Posts Tagged ‘Chris Pullman’
The Money Room: Fundraising Goes National
John Kerr: The corporate officer I saw was eager to learn about ways to fund PBS programs. John Carver then sealed the deal. That visit led to a grant to WGBH of $300,000 to help fund NOVA.
Read MoreThe Money Room: How I Got Back to ‘GBH
John Kerr: We selected a large, sturdy golf umbrella with a wooden handle. Our brilliant new Yale-trained Design Director Chris Pullman and his colleagues Doug Scott, Gene Mackles and others helped make it distinctive with its blue, green and white panels and WGBH’s new drop-shadowed logo.
Read MoreComposer of WGBH’s Iconic “Sting” Dies at 97
Gershon Kingsley, the composer of the iconic WGBH sting, the electronic fanfare that accompanies the WGBH logo during programs’ closing credits, died earlier this month at the age of 97.
Read MoreBliss Bruen – Photographer
From Steve Gilford: I introduced Bliss to WGBH and she immediately shared my enthusiasm for the station, the staff and the programming.
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.
The “2-Toy” still survives
In the days when car salesman Ernie Boch used to pop out of a trunk and urge car shoppers to “c’mon down!” on commercial TV, who can forget the hyperbolic copy we wrote offering the 2-Toy as a perk to donors.
Read MoreCountdown to the Alumni Gathering on June 7
We are excited about seeing everyone, getting caught up, sharing memories, stories and long-kept secrets.
Read MoreWe’re in the “understanding business”
The chance invitation to work here at WGBH placed me in an environment that was a perfect fit for my temperament and aspirations as a professional and as just a plain person. Once here, I recognized, gradually, why it felt so right as a place to work and associate.
Read MoreStudio Tour Details for September 9
From Rob Clifford Bring your family or those closest to you and join staff, alumni, and volunteers for a special sneak preview — even before the public grand-opening! — of WGBH’s new studios at One Guest Street in Brighton. The all-ages festivities will begin with all-access at 11 a.m. on Sunday, September 9. The ribbon…
Read More“In the Beginning” – The WGBH Logo (1956)
From Don Hallock What does this image really mean, and how did it become the WGBH logo? Peter Hollander reminds us that his wife, Lilly, station art director from 1956 to 1958, first proposed use of the pictogram that became the WGBH logo, and remained so for many years. What it means Rudolph Koch, in…
Read MoreCaroline Collins, 70, Creative Force at WGBH During ’80s
From the Boston Globe Some colleagues likened Caroline Collins’s energy to bubbling champagne, others to a lightbulb always on. Whatever the metaphor, in her role as director of creative services at WGBH-TV, Ms. Collins brought to the station a vigor and style that helped define its image during the 1980s. She was “one of those…
Read MoreThe Party XIII
195. Judy Hurley, another lottery winner. 196. Fred Barzyk and Ted Conant. 197. Frank Coakley and Maureen Fahey. 198. Paul Solman, Judy Stoia and Steve Atlas. 199. Henry Becton and Don Hallock. 200. Margaret McCleod with Steve Gilford. 201. Lisa Schwartzbaum and Chris Pullman. 202. Louise Daniels-Miller, Aida Moreno and Marilyn Greenstein. 203. David Ives,…
Read MoreThe Party VIII
145. Julie Piens, Phil Collyer and Greg Harney. 146. The back of Dan Beach, the front of Henry Becton and the back of Olivia Tappan. 147. Ron Blau, Nancy Troland, Nancy Porter and Sharon Rivo with Syrl Silverman. 148. Chris Pullman, Nora Sinclair and Paul Souza. 149. Lo Hartnett, Moon Nimon, Nora Sinclair, Fred Barzyk,…
Read MoreThe Party III
92. Chris Pullman and Tom Sumida. 93. Tom Sumida, Chris Pullman, Paul Souza and Paul Solman. 94. Tom Sumida, Chris Pullman, Paul Souza, Doug Scott and Jeff Dunn. 95. Doug Scott and Paul Souza. 96. John Kerr, Mary Meadows, Hillary Kimmel and John Carver. 97. Debbie Dorsey and Michael Ambrosino. 98. David Atwood and Dick…
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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