Egton House in Langham Street in Central London was home to BBC Radio 1 from 1985 until 1996 and BBC Radio 3 for a period.
4-643: 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 BBC Broadcasting House , later renamed the John Peel Wing. Jo Whiley was the last presenter to broadcast from Egton House (12pm-2pm on Wednesday 9 October 1996). Egton House was also home to the BBC Gramophone Library, a collection of over one million records and CDs . The 78 rpm collection
8-512: A London building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Yalding House Yalding House is a building at 152–156 Great Portland Street , London , United Kingdom . It was formerly owned by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , and from 1952 until 2013 housed the corporation's music department. The BBC Central Music Library was located on the ground floor and basement:
12-509: 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 BBC Radio 1 , together with Newsbeat , in 1996 when the Radio 1 studios were moved from Egton House . BBC Radio 1Xtra was launched at Yalding House. On 14 December 2012, Radio 1 broadcast its last show from Yalding House which
16-529: Was held in the basement of The Langham which is across the road in Langham Place and has now reverted to being a luxury hotel. Egton House was linked to Broadcasting House by an underground tunnel which was often used to smuggle celebrities such as David Cassidy and The Osmonds into the main building avoiding waiting fans. 51°31′07″N 0°08′35″W / 51.5186°N 0.1431°W / 51.5186; -0.1431 This article about
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