Broadcasting House

Broadcasting House stands in Belfast city centre at the corner of Ormeau Avenue and Bedford Street. The building was designed by George James Miller of Glasgow and completed in 1938. It serves as the headquarters of BBC Northern Ireland and houses many of its broadcasting services. The site links by satellite and cable to the whole BBC network and to broadcasters worldwide. The building contains several radio studios for BBC Radio Ulster and other productions. There is a news studio for radio bulletins and a newsroom that supplies news for both television and radio. It also provides production offices, make-up rooms, green rooms, dressing rooms and a cafeteria. Two main television studios are named Studio B and Studio 1, used for local news and small productions. Studio B covers 2,000 square feet and broadcasts BBC Newsline and other news programmes. Studio 1 covers 2,200 square feet and can seat about one hundred people for small productions and interviews. A small presentation studio and a small CSO studio handle news bulletins, weather and single-camera interviews. The main television studio, Studio A, is located nearby at BBC Blackstaff House on Great Victoria Street.