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From 1976: What Makes WGBH Crackle With Creativity?
“What accounts for this particular station’s superiority in not only quantity but quality of public‐TV programming? Who provides the inspiration behind such innovative productions?”
Read MoreControl Rooms Across the Decades
A walk down the memory lane of control rooms past and present.
Read MoreDave Coveney, Engineer
Dave Coveney was an engineer at WGBH in the 1980s. He passed away on April 4 from COVID-19.
Read MoreJulia Child & Godzilla the Lobster: Early Memories in Studio A
From Bill Charette: My big moment as Assistant Stage Manager came on the day Julia did a show about lobsters.
Read MoreCelebration for NOVA Pioneer Michael Ambrosino
Friends, colleagues, and family gathered to celebrate the pioneering career of Michael Ambrosino, creator of Nova, Odyssey, and producer of many WGBH programs.
Read MorePlanning the Next Alumni Reunion
We have begun planning the next reunion, and we need your help! In order to make sure it will be another experience to remember, we need to know your preferences.
Read MoreBarbara Gullahorn Holecek, 74, Nova Producer
Barbara was a member of the small group that gathered in the latter half of 1973 in the less than inviting environment of 475 Western Avenue to start production of the new (as yet unnamed) Nova science series.
Read MoreThe Moment that Julia Child Became an American icon
Though she did not own a TV set, Julia had been bitten by the television bug from the moment she set foot on a studio set.
Read MoreOctober 14, 1961: That Fateful Day
“Wake up, wake up! Channel two is on fire and has just burnt to the ground.”
Read MoreVideo: WGBH’s Years at MIT
A video history reveals the connections between MIT and public television station WGBH, where the station started broadcasting in 1955.
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 MoreStereo Television: Origins
WGBH-FM was already attracting listeners who cared about the quality of sound. Why just radio? Why not television?
Read MoreConrad “Connie” White, 80, Stage Manager, Colleague, Friend
Mr. White was in the studio audience for a WGBH show called “Folk Music USA” when he inquired about volunteer opportunities at the station and wound up with a new career.
Read MoreThe Spirit of the Spirit: A WGBH remembrance
There has always been something magical about the ‘GBH cachet, growing I believe from the station’s spoken, unspoken, and lived, philosophy, and from those who have striven to express it.
Read More50 Years of the WGBH Auction in Stories, Videos, and Pictures
Videos stories and images from the WGBH Auction, starting with the First WGBH Auction in 1966, with Julia Child, Bud Collins, and more.
Read MoreDan Beach’s WGBH photo collection
From Dan Beach: I added some random shots through the years at ‘GBH to my Facebook profile. Feel free to use anything that might be of interest.
Read MoreRobert Warren Davis, 94, Lighting Designer
In 1969–1970 he served as Lighting Designer for the first “Evening at Symphony” and “Evening at Pops” at Symphony Hall.
Read MoreHenry Becton tours 125 Western Avenue
The Harvard Innovation Lab invited Henry Becton, President of WGBH Educational Foundation from 1984 until October 2007, to tour 125 Western Ave., the iLab’s new home.
Read MoreSmithsonian celebrates Nam June Paik
BBC Video: The work of Nam June Paik, considered the father of video art, has been put on display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC.
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…
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