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==Overview== ''Midlands Today'' is produced by [[BBC West Midlands|BBC Midlands]] and broadcasts on [[BBC One]] seven days a week. The programme is produced and broadcast from the BBC studios in [[The Mailbox]], [[Birmingham]]. Journalists are also based at newsrooms in [[Coventry]], [[Shrewsbury]], [[Stoke-on-Trent]], [[Worcester, England|Worcester]] and [[Gloucester]]. The programme began on 28 September 1964, broadcasting from a small room in the Birmingham [[Register Office]] before moving to the custom-built [[Pebble Mill Studios|Pebble Mill]] broadcasting centre in [[Edgbaston]] on 10 November 1971. It remained there until the studios closed on 22 October 2004 when the BBC Birmingham operations were switched to the current studios at The Mailbox. Until 1991, the programme also served the East Midlands, which has since received its own BBC regional TV news programme, ''[[East Midlands Today]]''. The programme's editorial area consists of the [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], [[Warwickshire]], [[Staffordshire]], [[Shropshire]], [[Herefordshire]], [[Worcestershire]] and northern [[Gloucestershire]] (even though Gloucestershire is not formally within the Midlands, being in the [[South West England]] region β it is also covered by [[BBC Points West]]). ''Midlands Today'' is broadcast from the [[Sutton Coldfield transmitting station|Sutton Coldfield]] transmitter in the West Midlands and can be watched in any part of the UK on [[Sky (United Kingdom)|Sky]], [[Freesat]] and in the rest of Europe via [[Astra 2E]] at 28.2Β° East (10788V 22000 5/6). The latest edition is also available to view again on the ''Midlands Today'' website and on [[BBC iPlayer]]. [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]] viewers in northern [[Staffordshire]] around [[Kidsgrove]] and [[Biddulph]] cannot receive signal from the [[Sutton Coldfield transmitting station|Sutton Coldfield]] transmitter; instead, they receive better signal from the [[Winter Hill transmitting station|Winter Hill]] transmitter that broadcasts ''[[BBC North West Tonight|North West Tonight]]'' from [[Salford]]. However, those areas can still watch ''Midlands Today'' on Channel 101, which broadcasts the [[BBC One]] West Midlands variant on [[Sky (United Kingdom)|Sky]] and [[Freesat]] by default. Even though viewers in northern [[Oxfordshire]] around [[Banbury]] are served by ''[[BBC South Today|South Today]]'', the town can also receive ''Midlands Today'' from a local relay transmitter that is transmitted from the [[Sutton Coldfield transmitting station|Sutton Coldfield]] transmitter. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Bretch_Hill|title=Freeview Light on the Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate= 15 August 2024}}</ref> Viewers in [[North West Leicestershire]] and [[Swadlincote]] in [[Derbyshire]] receive ''Midlands Today'' on [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]] as local news meaning those areas receive better signals from the [[Sutton Coldfield transmitting station|Sutton Coldfield]] transmitter rather than [[Waltham transmitting station|Waltham]] transmitter. Eastern parts of the [[Powys]] area in [[Wales]], such as [[Presteigne]], cannot receive signals from the [[Carmel transmitting station|Carmel]] transmitter; instead, they get better signals from the [[Ridge Hill transmitting station|Ridge Hill]] transmitter, which broadcasts ''Midlands Today''. On 6 February 2023, a new studio upgrade was revealed resembling that of Studio B at Broadcasting House launched in June 2022 to include a whole new studio presentation, enhanced graphics and additional presentation locations within the studio. The upgrade brings the studio up to full HD capabilities for the first time.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2023/02/10/bbc-midlands-east-midlands-new-sets/ | title=BBC's 'Midlands' and 'East Midlands' get set upgrades to match Studio B | date=10 February 2023 }}</ref>
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