Chas Norton – WGBH Alumni Network

From the Vault: Video interviews with WGBH pioneers

By Jay Collier | June 7, 2015 |

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.

Reunion 2006 I

By Don Hallock | January 1, 2007 |

Photos by Chas Norton 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10.

One of the “Lights of Our Lives,” Chas Norton, Retires After Four Decades

By Jay Collier | January 6, 2006 |

From Fred Barzyk Chas Norton, lighting director, has retired as of Jan. 6, 2006. It was also his 65th birthday. He has been at WGBH for 40 years. I think he got a birthday cake and we all had drinks at a local pub, The Bus Stop, to celebrate his years at WGBH. I suggested…

An Era Comes to a Close With Bill Cosel Conducting His Own Swan Song

By Jay Collier | June 20, 2004 |

Story by Chas Norton and Bill Francis; photos by Chas Norton Chas Norton: Bill Cosel announced his retirement from exec producer of POPS; last night was our last taping and he was asked to conduct the Stars and Stripes Forever by Keith Lockhart. We kept tape rolling and Billy Francis cut it. Bill abruptly found…