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BBC East is the BBC English Region

BBC English Regions

BBC English Regions is the division of the BBC responsible for local television, radio, world wide web and teletext services in England. It is one of the BBC's four 'Nations' - the others being BBC Scotland, BBC Wales and BBC Northern Ireland....
serving Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying Counties of England in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and with Suffolk to the south....
, Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a Non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south....
, Essex

Essex

Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
, Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a Counties_of_the_United_Kingdom#England in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex, England and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west....
, Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England Counties of England in the East of England region of England....
, Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a landlocked Counties of England in the England East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the United Kingdom Census 2001....
, Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire is a county in England that forms part of the East of England Regions of England.Its county town is Bedford, Bedfordshire. It borders Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire....
, Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England home counties Counties of England in South East England England....
and southern Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a Counties of England in the east of England. It borders Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire....
.

BC Easts television output (broadcast on BBC One

BBC One

BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular public television service with a high level of ....
) consists of its flagship regional news service BBC Look East (including an opt-out service for the West of the region), the topical magazine programme Inside Out and a 20-minute opt-out during the weekly Politics Show.

region is the controlling centre for BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the England Counties of England of Cambridgeshire. It broadcasts from studios on Hills Road close to the Cambridge railway station in Cambridge and a studio on Priestgate in Peterborough....
, BBC Essex
BBC Essex

BBC Essex is the BBC Local Radio service for the England Counties of England of Essex. It broadcasts from its studios on New London Road in Chelmsford, England on 103.5 and 95.3 FM, and on 729 , 765 , and 1530 Amplitude modulation....
, BBC Radio Northampton
BBC Radio Northampton

BBC Radio Northampton is the BBC BBC Local Radio service for the England Counties of England of Northamptonshire. It broadcasts from its studios in Broadcasting House, Northampton on 104.2 and 103.6 FM....
, BBC Radio Norfolk
BBC Radio Norfolk

BBC Radio Norfolk is the BBC Local Radio service for the England Counties of England of Norfolk, broadcasting since 11 September 1980. It broadcasts from the studios of BBC East in The Forum, Norwich on 95.1 FM , 104.4 FM , 95.6 FM , 855 kHz Mediumwave , 873 kHz Mediumwave , Digital audio broadcasting and through the internet using Real Playe...
, BBC Radio Suffolk
BBC Radio Suffolk

BBC Radio Suffolk is the BBC Local Radio service for the England Counties of England of Suffolk, commencing broadcasts on 12 April 1990. Its studios are at Broadcasting House in St Matthews Street, Ipswich on 95.5 , 95.9 , 103.9 and 104.6 FM....
and BBC Three Counties Radio
BBC Three Counties Radio

BBC Three Counties Radio is the BBC Local Radio service for the England Counties of England of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire ....
.

On weekdays, all six stations open transmission at 4am with a networked overnight show before carrying local programming between 5am and 7pm.

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BBC East is the BBC English Region
BBC English Regions

BBC English Regions is the division of the BBC responsible for local television, radio, world wide web and teletext services in England. It is one of the BBC's four 'Nations' - the others being BBC Scotland, BBC Wales and BBC Northern Ireland....
serving Norfolk
Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying Counties of England in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and with Suffolk to the south....
, Suffolk
Suffolk

Suffolk is a Non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south....
, Essex
Essex

Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
, Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a Counties_of_the_United_Kingdom#England in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex, England and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west....
, Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England Counties of England in the East of England region of England....
, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a landlocked Counties of England in the England East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the United Kingdom Census 2001....
, Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire is a county in England that forms part of the East of England Regions of England.Its county town is Bedford, Bedfordshire. It borders Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire....
, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England home counties Counties of England in South East England England....
and southern Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a Counties of England in the east of England. It borders Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire....
.

Television
BBC Easts television output (broadcast on BBC One
BBC One

BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular public television service with a high level of ....
) consists of its flagship regional news service BBC Look East (including an opt-out service for the West of the region), the topical magazine programme Inside Out and a 20-minute opt-out during the weekly Politics Show.

