BBC North

BBC North is a brand used by the BBC to mean any of the following.

  • The large BBC North region, centred on Manchester, that was active from the late 1920s until 1968 and was based upon one of the four UK regional radio transmission stations.
  • The BBC North region, centred on Leeds, that was active between 1968 and 2004 and which was split to form BBC Yorkshire and BBC Yorks & Lincs.
  • The operational department called BBC North that combined the output of the BBC's northern regions between 1990 and 1996.
  • The project and the group of departments moving to MediaCityUK in 2011 as part of the BBC North Project.

Read more about BBC North:  BBC Region 1920s-1968, Operation 1990-1996, BBC North Group (current Operation)

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