 Following the launch of the service, and prior to the move to Broadcasting Centre, the BBC was based at Broadcasting House at New Bridge Street in Central Newcastle, in a former lying-in hospital, which housed the news service, a single studio for "Look North" and BBC Radio Newcastle.This building, in a central location in the city on New Bridge Street, proved just big enough for their needs.However, when technology needed upgrading, it turned out to be easier to build a new studio complex, rather than refit the small building.