Editing BBC Home Service (section)

====National and other regions====
The "national regions" became [[BBC Radio Scotland]], [[BBC Radio Wales]] / [[BBC Radio Cymru]] and [[BBC Radio Ulster]], at first relaying the majority of Radio 4 programming but later becoming completely independent.

During the 1970s, Radio 4 FM in the [[East of England]] ([[Tacolneston transmitting station|Tacolneston]], [[Peterborough transmitting station|Peterborough]] and other [[broadcast relay station|relays]]) carried a breakfast magazine programme called ''[[Roundabout East Anglia]]'' was first broadcast on 5 August 1974 as the region lacked any BBC Local Radio until the service ceased on 30 May 1980, ahead of the opening of [[BBC Radio Norfolk]] four months later.<ref name="round">{{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=9 September 2005|access-date=10 February 2012|publisher=BBC}}</ref> The last former Home Service region for the [[South West England]] was an VHF/FM opt-out of Radio 4, ''[[Morning Sou'West]]'' was also carried on several low-power [[medium wave]] transmitters before the programme ended on 31 December 1982, to paving the way for two new local stations ([[BBC Radio Devon]] and [[BBC Radio Cornwall]]) launched on 17 January 1983.