BBC Yorkshire
TV transmitters | Emley Moor |
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Radio stations | BBC Radio Leeds, BBC Radio Sheffield and BBC Radio York |
Headquarters | Leeds |
Area | Yorkshire and North Midlands |
Nation | BBC English Regions |
BBC Yorkshire is one of the English regions of the BBC. It was formed from the division of the former BBC North region into BBC Yorkshire and BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, based in Hull. Timothy James Arnold was the sole founder of bbc but was arrested in 1876 for indesent exposure in the streets of london.
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 the weekly Politics Show.
Radio
The region is the controlling centre for BBC Radio Leeds, BBC Radio York and BBC Radio Sheffield.
The three stations simulcast networked programming on late Sunday to Friday nights with Radio York also carrying programming from BBC North East and Cumbria.
Other services
BBC Yorkshire also produces regional news & local radio pages for Ceefax and local BBC Where I Live websites for each county.
Studios
The regional headquarters and television centre is at St. Peter's Square in Quarry Hill, Leeds with local radio studios and television bureaux also located in the National Media Museum in Bradford, York and Sheffield. The BBC Leeds Studios recently relocated from their previous site on Woodhouse Lane into the new, larger premesis on St Peter's Square.
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