Radio
The region is the controlling centre for BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the England Counties of England of Cambridgeshire. It broadcasts from studios on Hills Road close to the Cambridge railway station in Cambridge and a studio on Priestgate in Peterborough....
, BBC Essex
BBC Essex

BBC Essex is the BBC Local Radio service for the England Counties of England of Essex. It broadcasts from its studios on New London Road in Chelmsford, England on 103.5 and 95.3 FM, and on 729 , 765 , and 1530 Amplitude modulation....
, BBC Radio Northampton
BBC Radio Northampton

BBC Radio Northampton is the BBC BBC Local Radio service for the England Counties of England of Northamptonshire. It broadcasts from its studios in Broadcasting House, Northampton on 104.2 and 103.6 FM....
, BBC Radio Norfolk
BBC Radio Norfolk

BBC Radio Norfolk is the BBC Local Radio service for the England Counties of England of Norfolk, broadcasting since 11 September 1980. It broadcasts from the studios of BBC East in The Forum, Norwich on 95.1 FM , 104.4 FM , 95.6 FM , 855 kHz Mediumwave , 873 kHz Mediumwave , Digital audio broadcasting and through the internet using Real Playe...
, BBC Radio Suffolk
BBC Radio Suffolk

BBC Radio Suffolk is the BBC Local Radio service for the England Counties of England of Suffolk, commencing broadcasts on 12 April 1990. Its studios are at Broadcasting House in St Matthews Street, Ipswich on 95.5 , 95.9 , 103.9 and 104.6 FM....
and BBC Three Counties Radio
BBC Three Counties Radio

BBC Three Counties Radio is the BBC Local Radio service for the England Counties of England of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire ....
.

On weekdays, all six stations open transmission at 4am with a networked overnight show before carrying local programming between 5am and 7pm. The stations carry further networked programming, together with hourly BBC News in the East bulletins, between 7pm and closedown at 1am each weeknight (with the exception of Three Counties Radio on Friday nights). The stations also simulcast on weekend evenings (and in some cases, also simulcast with BBC Radio Lincolnshire
BBC Radio Lincolnshire

BBC Radio Lincolnshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the England Counties of England of Lincolnshire ? apart from the northern parts, which are covered by BBC Radio Humberside....
).

Other services
BBC East also produces regional news & local radio pages for Ceefax
Ceefax

Ceefax is the BBC's teletext information service transmitted via the analogue signal, starting in 1974 and running until 2012.History ...
and local BBC Where I Live websites for each county.

Studios
The headquarters for the region and the main studios for Look East are in The Forum
The Forum, Norwich

The Forum is a community building in Norwich, Norfolk. It stands opposite from the St. Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich. Designed by Hopkins Architects, the Forum was built as a millennium project for the East of England....
, Millennium Plain, Norwich
Norwich

Norwich , is a city status in the United Kingdom in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk....
. BBC East also has television studios at the offices of Radio Cambridgeshire in Hills Road, Cambridge
Cambridge

The city status in the United Kingdom of Cambridge is a College town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles north of London....
. From here, Look East broadcasts its opt-out service on weekdays to the viewers in the west of the region (Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire). Local radio studios and television bureaux are also located in Chelmsford
Chelmsford

Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England - the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford . It is located northeast of Charing Cross in London....
, Northampton
Northampton

Northampton is a large market town and Non-metropolitan district in the East Midlands region of England. It is about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, and lies on the River Nene....
, Ipswich
Ipswich

Ipswich is a non-metropolitan district and the county town of Suffolk, England on the estuary of the River Orwell. Nearby towns are Felixstowe in Suffolk, Harwich in Essex and Colchester also in Essex....
, Luton
Luton

Luton is a large town in the East of England England, 32 miles north of London. Historically, Luton is within the county of Bedfordshire, and since 1997, the town has been a unitary authority....
and Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes , often abbreviated to MK, is a large town in South East England, about north-west of London. It is also the principal town of the Milton Keynes , within the ceremonial counties of England of Buckinghamshire....
.

See also

BBC English Regions
BBC English Regions

BBC English Regions is the division of the BBC responsible for local television, radio, world wide web and teletext services in England. It is one of the BBC's four 'Nations' - the others being BBC Scotland, BBC Wales and BBC Northern Ireland....

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