BBC North West is the BBC English Region serving Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, as well as parts of North Yorkshire (western Craven), Derbyshire (western High Peak), Staffordshire (Biddulph), Cumbria (Barrow-in-Furness and South Lakeland) and the Isle of Man.

Today, the region is part of the larger BBC North division based at MediaCityUK in Salford Quays.

At this point, the Manchester operation covered the entire North of England and northern parts of the Midlands, with relay stations in Leeds (2LS), Hull (6KH), Nottingham (5NG) and Stoke-on-Trent (6ST) carrying 2ZY output.

A year later, the opening of the Stagshaw transmitter also allowed listeners in the North East and Cumbria to receive an opt-out from the main service.

Regional output for the North West would later resurface on the BBC's local radio stations in the evening and late night time slots.

Between 5 April 1976 and 12 September 1980, BBC North West made use of regional presentation and continuity announcers during weekday evening programmes on BBC1.

Regional television news remained at Piccadilly Gardens until finally moving into New Broadcasting House in Oxford Road on 18 May 1981.

The building had been leased to the Corporation from a bank on the ground floor and became the central control room for regional and network radio production from the city.

[2][3] The BBC's northern outside broadcast units were located at another former church nearby, on the corner of Birch Lane and Plymouth Grove in Longsight.

[4] Meanwhile, regional television news and presentation began in September 1957, firstly from the crypt at Dickenson Road, before moving two years later to Broadcasting House in Piccadilly Gardens.

In addition to their headquarters, BBC North West has local radio stations and news bureaux located in Liverpool and Blackburn and a district office in Chester.