Becton to Sign Off at WGBH

From the Boston Globe (excerpts) — 12/8/2006

WGBH president Henry Becton Jr., who presided over the growth of Boston's public television station into a national production powerhouse, told the station's staff yesterday that he will step down from his post in October.

Jonathan C. Abbott, WGBH's executive vice president and chief operating officer, will take over as president.

The move comes at a time of change for WGBH, which is expanding its digital programming, struggling to attract corporate underwriting, and moving, next spring, to a vast new complex in Brighton.

Right: Jonathan C. Abbott and Henry Becton Jr.

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