BBC Northern Ireland

Headquarters	Belfast
Broadcast area	Northern Ireland (also widely available in the Republic of Ireland
TV Stations	BBC One Northern Ireland BBC Two Northern Ireland
Radio Stations in this area	BBC Radio Ulster BBC Radio Foyle
Websites	http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland

BBC Northern Ireland is the main public service broadcaster in Northern Ireland. The organisation is one of the three national regions of the BBC, together with BBC Scotland and BBC Wales. Based at Broadcasting House, Belfast, it provides television, radio, online and interactive television content. Image File history File links Bbcni. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Northern Ireland County: District: Belfast UK Parliament: Belfast North Belfast South Belfast East Belfast West European Parliament: Northern Ireland Dialling Code: 028, +44 28 posttown = Belfast Postal District(s): BT1-BT17, BT29 (part of), BT58 Area: 115 km² Population (2001) Website: www. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: ) is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with BBC Northern Ireland. ... BBC Two Northern Ireland is a television station operated by BBC Northern Ireland. ... BBC Radio Ulster is a BBC Northern Ireland Radio station based in Belfast. ... BBC Radio Foyle is a BBC Northern Ireland radio station which serves North West of Northern Ireland. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: ) is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... BBC Scotland (BBC Alba in Gaelic) is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... BBC Wales (Welsh: ) is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales. ... Not to be confused with Broadcasting House in London. ...

Television

Broadcasting House, Belfast, Headquarters of the BBC in Northern Ireland.

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• BBC One Northern Ireland
• BBC Two Northern Ireland

Prior to 27 October 2006, BBC Two NI was a digital only service while BBC Two Northern Ireland was available on analogue transmission. Since 28 October 2006, BBC Two Northern Ireland has been the on-air name for both services which have been merged. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with BBC Northern Ireland. ... BBC Two Northern Ireland is a television station operated by BBC Northern Ireland. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC Two NI is a television station operated by BBC Northern Ireland. ...

BBC Northern Ireland has its own team of continuity announcers which introduce all programmes on BBC One and BBC Two in Northern Ireland. A continuity announcer is a broadcaster whose voice (and, in some cases, face) appears between radio or television programmes to give programme information. ... BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC, and the first in the United Kingdom. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: ) is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ...

BBC Northern Ireland makes some of its own programmes itself. However, unlike the radio stations, the television stations' content is for the most part identical to that broadcast by the BBC One and BBC Two channels in England. Some network programmes may however be time-shifted in order to make room for more local programming. Most local programmes are broadcast on BBC One Northern Ireland. BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC, and the first in the United Kingdom. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is God Save the Queen. See also Proposed English National Anthems. ...

Regional television

The titles of the BBC Newsline programme.

• BBC Newsline is the regional news service. Its main presenters are Noel Thompson, Donna Traynor, Rose Neill, Sarah Travers and Mark Carruthers. The main bulletin is from 18.30-19.00 with shorter bulletins at 13.30 and 22.25. Summaries are also broadcast during Breakfast and the early afternoon (all the BBC regions broadcast their own regional news simultaneously before all the networks reconnect to the national network for a national weather broadcast);
• regional political programmes, notably Spotlight, Hearts And Minds and Lets Talk;
• regional arts programmes;
• regional weekend chat shows;
• specialist coverage of events such a visit by the Queen or a distinguished visitor such as the US president or President of Ireland; coverage of the Orange parades on July 12, St. Patrick's Day parades on 17 March, etc.

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Networked productions

As well as programmes intended purely for a regional audience, BBC Northern Ireland also produces programmes for national consumption on the BBC's channels across the UK. The main part of BBC Northern Ireland's network productions are in drama and comedy (http://www.bbc.co.uk/nidrama). Most recently, this has included producing the high-profile drama series Messiah. Messiah is a British television drama series, broadcast on the BBC One network and produced in-house by BBC Northern Ireland, although the series itself is set in England. ...

BBC Northern Ireland is also involved in co-productions with other broadcasting networks, most notably the Republic of Ireland's RTÉ. Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ; Irish for Radio and Television of Ireland) is the national publicly-funded broadcaster of Ireland. ...

