BBC West

BBC West

BBC West's area within the UK
TV transmitters	Mendip
Radio stations	BBC Radio Bristol BBC Radio Gloucestershire BBC Somerset BBC Wiltshire
Headquarters	Broadcasting House, Clifton, Bristol
Area	Bristol Wiltshire (majority) northern and eastern Somerset Gloucestershire (majority) northern Dorset
Nation	BBC English Regions
Regions	West
Launch date	1933

BBC West is the BBC English Region serving Bristol, the majority of Wiltshire, northern and eastern Somerset, the majority of Gloucestershire and northern Dorset.

BBC West's television service (broadcast on BBC One) consists of the flagship regional news service BBC Points West, the topical magazine programme Inside Out West and a 20-minute opt-out during Sunday Politics. A late night football magazine show Late Kick Off is co-produced with BBC South, BBC South West and the independent production company Pergall Media.

The region is the controlling centre for BBC Radio Bristol, BBC Radio Gloucestershire, BBC Radio Wiltshire and BBC Somerset.

Radio Bristol, Radio Gloucestershire and Radio Wiltshire broadcast local programming every day between 5am and 7pm, while BBC Somerset broadcasts local programming at breakfast from Monday to Saturday, weekday drivetime and Saturday afternoons, simulcasting Radio Bristol at all other times. The five stations simulcast networked programming each evening, joined by stations in the BBC South West region at weekends. Radio Bristol also broadcasts through the night on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

BBC West also produces regional news & local radio pages for the BBC Red Button and BBC Local websites for each county.

BBC West launched a regional television service from Bristol in September 1957. Initially broadcast from the Wenvoe transmitter on the outskirts of Cardiff, the geographical nature of the Wenvoe signal meant the first regional news bulletins were broadcast to both Wales and the West of England, sharing a ten-minute timeslot with News from Wales.

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