BBC Birmingham is one of the oldest regional arms of the
BBC, located in
Birmingham. It was the first region outside
London to start broadcasting both the corporation's
radio (in 1922) and
television (in 1949) transmissions, the latter from the
Sutton Coldfield television transmitter. For many years, BBC Birmingham was based at the
Pebble Mill Studios, but in 2004 moved to the brand-new
Mailbox facility in the city centre. Pebble Mill has since been demolished to make way for a science park, however the site is currently empty as of 2013.