BBC English Regions
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| TV transmitters | Terrestrial, cable and BBC UK regional TV on satellite |
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| Radio stations | BBC Local Radio |
| Headquarters | The Mailbox, Birmingham, England |
| Nation | England |
| Regions |
BBC North East and Cumbria BBC North West BBC Yorkshire BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire BBC East Midlands BBC West Midlands BBC East BBC West BBC South BBC London BBC South East BBC South West |
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Key people
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David Holdsworth Controller, BBC English Regions |
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Official website
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bbc.co.uk/england |
BBC English Regions is the division of the BBC responsible for local 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 Scotland, BBC Wales and BBC Northern Ireland.
The division is made up of 12 separate regions. Many of the names of these regions are similar to those of the official government Regions of England, but the areas covered are often significantly different as they are determined by terrestrial transmission areas, not administrative boundaries.
The headquarters of BBC English Regions is at The Mailbox in Birmingham, with regional television centres in Manchester, Leeds, Hull, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Norwich, Bristol, London, Tunbridge Wells, Southampton and Plymouth, and local radio stations based at 43 locations across England.
Overall the division produces over 70% of the BBC's domestic television and radio output hours, for about 7% of the licence fee.
Since April 2009 the English Regions division has been aligned with the BBC News department to 'maximise co-operation in the BBC's news operations'.
The current BBC English Regions division was the product of the controversial Broadcasting in the Seventies report – a radical review of the BBC's network radio and non-metropolitan broadcasting structure – published on 10 July 1969.
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