- BBC South
Infobox BBC Nation or Region
name = BBC South
headquarters =Southampton
area =Hampshire , easternDorset ,
westernBerkshire ,Oxfordshire , theIsle of Wight ,West Sussex
nation =BBC English Regions
regions =
tvstations =
tvtransmitters = Hannington
Midhurst
Rowridge
Oxford
radiostations =BBC Radio Solent BBC Radio Oxford BBC Radio Berkshire
radiotransmitters =
keypeople = Mike Hapgood
(Head of Regional
& Local Programmes)
launched =1970
closeddate =
replaced =
replacedby =
website =BBC South is the BBC English Region producing local
television ,radio , web andteletext content forWest Sussex ,Hampshire , easternDorset , westernBerkshire ,Oxfordshire , south eastWiltshire and theIsle of Wight .Its television service transmitted on
BBC One includes the daily "South Today " news programme, the opt-out service "BBC Oxford News" (for viewers served by the Oxford transmitter), the weekly regional magazine programme "Inside Out" and the weekly "Politics Show ".The region is the controlling centre for local radio stations
BBC Radio Solent ,BBC Oxford andBBC Radio Berkshire , as well as producing the local editions of the BBC's "Where I Live" websites and the regional news pages onCeefax .The regional headquarters and television centre is in
Southampton , with offices and television studios also inOxford .Prior to moving to the current purpose built studios in the 1990s, BBC South was for many years based at South Western House - a former grand hotel set up to cater for first class passengers using the trans-atlantic liners from Southampton and latterly used as a military HQ during the planning of the
D-day landings.ee also
*
BBC English Regions External links
*bbc.co.uk|id=whereilive|title=Where I Live
*bbc.co.uk|id=england/southtoday|title=BBC "South Today"
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