Wogan House

BBC Wogan House
Wogan House in 2007
Location within Central London
Former names	BBC Western House
General information
Location	99 Great Portland Street, London
Country	United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°31′09″N 0°08′34″W / 51.519132°N 0.142717°W / 51.519132; -0.142717Coordinates: 51°31′09″N 0°08′34″W / 51.519132°N 0.142717°W / 51.519132; -0.142717
Current tenants	BBC (used to house BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 6 Music and the BBC Club)
Named for	Sir Terry Wogan
Owner	abrdn
Technical details
Floor count	7

BBC Wogan House is a building in central London owned by abrdn and currently on long-term lease to the BBC.^[1] It is located on the junction of Gildea Street and Great Portland Street adjacent to the BBC's headquarters, Broadcasting House. Originally named Western House, on 16 November 2016 the building was renamed Wogan House after the Irish broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan, who had died in January that year, and broadcast his final Breakfast Show from the building in December 2009.

History[]

The building has been used by the BBC since at least 1953 and for a long period, the upper floors were occupied by the BBC's Engineering Designs Department,^[2] with the ground floor being occupied firstly by a car showroom and latterly being used for the BBC's Recorded Sound Effects Library.^[3] During this period, the building became the UK base for the first transatlantic colour television satellite communications.^[4] The BBC Engineering Designs Department was restructured in the late 1980s and subsequently vacated Western House in 1987.

Following extensive renovation in the early/mid-2000s, its main use since 2006 has been as the base of BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 6 Music,^[5] although it also houses several smaller radio studios for use by other BBC stations^[6] as well as a gym, bar and bistro for use by members of the BBC Club and guests.^[7]

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