Republic of Ireland

BBC One and Two Northern Ireland are widely available in the Republic of Ireland, usually on cable, MMDS or Sky Digital (UK & Ireland), but also directly via analogue or digital terrestrial as far south as Dublin. The main provider of Cable TV in Ireland, Liberty Global Europe owner of Chorus & NTL (UPC Ireland) have over 600,000 subscribers (Aug 2006) and Sky Digital have over 465,000 subscribers (Jan 2007) in the Republic of Ireland, all of whom receive BBC Northern Ireland 1 & 2, BBC3, BBC4 and BBC News 24 are also available. Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... Multichannel multipoint distribution service, also known as MMDS or wireless cable, is a wireless telecommunications technology, used for general-purpose broadband networking or, more commonly, as an alternative method of cable television programming reception. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Dublin city centre at night WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Dáil Éireann: Dublin Central, Dublin North Central, Dublin North East, Dublin North West, Dublin South Central, Dublin South East European Parliament: Dublin Dialling Code: +353 1 Postal District(s): D1-24, D6W Area: 114. ... Liberty Global Europe (formerly UGC Europe, and previously United Pan-Europe Communications or UPC, and still usually primarily trading under that brand) is Europes biggest cable TV provider, also providing internet access, telephony and other related services. ...

The two channels can also be received 'free-to-air' via satellite throughout northern Europe. Free-to-air is a phrase used to describe television and radio broadcasts which are available without subscription and without decryption (pay-TV). ... Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ...

Radio

BBC Northern Ireland operates two radio stations:

• BBC Radio Ulster, on 92-95 FM and 1341 Medium Wave, which broadcasts throughout Northern Ireland, and
• BBC Radio Foyle, on 93.1 FM and 792 Medium Wave, which broadcasts to the North West of Northern Ireland

BBC Northern Ireland also takes part in the 'Regionalisation' of some of the BBC's national radio output. For example, on Thursday nights, Radio 1 splits the home nations with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland broadcasting their own shows showcasing regional talent, with Zane Lowe still being heard in England. The Radio 1 Session from Northern Ireland is presented by Rory McConnell. BBC Radio Ulster is a BBC Northern Ireland Radio station based in Belfast. ... BBC Radio Foyle is a BBC Northern Ireland radio station which serves North West of Northern Ireland. ... This page redirects from Radio 1. See Radio 1 (disambiguation). ... Home Nations (often written as the common noun home nations) is a term used to refer to the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom — England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — collectively but as separate entities, distinct from the United Kingdom as a state. ... This article is about the country. ... This article is about the country. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: ) is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is God Save the Queen. See also Proposed English National Anthems. ... Rory was born in Belfast in 1980. ...

Online

BBC Northern Ireland's online service provides News, Sport, Schools, Learning and Programme information for television and radio programmes. It provides a streaming audio service for Radio Ulster and Radio Foyle as well as every programme on demand for up to a week after transmission. bbc.co.uk/northernireland/ is part of BBC Online and operated from the Belfast base. It also provides multi platform interactivity for TV programmes including the annual Schools' Cup Rugby and Gaelic Athletic Association finals. Streaming media is just-in-time delivery of multimedia information. ... BBC Radio Ulster is a BBC Radio station based in Belfast and is part of BBC Northern Ireland. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Northern Ireland County: District: Belfast UK Parliament: Belfast North Belfast South Belfast East Belfast West European Parliament: Northern Ireland Dialling Code: 028, +44 28 posttown = Belfast Postal District(s): BT1-BT17, BT29 (part of), BT58 Area: 115 km² Population (2001) Website: www. ... A rugby union scrum. ... A stylised Celtic cross serves as the traditional logo of the GAA. The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is an organisation which is mostly focussed on promoting Gaelic Games - traditional Irish sports, such as hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball, and rounders. ...

Programmes

Significant regional programmes

• Good Morning Ulster, flagship breakfast news programme presented by Wendy Austin, Seamus McKee and Conor Bradford;
• BBC Newsline, television news bulletins
• Give My Head Peace, television comedy series
• Spotlight (not to be confused with the BBC South West programme)
• Hearts and Minds presented by Noel Thompson
• Let's Talk presented by Mark Carruthers
• Sunday Sequence presented by William Crawley
• Talk Back presented by David Dunseith
• The Stephen Nolan show presented by Stephen Nolan
• Evening Extra, drive-time radio news presented by Mark Carruthers

