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On 21 August 1927, the BBC opened a high-power [[medium wave]] transmitter 5GB at its [[Daventry transmitting station|Daventry]] site, to replace the existing local stations in the [[Midlands|English Midlands]]. That allowed the experimental [[longwave]] transmitter 5XX to provide a service – which eventually came to be called the [[BBC National Programme]] – programmed from [[London]] and available to the majority of the population.

By combining the resources of the local stations into one regional station in each area with a basic sustaining service from London, the BBC hoped to increase programme quality whilst also [[Centralization|centralising]] the management of the radio service, this was became known as "the regional scheme".

The local transmitters were gradually either converted to a regional service relay or closed entirely and replaced by high-power regional broadcasts. Some local studios were retained to provide for programming from specific areas within each region. Most transmitters also carried the BBC National Programme on a local frequency to supplement the longwave broadcasts from 5XX; initially these were on three separate frequencies and programming included some local variations. As the regional network expanded these transmissions were fully synchronised with those from [[Brookmans Park transmitting station|Brookmans Park]] and several other frequencies initially:

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==See also==

{{Portal|BBC}}

* [[BBC Radio]]

* [[Timeline of the BBC]]

* [[List of BBC radio stations]]