Posts Tagged ‘Benny Krol’
Gordon Mehlman Shares Memories of WGBH Engineering Innovations
When I applied to WGBH in 1968, I had already interacted with the engineering department and so was lucky enough to be hired immediately.
Read MoreWGBH at the Emmys
Skip Wareham shared this photo of a Boston/New England Emmy Award ceremony from the 1981. Can you help us identify everyone?
Read MoreFrom the Vault: Video interviews with WGBH pioneers
Between 1992 and 2013, Fred Barzyk, Joe Anderson, Henry Becton, and Michael Ambrosino conducted over 100 hours of interviews with dozens of former WGBH-TV and FM staffers.
Read MoreReunion 2015: Here’s your invitation!
We now have a formal invitation and final agenda for the reunion!
Join us at the new WGBH Studios on Saturday, May 2, at One Guest Street in Allston.
Ampex Video Simulcasting (1970)
From Joe Pugliesi According to Benny Krol, who worked this system, this newsletter is from late 69 or early 70. Boston’s WGBH, first to use videotape recording for educational broadcasting, is probably also the first station to broadcast stereophonic FM sound synchronized with a video presentation… The Foundation established itself as a technological leader in…
Read MoreBill Fairweather Retires
From Fred Barzyk I went into the station on Monday for a meeting … and found that the station had closed because of the snow storm. I don’t ever remember when the station would shut itself down because of the weather … except for the big one in 1978. Anyway, talking to one of the…
Read MoreThe Party XIV
205. David Atwood and Bruce Bordett. 206. David Atwood shares an affectionate moment with Olivia Tappan. 207. Well….two moments. 208. Yet another shot of Peter Hoving and Chris Sarson. (Do they get residuals on these?) 209. John Henning. 210. John Henning again, POV. 211. John “Rocky” Coe and Faith Nachman Klein. 212. Gene Mackles, John Carver and Paul Solman. 213. Thea Chalow and John…
Read MoreThe Party V
115. Roger Lyons with Paulette and Paul Noble. 116. Bob Carey and Mike Goldberg. 117. Susie Dangel, Nancy Porter and Dick Heller. 118. Marcia Hulley and Dan Everett. 119. Janet McFadden, Anne Damon, Bill Charrette, and Benny Krol. 120. Nancy Brown, unknown, Cindy Madden, unknown, and Mary Meadows. Who are the unknowns? 121. Aida Moreno…
Read MoreThe Party I
71. 72. Is this a man whose fondest dreams have come true — or whose worst nightmares have materialized? 73. Probably the former. Fred and Ruth Barzyk celebrate at the immensely successful WGBH reunion. 74. Vern Coleman, Benny Krol and Phil Collyer. 75. Chris Pullman and Doug Scott. 76. Paul Souza. 77. Paul Souza and…
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