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Encyclopedia > BBC North West
BBC North West
BBC North West
Headquarters Oxford Road, Manchester
Broadcast area Lancashire, Merseyside,
Greater Manchester,
northern Cheshire,
northern Derbyshire,
southern Cumbria
National Region BBC English Regions

TV Transmitters Winter Hill
Radio Stations BBC Radio Manchester
BBC Radio Merseyside
BBC Radio Lancashire

Key people Tamsin O'Brien
(Head of Regional
& Local Programmes)

BBC North West is the BBC English Region covering Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, the northern parts of Cheshire, the north-western portion of Derbyshire and southern Cumbria. Manchester is a major city and metropolitan borough within Greater Manchester in North West England. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Arms of the former Merseyside Metropolitan County Council Merseyside is a county, located in the North West of England. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England which roughly encompasses the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester, and has a population of 2. ... The Cheshire Plain - photo taken adjacent to Beeston Castle The Cheshire Plain - photo taken towards Merseyside The Cheshire Plain panorama - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge Cattle farming in the county Black-and-white timbered buildings on Nantwich High Street Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester)[1] is a... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... Cumbria is a county in the North West region of England. ... BBC English Regions is the division of the BBC responsible for the corporations local television, radio, web and teletext services in England. ... Click to view the hi-res version and see the supporting cables The Winter Hill transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications site situated on Winter Hill between Chorley and Bolton, in Lancashire, England. ... BBC Radio Manchester is a BBC Local Radio station broadcasting to the city of Manchester and surrounding areas. ... BBC Radio Merseyside is the BBC Local Radio service for the English metropolitan county of Merseyside and north Cheshire. ... BBC Radio Lancashire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Lancashire. ... BBC English Regions is the division of the BBC responsible for the corporations local television, radio, web and teletext services in England. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England which roughly encompasses the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester, and has a population of 2. ... Arms of the former Merseyside Metropolitan County Council Merseyside is a county, located in the North West of England. ... The Cheshire Plain - photo taken adjacent to Beeston Castle The Cheshire Plain - photo taken towards Merseyside The Cheshire Plain panorama - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge Cattle farming in the county Black-and-white timbered buildings on Nantwich High Street Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester)[1] is a... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... Cumbria is a county in the North West region of England. ...


Its television service includes the daily BBC North West Tonight news programme, the weekly regional magazine programme Inside Out and the weekly Politics Show. The BBC North West Tonight ident BBC North West Tonight is the BBCs regional evening television news programme for the BBC North West English region, which is comprised of Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, Cheshire, South Cumbria and part of Derbyshire. ...


The region is the controlling centre for BBC Radio Lancashire, BBC Radio Manchester and BBC Radio Merseyside, and the local editions of the BBC's Where I Live websites. BBC Radio Lancashire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Lancashire. ... BBC Radio Manchester is a BBC Local Radio station broadcasting to the city of Manchester and surrounding areas. ... BBC Radio Merseyside is the BBC Local Radio service for the English metropolitan county of Merseyside and north Cheshire. ...


The regional headquarters and television centre is in Oxford Road, Manchester. Manchester is a major city and metropolitan borough within Greater Manchester in North West England. ...


External links

  • BBC Where I live
  • North West Tonight

  Results from FactBites:
 
BBC North West Tonight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (233 words)
BBC North West Tonight is the BBC's regional evening television news programme for the north west England region, which is comprised of Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, and Cheshire.
It broadcasts on BBC One from its studio at the Broadcasting House, Oxford Road, Manchester.
Every weekday the presenter of BBC North West Tonight, Gordon Burns plays a word game with the weather presenter standing next to his desk.
Stations of the BBC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (505 words)
BBC Radio 2 (music for a more mature audience; and comedy), originally known as the Light Programme.
BBC Radio 3 (Classical, jazz and non-western music and study in musical topics), originally the Third Programme.
BBC Radio 4 (Non-musical entertainment such as drama, comedy, news programmes and factual programmes), previously the Home Service, formed in 1939 from the fusion of the prewar National and Regional Programmes.
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