BBC Yorkshire's area within the UK | |
TV stations | BBC One |
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TV transmitters | Chesterfield Emley Moor Oliver's Mount Tapton Hill |
Radio stations | BBC Radio Leeds BBC Radio Sheffield BBC Radio York |
Headquarters | Broadcasting Centre, 2 St Peter's Square, Leeds LS9 8AH |
Area | West Yorkshire South Yorkshire North Yorkshire Derbyshire (Bolsover, eastern High Peak, North East Derbyshire, Chesterfield and northern areas of the Derbyshire Dales) Nottinghamshire (Bassetlaw) |
Nation | BBC English Regions |
Regions | Yorkshire and parts of East Midlands |
BBC |
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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 Kingston upon Hull. Serving West, North and South Yorkshire and the north Midlands.
BBC Yorkshire's television output consists of the flagship regional news service Look North and a 30-minute Sunday morning regional politics show. BBC Yorkshire also co-produced the rugby league highlights programme The Super League Show , which was simulcast in the North West, North East & Cumbria and East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire regions on Monday nights.
The region is the controlling centre for BBC Radio Leeds, BBC Radio York and BBC Radio Sheffield.
The three stations simulcast networked programming during the evenings and late night.
BBC Yorkshire also produces regional news and local radio pages for BBC Red Button and BBC Local News websites for each county.
The regional operation from Leeds began in 1968, when the original BBC North region was broken up into BBC North, BBC North West and BBC North East, with the BBC North name being transferred from Manchester to the new operation in Leeds. The new operation was called BBC North until 2002.
In 2002, viewers on the Belmont transmitter transferred to the BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire service, and the service began to use the on-screen name of BBC Yorkshire.[ citation needed ] This was made official in 2004,[ citation needed ] when both the Leeds operation, and the East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire operation in Hull, moved into new premises.
The first Leeds base for BBC North, upon the launch of regional television was a converted studio in All Souls Church, where the service was based until 1974. From then, the television service moved into Old Broadcasting House at Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, where some services such as BBC Radio Leeds had already been broadcasting. This building was originally the Society of Friends' (Quakers') Carlton Hill Meeting House; [1] the building itself was of two ages, 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.
In 2004, however, the equipment required replacing and new premises were built by Birse Group. [2] All of BBC Yorkshire's Leeds-based facilities moved to the new building, located in St. Peter's Square at Quarry Hill, which included state-of-the-art computer systems, new digital studios for BBC Radio Leeds, and new technology that allowed the programme to be broadcast in widescreen.
In addition to St. Peter's Square, BBC Yorkshire also has radio studios and television bureaux located in York and Sheffield.
Yorkshire and the Humber is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. The population in 2021 was 5,480,774 with its largest settlements being Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Hull, and York.
ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network. Until 1974, this was primarily the historic county of Yorkshire and parts of neighbouring counties served by the Emley Moor transmitter. Following a reorganisation in 1974 the transmission area was extended to include Lincolnshire, northwestern Norfolk and parts of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, served by the Belmont transmitter.
BBC Radio Lincolnshire is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Lincolnshire.
BBC Radio Humberside is the BBC's local radio station serving the former county of Humberside which includes the unitary authorities of East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire in England.
BBC Radio York is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of North Yorkshire.
BBC Midlands is the BBC English Region producing local radio and web content for the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and parts of Gloucestershire. Although the region has been unofficially called BBC West Midlands since BBC East Midlands became a separate region in 1991, it retains the BBC Midlands name and brand, with its history dating from 1927, for public use.
BBC Look North is the BBC's TV news service for East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, produced by BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. The programmes are produced and broadcast from the BBC Broadcasting Centre at Queens Court in Kingston upon Hull, with reporters also based in Lincoln.
Peter Levy is a BBC television and occasional radio presenter on BBC Radio Humberside. He previously worked in commercial radio.
BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, sometimes abbreviated to BBC Yorks & Lincs, is the name for the BBC's twelfth English Region, based in Kingston upon Hull and created from the division of the former BBC North region, based in Leeds. The primary transmitter is located at Belmont and covers East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, north west Norfolk and eastern parts of Nottinghamshire.
BBC Look North is the BBC's regional television news service for West, South and North Yorkshire and northern parts of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. The service is produced and broadcast from the BBC Broadcasting Centre at St. Peter's Square in Leeds with district newsrooms based in Bradford, Sheffield and York.
BBC North (Group) is an operational business division of the BBC.
BBC North East and Cumbria is one of the BBC's English regions covering Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Gateshead, South Tyneside, City of Sunderland, County Durham, Northumberland, north and mid Cumbria and parts of North Yorkshire. The region provides unique BBC One programming, including regional news programmes, and local radio stations. It is headquartered at Broadcasting Centre, Spital Tongues, Newcastle upon Tyne.
BBC English Regions is the division of the BBC responsible for local and regional television, radio, web, and teletext services in England, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands. It is one of the BBC's four "nations" – the others being BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Northern Ireland, and BBC Scotland.
BBC North West is the BBC English Region serving Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, as well as parts of North Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire (Biddulph), Cumbria and the Isle of Man.
BBC East Midlands is the BBC English Region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, South Kesteven in Lincolnshire and some northern parts of Northamptonshire.
The BBC Night Network was an all-evening radio network which linked up the North East England, Yorkshire and the Humber, and later the North West England regions of BBC Local Radio. Each station would share the same programming.
Hits Radio East Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire, formerly Viking FM, is an Independent Local Radio station based in Leeds, England, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to the East Riding of Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.
ITV News Calendar is a British television news service broadcast and produced by ITV Yorkshire.
This is a timeline of the history of the British broadcaster Yorkshire Television. It has provided the ITV service for Yorkshire since 1968.