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.svg) 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, easternHigh Peak,North East Derbyshire,Chesterfield and northern areas of theDerbyshire Dales) Nottinghamshire (Bassetlaw) |
| Nation | BBC English Regions |
| Regions | Yorkshire and parts ofEast Midlands |
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Commercial subsidiaries |
Key properties in London |
Birmingham |
BBC Yorkshire is one of theEnglish regions of theBBC. It was formed from the division of the formerBBC North region into BBC Yorkshire andBBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, based inKingston upon Hull. ServingWest,North andSouth Yorkshire and the north Midlands.
BBC Yorkshire's television output consists of the flagship regional news serviceLook North and a 30-minute Sunday morning regional politics show. BBC Yorkshire also co-produced the rugby league highlights programmeThe Super League Show, which was simulcast in theNorth West,North East & Cumbria andEast Yorkshire & Lincolnshire regions on Monday nights.
The region is the controlling centre forBBC Radio Leeds,BBC Radio York andBBC Radio Sheffield.
The three stationssimulcast networked programming during the evenings and late night.
BBC Yorkshire also produces regional news and local radio pages forBBC Red Button andBBC Local News websites for each county.
The regional operation from Leeds began in 1968, when the originalBBC North region was broken up intoBBC North,BBC North West andBBC North East, with the BBC North name being transferred fromManchester to the new operation in Leeds. The new operation was calledBBC North until 2002.
In 2002, viewers on theBelmont transmitter transferred to theBBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire service, and the service began to use the on-screen name ofBBC 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 forBBC 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 asBBC Radio Leeds had already been broadcasting. This building was originally theSociety 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 theBBC Coat of arms moulded into the front of the building.
In 2004, however, the equipment required replacing and new premises were built byBirse Group.[2] All of BBC Yorkshire's Leeds-based facilities moved to the new building, located in St. Peter's Square atQuarry 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 inwidescreen.
In addition to St. Peter's Square, BBC Yorkshire also has radio studios and television bureaux located inYork andSheffield.
