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| Headquarters | Clifton, Bristol |
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| Broadcast area | Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Wiltshire. |
| Nation | BBC English Regions |
| TV Transmitters | Mendip |
| Radio Stations in this area |
BBC Radio Bristol BBC Radio Gloucestershire BBC Radio Swindon BBC Radio Wiltshire BBC Somerset |
| Key people | Lucio Mesquita (Head of Regional & Local Programmes) |
BBC West is the BBC English Region serving Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.
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Television
BBC West's television service (broadcast on BBC One) consists of the flagship regional news service BBC Points West, the topical magazine programme Inside Out West and a 20-minute opt-out during the weekly Politics Show.
Radio
The region is the controlling centre for BBC Radio Bristol, BBC Radio Gloucestershire, BBC Radio Swindon, BBC Radio Wiltshire, BBC Somerset.
Radio Bristol, Radio Gloucestershire and Radio Wiltshire broadcast local programming every day between 5am and 7pm whilst BBC Somerset broadcasts local programming at breakfast from Monday-Saturday, weekday drivetime and Saturday afternoons, simulcasting Radio Bristol at all other times. The five stations simulcast networked programming each evening, joined by stations in the BBC South West region at weekends. Radio Bristol also broadcasts through the night on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Other services
BBC West also produces regional news & local radio pages for Ceefax and local BBC Where I Live websites for each county.
Studios
The regional headquarters and television centre is at Broadcasting House in Clifton, Bristol with local radio studios and television bureaux also located in Gloucester, Swindon and Taunton.
See also
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