Category: Yorks
& N.Midlands
Date: 27.09.2004
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A new era
begins for BBC Yorkshire today (Monday 27 September 2004) when it completes
its move from Woodhouse Lane to St Peter's Square in Leeds.
The new building is a purpose built media centre housing the latest
broadcast technology and open plan offices for staff working in TV,
radio and online.
From tonight viewers of BBC's Look North
will see Harry Gration and Christa Ackroyd
presenting from a brand new studio.
Tamsin O'Brien, Head of Regional and Local Programmes, BBC Yorkshire,
said: "In a way, this move is the end of an era for the BBC in
Yorkshire but it's the beginning of a very exciting new one.
"Tonight's Look North will
follow a dramatic weekend of engineers working through the night to
literally unplug us at Woodhouse Lane and re-connect us down in St Peter's
Square.
"Our new state of the art technology means different ways of working
and a number of benefits to viewers.
"For example, picture quality will be higher and
our range of news stories will be better as we have been able to free
up more journalists to be out and about across the region."
Look North presenter Christa Ackroyd said: "I see this move as
the BBC coming of age in the north.
"It's quite sentimental leaving Woodhouse Lane
because of the history of TV in that building and the fact we made some
great programmes there.
"On the other hand, we are going to a great part
of Leeds, right next to the Leeds College of Music and the West Yorkshire
Playhouse and we have a superb new building and cutting edge technology."
