# Wogan House

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**Wogan House** is an office building in central [London](/source/London) owned by [Aberdeen Group](/source/Aberdeen_Group_plc). Until 2024 the building was on [long-term lease](/source/Leasehold_estate) to the [BBC](/source/BBC),[1] latterly being used to house [BBC Radio 2](/source/BBC_Radio_2) and [BBC Radio 6 Music](/source/BBC_Radio_6_Music). It is located on the junction of Gildea Street and [Great Portland Street](/source/Great_Portland_Street) adjacent to the BBC's headquarters, [Broadcasting House](/source/Broadcasting_House). Originally named **Western House**, on 16 November 2016 the building was renamed Wogan House after the [Irish](/source/Irish_people) broadcaster Sir [Terry Wogan](/source/Terry_Wogan), who had died in January that year, and broadcast his final *[Wake up to Wogan](/source/Wake_up_to_Wogan)* breakfast show from the building in December 2009.

## History

The building has been used by the BBC since at least 1953. 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 to mid-2000s, its main use from 2006 to 2024 was as the base of [BBC Radio 2](/source/BBC_Radio_2) and [BBC Radio 6 Music](/source/BBC_Radio_6_Music),[5] although it also housed 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]

On 2 November 2022, it was announced that the BBC would be moving out of the building, relocating Radio 2 and 6 Music back to [BBC Broadcasting House](/source/Broadcasting_House), by spring 2024.[8] The final 6 Music show from the building, hosted by [Gideon Coe](/source/Gideon_Coe), was broadcast on 11 February 2024. The final Radio 2 show, and radio show from the building altogether, was hosted by [Paul Gambaccini](/source/Paul_Gambaccini), on 18 February 2024. After reflecting on notable resident DJs of Wogan House, Gambaccini quoted playwright Arthur Miller: "all that's left are memories of voices in the air". The final song played for BBC Radio 2 in the studio was The Floral Dance, sung by the building's namesake, Terry Wogan.

Late in 2024, Wogan House will get a new life opening up flexible office space[9]

## References

1. ["H2SO Property Consultants2012 – SWIP buys Western House"](http://www.h2so.com/news/2012/swip-buy-western-house/). Retrieved 19 January 2014.

1. ["BBC Designs:Introduction"](https://www.bbceng.info/Designs/dd_top.htm). Retrieved 29 September 2014.

1. ["Description"](https://www.bbceng.info/Designs/dd_description.htm). Retrieved 29 September 2014.

1. ["New Page 1"](https://www.bbceng.info/Designs/designs_reminiscences/Peter_Tingey/tingey-early-colour.htm). Retrieved 29 September 2014.

1. ["BBC – Inside the BBC – Where To Find Us – London"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120413040520/http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/whatwedo/aroundtheuk/london.html). Archived from [the original](https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/whatwedo/aroundtheuk/london.html) on 13 April 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

1. ["BBC Radio Resources // Studios // London // (Archived from the original on 12 October 2017) Contribution"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141006124055/http://www.bbcradioresources.com/studios/contribution.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.bbcradioresources.com/studios/contribution.html) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

1. ["BBC Club"](http://www.bbcclub.com/together/western-house). Retrieved 28 April 2013.

1. ["Radio 2 and 6 Music on the move as BBC closes Wogan House"](https://radiotoday.co.uk/2022/11/radio-2-and-6-music-on-the-move-as-bbc-closes-wogan-house/). 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.

1. ["Wogan House - Serviced Offices Oxford Circus, Marylebone"](https://www.offices.co.uk/building/wogan-house/). *Offices.co.uk*. Retrieved 2024-06-18.

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