The Good Morning Ulster team: Wendy Austin, Seamus McKee and Conor Bradford Good Morning Ulster is BBC Radio Ulsters agenda-setting breakfast news programme (Monday-Friday, 0630-0900) and attracts one of BBC Northern Irelands biggest radio audiences. ... Wendy Austin is a journalist and broadcaster with BBC Northern Ireland, and co-presenter of BBC Radio Ulster’s flagship news and current affairs programme Good Morning Ulster. ... Seamus McKee is a BBC Radio Ulster presenter most well-known now for his work on Good Morning Ulster alongside Wendy Austin. ... Give My Head Peace is a satirical television comedy series on BBC Northern Ireland that pokes fun at political parties, paramilitary groups and the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland. ... Spotlight is the name given to a BBC Northern Ireland weekly current affairs programme. ... BBC South West is the BBC English Region producing local television, radio, web and teletext content for Devon, Cornwall and the Channel Islands. ... Spotlight is the BBCs regional news programme for the southwest of England, covering Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, and Somerset. ... Hearts and Minds refers to two separate Vietnam War related subjects. ... Award-winning news journalist with BBC Northern Ireland, he anchors Newsline and presents the weekly Hearts and Minds programme. ... Lets Talk is an Indian English language film, released on 13th December 2002. ... Journalist with BBC Northern Ireland, he presents Lets Talk, an audience-and-panel format programme pitched at the NI television region. ... BBC Northern Irelands Sunday morning award-winning speech radio programme. ... William Crawley William Crawley is a BBC journalist and broadcaster. ... David Dunseith, the host of the BBCs Talk Back programme Talk Back is BBC Radio Ulsters award winning daily phone-in programme. ... David Dunseith is a veteran journalist and broadcaster with BBC Northern Ireland. ... Stephen Nolan has been presenting this daily speech radio programme on BBC Radio Ulster since January 2004. ... Stephen Nolan, born Belfast in 1973, is a radio and television presenter for BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Radio Five Live. ... Evening Extra is a magazine style programme replacing the old PM Ulster programme on BBC Radio Ulster. ...

Television news bulletins

• Ulster Mirror (1950s)
• Scene Around Six (1969-September 1984)
• Inside Ulster (September 1984 - 12 February 1996)
• Newsline 6.30/Newsline/BBC Newsline (12 February 1996 to date)

Selection of network programmes

• Ballykissangel (late 1990s)
• Gunpowder, Treason and Plot, historical drama
• Holy Cross
• Messiah (Crime Drama)
• Murphy's Law
• The Ambassador (late 1990s)
• Patrick Kielty Almost Live^[1]

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Languages

Although BBC Northern Ireland broadcasts primarily in English, there is some programming in other languages. Radio Ulster carries a daily programme in Irish and there is an Irish language section on BBC Northern Ireland's pages, where reference is made to "BBC Tuaisceart Éireann". There are also occasionally TV programmes in Irish. Programmes are also broadcast in Ulster Scots and there is a weekly programme in Cantonese Chinese, called "Wah Yan Jee Sing".

Technical

The BBC television and radio stations are broadcast primarily from the Divis (500kW), Limavady and Brougher Mountain transmitters. Both transmitters receive the BBC stations via a satellite feeds and each transmitter has a wealth of relay transmitters to provide annalouge service to areas not served by their respective main transmitter. Divis is a sprawling moorland to the north of Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 55. ...

BBC Northern Ireland have a radio link from their studios in Belfast which allows mobile on-location News crews to hear the studio; the test tone is known as the "commbeep". BBC Northern Ireland has three main television studios located in Belfast. There are two small studios located in the BBC Broadcasting House in Belfast. These are home to BBC Northern Ireland's regional news & current affairs programmes. They are around 2,000 Sq Ft each and are called Studio B and Studio 1. The largest of the studios is called Studio A which is located in the BBC Blackstaff House on Great Victoria Street in Belfast (just a few streets away from the BBC Broadcasting House). The studio measures 6,000 Sq Ft and has facilities which equal those available in the main television studios in London. Studio A has been home to the award winning local sitcom Give My Head Peace, BBC Northern Ireland's contribution to BBC Children in Need, Question Time, Nolan Live and more.

Famous BBC NI broadcasters

Former BBC NI Broadcasters

• Patrick Kielty - chat show host now mainly working on network television
• Sean Rafferty - former presenter of Scene Around Six and Inside Ulster, evening news programmes broadcast until mid-1990s, as well as BBC Radio Ulster news programmes, now a distinguished BBC Radio 3 music presenter
• Gloria Hunniford - former BBC NI presenter now well-known national personality working in network programmes based in London
• Suzanne Virdee-former News reporter and presenter of BBC Newsline and Inside Ulster and former radio presenter on BBC Radio Ulster now based in Birmingham presenting BBC Midlands Today.
• Colin Murray, BBC Radio One DJ started with BBC Radio Ulster as a presenter on the Across the Line programme.

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Current BBC NI Broadcasters

• David Dunseith - journalist and presenter of Talk Back.
• Noel Thompson - presenter of BBC Newsline and Hearts and Minds
• Stephen Nolan - presenter of The Stephen Nolan Show on BBC Radio Ulster, Nolan Live on BBC NI TV and a weekend phone-in programme on BBC Radio Five Live.
• Gerry Anderson - presenter of The Gerry Anderson Show on BBC Radio Ulster, a unique and wacky voice in broadcasting without a script.
• Jackie Fullerton - BBC Northern Ireland's principal football commentator.
• Hugo Duncan - singer and presenter of music programmes on BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle

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References

1. ^ BBC Northern Ireland Drama bbc.co.uk

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External links

BBC Portal

• BBC Northern Ireland at bbc.co.uk