBC Yorkshire Studio, Leeds. See also
• BBC English Regions
one part made of stone with columns, and another made
of concrete, and featuring the BBC Coat of arms moulded
into the front of the building.
External links
In 2004, however, the equipment required replacing • BBC Local News at BBC Online
and new premises were designed and created. All of BBC • BBC Look North from Yorkshire at BBC Online
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Categories:
• BBC nations and regions
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