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How much does PBS reflect the audiences it was intended to serve?
In 1967, amid widespread civil unrest, CPB was created by an Act of Congress “to expand and develop a diversity of programming dependent on freedom, imagination and initiative on both local and national levels.” … Fifty-one years later, as we undergo another societal breakdown and racial reckoning, how much does PBS reflect the audiences it was intended to serve?
Read MoreAn Early “Discovery” – Nature in a Live TV Studio
We spent a wonderful half hour learning how the bats could navigate their maze. Unfortunately that meant that the studio was full of flying bats, so viewers of the news were then treated to occasional pictures of bats swooping over Louis Lyons as he read the day’s news!
Read MoreIs it Real or Is it a Set?
What do you think? Are these historical photos or from a 2020 set?
Read MoreHBO orders full season of new series: “Julia”
HBO has ordered “Julia,“ a drama series inspired by cookbook author, chef, and TV show host, Julia Child. The show, which already filmed its pilot, will continue filming the rest of its eight episode first season in Boston this spring.
Read MoreWe Remember
As one year gives way to the next, GBH would like to remember members of the GBH family whose deaths we sadly marked in 2020.
Read MoreHelen O’Malley, Computing Pioneer
Helen managed the old Honeywell computer system which housed the station’s IT department — accounting and fund raising data systems.
Read MoreNews at Ten
The News at Ten was WGBH’s first nightly news program and Boston’s first 10:00 pm news program. It aired for a year beginning in the spring of 1966.
Read MoreHow Handel and Haydn Society kept up the “Messiah” tradition in its 167th year
After months of planning, eight H+H choristers arrived at GBH’s Brighton studios on a crisp November morning to record “Handel’s ‘Messiah’ for Our Time,” a slimmed-down, socially distanced joint production set to premiere Sunday, Dec. 20.
Read MoreSusan Dowling: Memories of WGBH (1979-1993)
I remember the projects at the WBGH New TV Workshop as the most exciting. I felt I was part of ground-breaking efforts with video artists and choreographers.
Read MoreStephen Lyons, 65, Writer/Producer/Director
His family and close friends will always remember his serious demeanor and fierce intellect, leavened by a genuine underlying personal warmth and wry sense of humor.
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