Jordan Hall – WGBH Alumni Network

Nat Johnson, 83, Announcer, Producer, Engineer

January 29, 2026 |

Nat Johnson is remembered as a visionary broadcaster, master sound engineer, and tireless advocate for the preservation of musical and historical heritage.

Nat Johnson: My Early Radio Days

February 17, 2012 |

I aired, for the first time in America, a stereo broadcast of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Listeners were astounded – and generally seemed quite captivated.

Steve Izzi, 63, sound engineer

May 10, 2011 |

Steve displayed a fine ability to transform live orchestral and all ensemble sound via microphone equalization and reverberation techniques that produced and created a truly transparent sound.

WGBH Timeline (1946-1978)

January 1, 2007 |

From “The first 24 years: A somewhat random compendium of milestones along the way.”

One Way to Run a Railroad (1946-59)

January 1, 2000 |

From Ray Wilding-White: The station was made reality by a bunch of dedicated, overworked and underpaid young maniacs who hardly knew a microphone from a zebra when they started on radio. I know. I was there.