Posts Tagged ‘Chas Norton’
Live Music Television at WGBH: Cosel, Atwood, and Norton
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That’s how we learned how to direct: live. We didn’t have any choice. We did stuff live because we couldn’t afford to record it!
Read MoreGordon 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-TV Encouraged Live Music for Decades
Bill Cosel: We lost another great. I love the Boston Globe pictures of Tony Bennett from Evening at Pops on the front page.
Read MoreClaire Mallardi, 91, Dance Workshop Choreographer
During some four decades of teaching at Harvard, Ms. Mallardi helped pioneer the recognition of dance as an academic discipline at universities nationally, where before the pursuit had been almost solely the province of conservatories and schools for the performing arts.
Read MoreJohn Kerr: Shifting (video)
John Kerr had three wonderful children, and worked happily for decades as the main fundraiser for WGBH, Boston’s public television & radio station. Then things shifted.
Read MoreDame Diana Rigg, 82, Mystery! host
She was an integral member of the MASTERPIECE family, including 15 years as the host of MYSTERY!, where her elegant introductions made an indelible impression on U.S. audiences.
Read MoreDave Coveney, Engineer
Dave Coveney was an engineer at WGBH in the 1980s. He passed away on April 4 from COVID-19.
Read MoreCelebrating Michael Ambrosino: Alumni Stories
Stories shared at the celebration of Michael Ambrosino’s career in October 2019
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 MoreChas Norton receives New England NATAS Gold Circle Award
The esteemed Gold Circle recognizes veteran professionals who for 50 years or more have made significant contributions to their professional community, the television industry, and to individuals training for careers in the TV field.
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 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 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 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 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 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.
Reunion 2015: Save the Date – Redux
RSVP’S have already arrived, and we’re waiting to hear from YOU! Take a look at this great list of people who are planning to be there. Then, RSVP Today!
Read MoreReunion 2006 III
Photos by Annie Valva, Leona Hartnett and Steve Rhodes 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. David Atwood and Bernadette Yao. 30. 31. Chas Norton and Michael Ambrosino
Read MoreReunion 2006 I
Photos by Chas Norton 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10.
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