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Steve Schwartz, 74, Radio Jazz Host
Eric Jackson: “Steve was this warm presence who invited you in when he was on the air with the sound of his voice and the music he played.”
Read MoreZvi Richard Dor-Ner, 75, Executive Producer
The WGBH community mourns with sadness the passing of Zvi Dor-Ner, former WGBH Executive Producer.
Read MoreFred Barzyk’s Snapshots: Scene 6 – The Waiting Room
I love actors. I love how they are willing to give of themselves, to be vulnerable to critics, to wrap themselves in personas not their own, and how they love what they do.
Read MoreJim Kaup, 71, scenic carpenter
From the mid 1970s until 2006 Jim was a scenic carpenter at WGBH, a job that utilized his many talents
Read MoreSeven thousand video tapes transferred to digital
The content dated back as early as March of 1947 and was as recent as 2005. The MLA sent material on 15 different video and audio tape formats, the majority of which had exceeded the manufacturer’s intended lifespan.
Read MoreBen Wattenberg, 81, author and host
Ben Wattenberg, a neoconservative author and host of a nationally syndicated talk show on public television, died June 28 in Washington, D.C. He was 81.
Read MoreFrank Lane, 74, Cameraman and Studio Engineer
My dear father, known as Frank to his ‘GBH family, passed away over the weekend. I always loved hearing his work stories (Zoom, the news, the Pops on the Esplanade, the BSO, The French Chef with Julia Child, This Old House, The Victory Garden…the list goes on).
Read MoreBoston-based ‘Frontline’ names new executive producer
Frontline founder David Fanning has stepped down after three decades as the executive producer of the landmark public television series.
Read MoreEmily Rooney steps down from “Greater Boston”
After 18 years, Emily Rooney is stepping down as host of WGBH’s nightly news and opinion show “Greater Boston,” and will instead focus on “Beat the Press,” the weekly program she also moderates.
Read MoreMorash to receive Lifetime Achievement Emmy
Norm Abram: “As a brilliant creator/producer/director, Russ Morash has used his personal passion and love for well prepared food, gardening, home improvement/repair and woodworking to develop a whole new genre of television programs.”
Read MoreHelp us catalog WGBH “firsts” in national public media
We’re looking for your recommendations, corrections, and confirmations of WGBH’s national innovations over the decades.
Read MoreIn protest, jazz-style funeral for Eric Jackson’s show
From the Boston Globe – 7/6/2012 Eric Jackson hosted his last weeknight show on WGBH-FM (89.7) Thursday night, and thanks to local saxophonist Ken Field, he went out with a funeral. Field, who hosts a show on WMBR-FM (88.1), led a New Orleans-style funeral outside the WGBH building in Brighton to protest the station’s recent cuts in…
Read MoreMark Steele: Editing WGBH
We finished most of the shows that aired on PBS: This Old House, The Victory Garden, Masterpiece Theatre, FRONTLINE, Mystery, NOVA, Evening at Pops, Championship Ballroom Dancing,and An Evening of Championship Skating to name a few.
Read MoreMicrophone maestro
From the Boston Globe: Ron Della Chiesa, 73, voice of the BSO, sounds off on musicians from Beethoven to Lady Gaga.
Read MoreWBUR launches ad campaign to compete with WGBH
From the Boston Globe: A series of new TV ads and billboards are part of WBUR’s new marketing campaign aimed at differentiating itself at a time when it faces fierce competition from WGBH-FM.
Read MoreA reel deal for blind, deaf
WGBH staffers in Brighton and in Burbank, Calif., caption on average 110 movies for the deaf and hearing-impaired annually and narrate 70 films a year for blind moviegoers.
Read MoreWGBH steps into mobile TV market
From The Boston Globe — 10/26/2010 You could watch live shows from Boston public television station WGBH on your cellphone, if you had the right kind of cellphone. Right now, hardly anyone does, but that may soon change as consumer electronics companies start to adopt Mobile DTV, a new technology that could turn millions of…
Read MoreHarvard to renovate 125 Western Avenue as innovation lab
From The Boston Globe —10/15/2010 Harvard Business School, which put its Boston expansion plans on hold because of the recession, is ready to start pouring concrete again. Yesterday, the school revealed that it will spend $90 million to $100 million on a new executive education center, plus $15 million to $20 million to convert an…
Read MoreReunion 2006 XII
Photos by Annie Valva, Leona Hartnett and Steve Rhodes 110. 111. 112. 113. Henry Becton and Fred Barzyk. 114.
Read MoreReunion 2006 XI
Photos by Annie Valva, Leona Hartnett and Steve Rhodes 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108.
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