BBC North West Tonight

nice to see they will have 2 studios and not a cso or something else

Why does that matter? Surely the important thing is that the travel news you get is relevant, which station it comes from doesn't matter

Don't most stations ID their name on the jingle anyway?

Because so many LR stations are receivable outside their target area and the network stations cover such large areas the RDS mappings mean you often get irrelevant bulletins. So you're listening to Radio 1 and driving around Huddersfield, you get interruptions from Leeds (wanted) and Manchester, Sheffield, Humberside, York and sometimes even Stoke.

When they all had different jingles it was a reflex to hear Sheffield's (excellent) traffic jingle and reach out to switch back to Moyles.

Yes, but by the time the RDS cuts in, the station ID has long gone. Fortunately my current car radio gives the station name.

As has been said, the RDS cuts in after the ID and often cuts out before the closer ID. Not all cars say what station it is that it has retuned to, mine just says 'Traffic Announcement'


I've never heard Stoke here but you can regularly get BBC Tees as well as those above.

Just a question, is the old 'BBC NW' logo still burnt in to the front of New Broadcasting House? It used to be quite clear where it used to be when they added the current BBC logo.

BBC NW neon sign in action: http://hub.tv-ark.org.uk/images/bbc_northwest/bbc_nw_images/gallery/bbc_oxfordrd_big.jpg
Pic of the BBC NW sign still visible under the new BBC logo: http://hub.tv-ark.org.uk/images/bbc_northwest/bbc_nw_images/gallery/bbcmanchester1_BIG.jpg

I remember that the NW neon sign was first replaced with the 'North' sign when BBC North West became BBC North, and now it's just 'BBC'. It'll be even more visible when they take the BBC sign down.

I don't want to sound stupid, but did the neon lights physically burn the logo onto the fascia or just stain it?

What a completely different building it looks in the first image, a hub of activity! The past few years (even before the move to Media City started) it's looked derelict!

I bet that a lot of that is to do with the higher angle, illumination from the windows and sign, plus the motion blur from the vehicles in front of the building.

Indeed - as well as the sky's red hue compared the dull grey.

Also, Thursday saw Roger sitting in Gordon's seat. Perhaps the two are sharing the old role of 'main anchor' like they do on Midlands Today (swapping seats often).

Plus let's not forget that this was when it was newly built and modern and it was (probably) quite an exciting thing for BBC North West.

Edit: except it was built in the 70s. my bad.

Well yes, but I go past it a fairly often, and I've never seen it that lit up! A lot of the offices have been 'empty' or at least appear empty for a at least two maybe three years, and Radio Manchester window vinyls cover the annex side to the building so you can't really see into the most active part of the building.

Last time I was in the building it did feel a ghost of it's former self, very run down, and not much in operation other than the studio for the orchestra, Radio Manchester and NWT.