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Line 1: {{Use dmy dates\|date=April 2022}} '''''Roundabout East Anglia''''' was a [[BBC radio]] programme providing news and current affairs coverage for the [[East Anglia]] region of England during the 1970s.<ref name="book">{{cite book\|title=Taking the Norfolk Air: BBC Radio Norfolk - The First 25 Years\|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qOJUWiWaT78C&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q&f=false\|year=2005\|publisher=Grice Chapman\|isbn=095457267X\|pages=10-11\|chapter=1}}</ref> It was broadcast on certain frequencies of [[BBC Radio 4]] as a [[Regional variation\|regional opt-out]] from the flagship [[Today (BBC Radio 4)\|''Today'' programme]], from 6.45am to 8.45am each morning.<ref name="website">{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2005/09/09/local_radio_25_years_book_feature.shtml\|title=BBC Radio Norfolk's 25th anniversary\|date=9th September 2005\|accessdate=10th February 2012\|publisher=[[BBC.co.uk]]}}</ref>▼ [[File:St_Catherine's_House,_All_Saints_Green,_Norwich,_2012.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|St Catherine's House on All Saints Green in Norwich, pictured in 2012. In the 1970s this was the regional headquarters of [[BBC East]], from where ''Roundabout East Anglia'' was broadcast throughout its run.]]{{italic title}} ▲'''''Roundabout East Anglia''''' was a [[BBC radio]] programme providing news and current affairs coverage for the [[East Anglia]] region of England during the 1970s.<ref name="book">{{cite book\|title=Taking the Norfolk Air: BBC Radio Norfolk - The First 25 Years\|chapter-url=~~http~~https://books.google.~~co.uk~~com/books?id=qOJUWiWaT78C&pg=PA10~~#v=onepage&q&f=false~~\|year=2005\|publisher=Grice Chapman\|isbn=~~095457267X~~0-9545726-7-X\|pages=~~10-11~~10–11\|chapter=1}}</ref> It was broadcast on ~~certain~~the area's [[VHF]] ~~frequencies~~frequency of [[BBC Radio 4]] as a [[Regional variation\|regional opt-out]] from the flagship [[Today (BBC Radio 4)\|''Today'' programme]], from 6.45am to 8.45am each morning.<ref name="website">{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2005/09/09/local_radio_25_years_book_feature.shtml\|title=BBC Radio Norfolk's 25th anniversary\|date=~~9th~~9 September 2005\|accessdate=~~10th~~10 February 2012\|publisher=[[BBC.co.uk]]}}</ref> The programme covered the same geographical area as the BBC's television news programme ''[[BBC Look East\|Look East]]''.<ref name="website"/> It was also broadcast from the same building as ''Look East'', [[BBC East]]'s regional headquarters at All Saint's Green in [[Norwich]].<ref name="book"/> Presenters who worked on ''Roundabout East Anglia'' included Ellis Hill, [[John Mountford~~]],~~ ~~[[Tom~~(broadcaster)\|John ~~Edwards~~Mountford]], and [[Christopher Trace]].<ref name="website"/> In addition to the news items there was also lighter, more features-based content such as advice from gardening experts.<ref>{{cite book\|title=BBC Radio Norfolk - The First Ten Years\|editor1-first=Keith\|editor1-last=~~Skipper\|editor1-link=Keith~~ Skipper\|publisher=Jim Baldwin Publishing\|year=1990\|page=46}}</ref> ''Roundabout East Anglia'' came to an end in ~~1980~~early-1980s. This was due both to BBC budgetary cutbacks in regional broadcasting,<ref>{{cite news\|title=MPs to see BBC chief over fears for regions\|author=Kenneth Gosling\|newspaper=[[The Times]]\|date=~~27th~~27 February 1980\|page=5}}</ref> and because a dedicated [[BBC Local Radio]] ~~services~~service ~~were~~was ~~being~~to be introduced to part of the area for the first time, with [[BBC Radio Norfolk]] launching in September 1980.<ref name="book"/> Several ''Roundabout East Anglia'' personnel transferred to working for Radio Norfolk when that service began, with John Mountford becoming the station's first breakfast show presenter.<ref>''BBC Radio Norfolk - The First Ten Years'', page 15.</ref> However, it wasn't until 1990 that [[Suffolk]] got its own [[BBC Radio Suffolk\|local BBC radio station]]. A look back at the programme's history was broadcast in 2012 on BBC Radio Norfolk and John Mountford was one of the presenters who was interviewed for the programme.<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?q=Roundabout+East+Anglia#top BBC Programme Index]</ref> ==See also== *''[[Morning Sou'West]]'' ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:BBC ~~radio~~Radio 4 programmes]] [[Category:East of England]] [[Category:East Anglia]]