BBC West Midlands

BBC Midlands
TV transmittersRidge Hill
Sutton Coldfield
The Wrekin. These main transmitters each have a number of associated relay transmitters.
Radio stationsBBC Radio WM
BBC CWR
BBC Hereford and Worcester
BBC Radio Shropshire
BBC Radio Stoke
BBC Radio Derby
BBC Radio Gloucestershire
HeadquartersThe Mailbox, Birmingham
AreaHerefordshire
Shropshire
Staffordshire
Warwickshire
West Midlands
Worcestershire
Northern Gloucestershire
Northern Oxfordshire
North West Leicestershire
South-western Derbyshire
parts of Wales (Presteigne)
NationBBC English Regions
RegionsWest Midlands and parts of the East Midlands, South West and South East.
Key people
Cath Hearne
(Head of Regional
& Local Programmes)
Launch date
1927

BBC Midlands (known as the Midland Region from 1927 until c. 1974) is the BBC English Region producing local radio and web content for the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and parts of Gloucestershire. Although the region has been unofficially called BBC West Midlands since BBC East Midlands became a separate region in 1991, it retains the BBC Midlands name and brand, with its history dating from 1927, for public use.