- BBC East
Infobox BBC Nation or Region
name = BBC East
headquarters =Norwich
area =Norfolk ,Suffolk , northernEssex ,Cambridgeshire ,Hertfordshire , southernNorthamptonshire ,Bedfordshire ,Buckinghamshire , southernLincolnshire
nation =BBC English Regions
regions =
tvstations =
tvtransmitters = Sandy Heath
Sudbury
Tacolneston
radiostations =BBC Radio Cambridgeshire BBC Essex BBC Radio Northampton BBC Radio Norfolk BBC Radio Suffolk BBC Three Counties Radio
radiotransmitters =
keypeople = Tim Bishop
(Head of Regional
& Local Programmes)
launched = 1959
closeddate =
replaced =
replacedby =
website =BBC East is the BBC English Region that produces local
television andradio programmes forNorfolk ,Suffolk ,Essex ,Cambridgeshire ,Hertfordshire ,Northamptonshire ,Bedfordshire ,Buckinghamshire and southernLincolnshire .Its television programmes transmitted on
BBC One includes the daily "BBC Look East " news programme, the weekly regional magazine programme "Inside Out" and the weekly "Politics Show ".The region is the controlling centre for
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire ,BBC Essex ,BBC Radio Northampton ,BBC Radio Norfolk ,BBC Radio Suffolk andBBC Three Counties Radio , and the local editions of the BBC's "Where I Live" websites. Sue Marchant presents from 7-10pm weekdays for these stations (except Three Counties Radio that has itsown content). After this, Nick Risby presents from 10pm-1am. Travel is read by Louise Rundle and Kerry Phelan every 15 minutes in the first hour then every 30 minutes. The news is broadcast from the Look East newsroom.The headquarters for the region and the main studios for "Look East" are in The Forum, Millennium Plain,
Norwich . BBC East also has television studios at the offices of BBC Radio Cambridgeshire in Hills Road,Cambridge . From here "Look East" broadcasts "Close Up" to the viewers in the west of the region (Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire).ee also
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BBC English Regions External links
*bbc.co.uk|id=whereilive|title=Where I Live
*bbc.co.uk|id=lookeast|title=BBC "Look East"
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