BBC London entirely, while a new programme, "South East Today" was to be created for the new South East region. BBC London, as it came to be called, replaced the long-running "Newsroom South East". Greater London and its environs have had a regional BBC television news service for many decades, but the boundaries of the region have always been somewhat nebulous due to the coverage areas of the transmitters used, as television signals do not tend to stick neatly to administrative or historical boundaries. Therefore, while the main focus of "regional" news coverage for this area has always been on the capital
BBC South South East", and transferred to an opt out of the BBC South region served by "South Today". Additionally, following the digital switchover of the Whitehawk Hill transmitter on 7 March 2012, Brighton and Hove transferred to the coverage of BBC South East. BBC South's regional broadcasting centre is based in Southampton, with local radio and television studios also in Brighton, Oxford, Portsmouth and Reading. Prior to moving to the current studios in 1991, "BBC South" was based next to the disused Southampton Terminus railway station at South Western House, a former grand hotel set up to cater for first class