Channel 4 News broadcasts from new Leeds studio for first time

Posted on 22nd March 2022
By The Clean Feed Team
Last updated on 3rd July 2023
Filed under News

Tonight’s edition of Channel 4 News included elements based at the programme’s new studio in Leeds.

In early 2019, when plans for the Leeds-based news facility were first revealed, it was suggested that the programme would broadcast from there several times a week.

VIDEO: excerpts from tonight’s edition Channel 4 News, showing the new Leeds studio in use. TX DATE: 22nd March 2022. COPYRIGHT: Channel 4 Television Corporation/ITN.

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PICTURED: Channel 4 News new Leeds studio. COPYRIGHT: Channel 4 Television Corporation/ITN.

2024: as yet unnamed extensions of BBC Radio 1, 2 and 3 to be made available on BBC Sounds.

The stations would be made available on DAB+ in 2025 subject to regulatory approval.

2024: BBC Radio 4 Extra to go online-only?

The BBC has provided no further update on this since the original announcement in 2022.

With BBC Radio 4 LW content moving to BBC Radio 4 Extra, and the BBC now planning to launch additional stations on DAB+, moving BBC Radio 4 Extra away from broadcast seems unlikely in the short-term.

30th June 2025: some energy customers still rely on the Radio Teleswitching Service (RTS) that's radiated from BBC Radio 4 LW transmitters. RTS is expected to cease on 30th June 2025.

BBC Radio 4 LW transmissions are expected to cease in parallel with the switch-off of RTS.

2025: BBC Four and CBBC go online-only?

There's been no further official comment on this from the BBC since its original announcement in 2022.

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