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BBC Northern Ireland ( and Television broadcaster in Northern Ireland . It is the region's main public service broadcaster.

It is one of the British Broadcasting Corporation's three ''national regions'' (along with BBC Scotland and BBC Wales ). As well as radio and television, it also provides online and interactive TV content. It is based in ''Broadcasting House'' in Belfast city centre which is not to be confused with the BBC's main radio headquarters at Broadcasting House in London .


RADIO

BBC Northern Ireland operates two radio stations:

  • BBC Radio Ulster , on 92-95 FM and 1341 Medium Wave, which broadcasts throughout Northern Ireland, and

  • BBC Radio Foyle , on 93.1 FM and 792 Medium Wave, which broadcasts to the North West of Northern Ireland




TELEVISION


BBC Northern Ireland operates three television stations;

BBC Northern Ireland has its own team of continuity announcers which introduce all programmes on BBC One and BBC Two in Northern Ireland .

BBC Northern Ireland makes some of its own programmes itself. However, unlike the radio stations, the television stations' content is for the most part identical to that broadcast by the BBC One and BBC Two channels in England . Some network programmes may however be time-shifted in order to make room for more local programming. Most local programmes are broadcast on BBC One Northern Ireland. Also, on the digital version of BBC Two NI , there are more local programmes than on the analogue version.

Among the major regional programmes broadcast by BBC Northern Ireland TV are:


Regional television

  • and the early afternoon. (All the BBC regions broadcast their own regional news simultaneously before all the networks reconnect to the national network for a national weather broadcast).

  • regional political programmes notably ''Spotlight'', ''Hearts and Minds'' and ''Lets Talk''.

  • regional arts programmes.

  • regional weekend chat shows.

  • specialist coverage of events such a visit by the Queen , the President Of Ireland , or a distinguished visitor such as the US president; coverage of the Orange marches on July 12 , St. Patrick's Day parades on 17 March , etc.



Networked productions

As well as programmes intended purely for a regional audience, BBC Northern Ireland also produces programmes for national consumption on the BBC's channels across the UK. The main part of BBC Northern Ireland's network productions are in drama and comedy (http://www.bbc.co.uk/nidrama). Most recently, this has included producing the high-profile drama series '' Messiah ''.

BBC Northern Ireland is also involved in co-productions with other broadcasting networks, most notably the Republic Of Ireland 's RTÉ .


Republic of Ireland

BBC One and Two Northern Ireland are widely available in the Republic Of Ireland , usually on Cable or MMDS , but also directly via analogue or digital terrestrial as far south as Dublin . The two channels can also be received ' Free-to-air ' via Satellite throughout northern Europe.


PROGRAMMES



Famous regional programmes



Selection of network programmes



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FAMOUS BBC NI BROADCASTERS



Former BBC NI Broadcasters


  • Patrick Kielty - chat show host now mainly working on network television

  • Sean Rafferty - former presenter of ''Scene Around Six'' and ''Inside Ulster'', evening news programmes broadcast until mid-1990s, as well as BBC Radio Ulster news programmes, now a distinguished BBC Radio 3 music presenter

  • Gloria Hunniford - former BBC NI presenter now well-known national personality working in network programmes based in London



Current BBC NI Broadcasters



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