BBC Newsline
BBC Newsline is the BBC's national television news programme for Northern Ireland, broadcast on BBC One Northern Ireland from BBC Northern Ireland's headquarters in Broadcasting House, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast. As well as being available via all multi-channel outlets in Northern Ireland (including via Sky channel 101), the programme can be accessed by the rest of the United Kingdom (along with all other regional BBC news programmes) on the BBC iPlayer, or alternatively on Sky channel 973. Viewers from the Republic of Ireland with a Sky subscription can also watch on Sky channel 141. As the  BBC UK regional TV on satellite service is broadcast unencrypted, it is possible to receive "BBC Newsline" anywhere in Europe using an appropriate receiver. Programme history. "BBC Newsline" is the most recent incarnation of BBC Northern Ireland's television news service, which began on Monday 30 September 1957 as part of the corporation's rollout of regional television services. The first five-minute bulletins, "Today in Northern Ireland", were presented by Maurice Shillington and broadcast from a tiny radio studio within Broadcasting House in Belfast. Up until the launch of "Today in Northern Ireland", a networked topical magazine programme, "Ulster  Mirror", had been broadcast every fortnight since Friday 26 November 1954. The new daily bulletins were later expanded to ten minutes and supplemented by a magazine programme called "Studio Eight", first broadcast on Friday 20 February 1959 with Robert Coulter as its presenter. "Today in Northern Ireland" was replaced on 17 September 1962 by a 20-minute programme initially known as "Six O'Clock". The new longer magazine programmes changed title to "Six Five" and "Six Ten" until "Scene Around Six" was introduced in January 1968. Main presenters during the programme's history included Larry McCoubrey, Barry Cowan and Sean Rafferty . The launch of the national Six O'Clock News led to "Scene Around Six" being relaunched as "Inside Ulster" in September 1984. On Tuesday 7 May 1985, the programme was moved to an earlier timeslot of 5.35pm. The current "Newsline" brand was introduced on 12 February 1996 when the main evening programme returned to a 6.30pm timeslot. Although Noel Thompson and Lynda Bryans were the original choice of presenters, Thompson was later dropped causing Bryans to resign and move to UTV. The programme's first presenters were political editor Jim Dougal and reporter Yvette Shapiro. Dougal was replaced as anchor by  Conor Bradford after two months. Noel Thompson and Donna Traynor became the programme's main anchors until August 2012, when Thompson left to join BBC Radio Ulster. "Newsline" is now presented by a single main anchor In November 2021, Traynor had resigned from BBC Northern Ireland after 33 years, amid legal proceedings. The following month, it was announced that Tara Mills and Declan Harvey will alternate as main anchors of "Newsline" and the BBC Radio Ulster drivetime news programme, "Evening Extra". Harvey joined the programme in early 2022. It has the longest running titles and music. Having launched on 21st  April 2008.