BBC Yorkshire

BBC Yorkshire is one of the English regions of the BBC. It was formed from the division of the former BBC North region into BBC Yorkshire and BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, based in Hull.

Services

Television

BBC Yorkshire's television output consists of the flagship regional news service Look North, the topical magazine programme Inside Out and a 20-minute opt-out during the weekly Politics Show. BBC Yorkshire also produces a late night football magazine show Late Kick Off with BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and the rugby league highlights programme The Super League Show, which is simulcast in the North East & Cumbria, and East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire regions on Sunday afternoon.

Radio

The region is the controlling centre for BBC Radio Leeds, BBC Radio York and BBC Radio Sheffield.

The three stations simulcast networked programming on late Sunday to Friday nights with Radio York also carrying programming from BBC North East and Cumbria.

Online and Interactive

BBC Yorkshire also produces regional news & local radio pages for Ceefax, BBC Red Button and BBC Local News websites for each county.

History

The regional operation from Leeds began in 1968, when the original BBC North region was broken up into BBC North, BBC North West and BBC North East, with the BBC North name being transferred from Manchester to the new operation in Leeds. The new operation was called BBC North until 2002.

In 2002, viewers on the Belmont transmitter transferred to the BBC......
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