Yalding House is a building at 152–156

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. It was formerly owned by the

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, and from 1952 until 2013 housed the corporation's music department. The BBC Central Music Library was located on the ground floor and basement: the building's former role as a car showroom made it ideal for the heavy shelving required to store the collection. The BBC Third Programme, later renamed Radio 3, was also based at Yalding House. It became the home of

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, together with ''

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'', in 1996 when the Radio 1 studios were moved from

Egton House Egton House in Langham Street in Central London was home to BBC Radio 1 for many years from 1985 until 1996. Radio 1 moved to Yalding House on Great Portland Street in 1996, and Egton House was demolished in 2003 to make way for the Egton Wing of ...

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was launched at Yalding House. On 14 December 2012, Radio 1 broadcast its last show from Yalding House which was ''The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw''.

Studios

Yalding House contained five studios which were used to broadcast shows on Radio 1 and 1Xtra. *Studio Y1 - used mainly for production. *Studio Y2 - used by ''The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw'', ''The Official Chart with Reggie Yates'', Scott Mills and Greg James. *Studio Y3 - used by Fearne Cotton, Zane Lowe and Huw Stephens. *Studios Y4&Y5 - used mainly by 1Xtra, but occasionally by Radio 1, as needed.

References

External links

Egton House and Yalding House information at Radio Rewind
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