BBC South East
 .svg) BBC South East's area within the UK |
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| TV transmitters |
Bluebell Hill Dover Heathfield Whitehawk |
|---|---|
| Radio stations |
BBC Radio Kent BBC Surrey BBC Sussex |
| Headquarters | Tunbridge Wells |
| Area |
Kent Sussex |
| Regions | South East |
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Key people
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Quentin Smith |
BBC South East is the BBC English region serving Kent and Sussex.
The BBC region was created in September 2001 by the joining of the Heathfield transmitter (formerly part of the BBC South region) with the Bluebell Hill and Dover transmitters (from the then BBC London and South East region) to form a new regional TV service. Unlike ITV Meridian (East), it does not serve southern Essex (received from a Bluebell Hill overlap), this area being part of the BBC London region instead.
BBC South East's television output consists of the flagship regional news service South East Today and the topical magazine programme Inside Out. A 25-minute opt-out during Sunday Politics is produced by an independent production company. A late night football magazine show Late Kick Off is co-produced with BBC London.
The region is the controlling centre for BBC Radio Kent, BBC Surrey and BBC Sussex.
Radio Kent carries local programming between 6am and 7pm from the Tunbridge Wells studio, then simulcasts networked programming along with stations in the BBC South and South East regions until 1am every night. BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey each carry three hours a day of local programming for each county from 6am to 9am, sharing the remainder of their output between 9am and 7pm, then joining with other stations in the BBC South and BBC South East regions at 7pm.
BBC South East also produces regional news and local radio pages for BBC Red Button and BBC Local websites for each county. It also provided regional information for the BBC Ceefax service until its closure in October 2012.
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