2010s
Valerie Gunderson, 59, budget director
Jon Abbott: It is with great sadness that we share the terrible news that our colleague Valerie Gunderson has passed away. Valerie was a key member of the ’GBH family for more than 25 years.
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 MoreNew GBH children’s program won’t be available on TV
Public television station WGBH has been on the cutting edge of children’s programming for decades, but its latest show is designed for every conceivable electronic device but one: the TV set.
Read MoreFred Barzyk Aims to Kickstart Drama
From Current: Director Fred Barzyk began his career at Boston’s WGBH, experimenting with television and the emerging form of video. Now, the director is preparing to produce the final short film of his drama trilogy on death.
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 MoreNHPTV partners with WGBH, breaks with UNH
New Hampshire Public Television is contracting some business services out to Boston’s WGBH, but says its independence and local focus will remain.
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 MoreUnusual rights delay for Downton Abbey: hint of budget strife?
From Current.org: PBS’s ongoing negotiations to curb per-hour costs of producing programs and to assert more control over content are increasing friction with its largest producer, Boston’s powerhouse WGBH, according to sources at other stations with knowledge of the situation.
Read MoreAlex Beam: Down on season two of Downton Abbey
From the Boston Globe: I loved the first season of “Downton,” [but] season two has a phoned-in quality, miracles occur where skillful writing might have intervened, subplots wax and wane randomly. But I am an originalist snob.
Read MorePBS takes on the premium channels
Rebecca Eaton: “Downton Abbey is the closest thing to water-cooler television as public television gets.”
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 MoreBecton receives honor from Prince Charles
Henry Becton, former President of Boston public broadcaster WGBH, has been made an Honorary Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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