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.svg) BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire's area within the UK | |
| TV transmitters | Belmont |
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| Radio stations | BBC Radio Humberside BBC Radio Lincolnshire |
| Headquarters | Kingston upon Hull |
| Area | East Yorkshire Lincolnshire North West Norfolk parts ofNottinghamshire |
| Nation | BBC English Regions |
Key people | David Jennings (Head of Regional & Local Programmes) |
Launch date | November 2002 |
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Commercial subsidiaries |
Key properties in London |
Birmingham |
BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, sometimes abbreviated toBBC Yorks & Lincs, is the name for theBBC's twelfthEnglish Region, based inKingston upon Hull and created from the division of the formerBBC North region, based inLeeds (now known asBBC Yorkshire). The primary transmitter is located atBelmont and coversEast Yorkshire,Lincolnshire, north westNorfolk and eastern parts ofNottinghamshire.
The regional output of BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire consists of the flagshipLook North, and the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire edition ofPolitics North,[1] one of the regional successors toSunday Politics. The region previously aired theSuper League Show, produced by PDI Media atBBC Yorkshire's studio in Leeds and simulcast in theNorth West and in theNorth East and Cumbria.[2]
The region is the controlling centre for thelocal radio stationsBBC Radio Humberside andBBC Radio Lincolnshire.
Both radio stations simulcast some programming from each other, the radio stations in theBBC Yorkshire region, and withBBC Radio 5 Live.
BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire also produces regional news & local radio pages forBBC Red Button andBBC Local News websites for each county.
Announced as part of the BBC's 'Project Hull' investment in October 2001, BBC Yorks and Lincs began as a seven-minute opt-out on theBelmont transmitter of the mainLook North programme fromLeeds, presented byClare Frisby and the late bulletin following theTen O'Clock News. On 11 November 2002, theLook North programme for the region launched as a full programme presented byPeter Levy andHelen Fospero. The programme expanded into new headquarters in April 2004, and the BBC Yorkshire and BBC Yorks and Lincs region became officially separate.
BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire's first Head of Regional and Local Programmes (HRLP) was Helen Thomas, appointed in March 2004. In November 2006, Helen Thomas became HRLP of BBC Yorkshire in Leeds, and Catherine Hearne was appointed HRLP of BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. She took up her post in January 2007, but left to go to BBC West Midlands. The first Editor of Look North was Roger Farrant, whose departure to Bristol led to the appointment of Steven Punter as Editor in November 2004. Punter left the BBC soon after. Dave Betts ran Look North from 2006 until June 2007. Mark Hayman replaced him as the region's first TV News Editor running an integrated team of journalists and technicians, but has since moved to BBC West Midlands.
The first studios used by BBC Yorks and Lincs housed the opt-out service, launched in 2001, which operated from a studio above thePost Office in 9 Chapel Street,Hull. The small studios and team were enough to produce an opt-out, but when the time came in November 2002 to launch their own programme, the studio was noticeable for its size. It was so small that there was room for the desk only; other features such as weather had to be done elsewhere and played out on a screen in the studio.
Eventually, to coincide with the separation of the service, a new studio complex was built and unveiled byManor Property Group at Queen's Court inQueen's Gardens in 2005. The new studio complex housed the new, expanded service, with a central newsroom, a good sized studio for theLook North programme, as well as radio studios forBBC Radio Humberside.
The region also has a news bureau inLincoln.
