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BBC Manchester (often known as BBC Salford) is the British Broadcasting Corporation regional headquarters for the North West, the largest BBC region in the UK. BBC Manchester is a department of the BBC North Group division. The BBC considers the Manchester department as one of its three main national bases alongside London and Bristol has had a presence in the city since launching the 2ZY radio station in 1922. The BBC had its first studio outside of London in 1954 when the Corporation leased the Dickenson Road Studios. In 1967, the decision was taken to build a purpose-built BBC building in Manchester on Oxford Road which opened in 1976. Manchester's television industry struggled during the early 2000s when Granada Television reduced operations in Manchester with the newly formed ITV opting to move operations to London which meant New Broadcasting House and Granada Studios were underused. BBC Television Centre in London, Granada Studios and New Broadcasting House in Manchester were all coming to the end of their operational span and the BBC decided to transfer more departments north, preferably to Manchester where they have been based for 90 years. The move would aim to boost the ailing Manchester media industry, lower operational costs compared to London and represent the north of England more proportionally. The BBC decided on moving to MediaCityUK in Salford Quays, a short distance outside the city centre. BBC Manchester transferred from New Broadcasting House but still maintains Granada Studios with ITV. ==History== Manchester was home to the BBC's first studio outside of London in 1954 with the acquisition of Dickenson Road Studios in Rusholme, which was a converted church. The BBC formed BBC Manchester in the 1950s and the Manchester department bought the studios from Mancunian Films. The BBC expanded to form another production centre, BBC Piccadilly Studios in Manchester city centre in 1957. This production centre remained until 1975 when facilities moved to New Broadcasting House. The studios were famous for ''Top of the Pops'' which began filming on New Year's Day 1964 in Studio A at the Dickenson Road Studios. DJs Jimmy Savile and Alan Freeman presented the first show, which featured (in order) The Rolling Stones with "I Wanna Be Your Man", Dusty Springfield with "I Only Want to Be with You", the Dave Clark Five with "Glad All Over", The Hollies with "Stay", The Swinging Blue Jeans with "Hippy Hippy Shake" and The Beatles with "I Want to Hold Your Hand",〔"(Top of the Pops )". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved on 27 February 2009.〕 that week's number one (throughout its history, the programme always finished with the best-selling single of the week). For the first three years Savile rotated with three other presenters: Alan Freeman, Pete Murray and David Jacobs. A Mancunian model, Samantha Juste, was the regular "disc girl". Local photographer Harry Goodwin was hired to provide shots of non-appearing artists, and also to provide backdrops for the chart rundown. He would continue in the role until 1973. In 1972, local broadcaster Stuart Hall hosted ''It's a Knockout''. Stuart Hall remarked that the programme was like "the Olympic Games with custard pies". The programme was revived under BBC Manchester's ownership with viewing figures surging from 100,000 to 15 million. The early 2000s were tough for BBC Manchester and the diminishing Granada Television as a result of the ITV takeover in 2004 affected the level of programme production.〔 3SixtyMedia Studios at Granada Studios and New Broadcasting House only had enough filming work to operate two studios, despite having five available. New programmes such as ''Life on Mars'', ''Dragons' Den'' and ''Waterloo Road'' were all commissioned soon after〔 and Manchester is now Europe's 2nd largest creative industry in Europe. BBC Manchester has conceived programmes such as ''Top of the Pops'', ''Songs of Praise'', ''Mastermind'', ''A Question of Sport'', ''It's a Knockout'', ''Robot Wars'' and ''Red Dwarf''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「BBC Manchester」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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