BBC East of Richard Robinson. The first television news bulletin for the east from St Catherine's Close was broadcast on 5 October 1959. These initial bulletins were only three minutes per night, but in 1962 were extended to ten minutes and the bulletins named "East Anglia at Six Ten". In 1964, the programme was extended to 20 minutes in length and renamed "Look East", a title the programme still goes under today. The Norwich-based operation was initially a satellite of the larger BBC Midland region, based in Birmingham. East Anglia was given greater autonomy within the BBC in 1969 after the "Broadcasting
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award was created by Paul Fox, who thought of the idea while he was editor of the magazine show "Sportsview". The first award ceremony took place in 1954 as part of "Sportsview", and was presented by Peter Dimmock. For the first show, votes were sent by postcard, and rules presented in a "Radio Times" article stipulated that nominations were restricted to athletes who had featured on the "Sportsview" programme since April. Approximately 14,500 votes were cast, and Christopher Chataway beat Roger Bannister to win the inaugural BBC Sportsview's Personality of the Year Award. Four people have won the award more than