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In well-mannered public radio, an airwaves war

June 21, 2017 |

In the realm of public radio, the Boston situation — close quarters combat between well-off rivals (WGBH and WBUR) — is extremely rare.

Ambrosino and Nova: making stories that go ‘bang’

September 12, 2014 |

This entry is part 10 of 12 in the series The Michael Ambrosino Collection

I wanted to examine how the world worked, to use the scientific process of discovery as a narrative device to tell good stories. Producers are a naturally curious lot and good documentaries are made out of that curiosity.

Otto Piene, 85, New Television Workshop Video Artist

July 28, 2014 |

“The greatest service technology could do for art would be to enable the artist to reach a proliferating audience, perhaps through TV, or to create tools for some new monumental art that would bring art to as many men today as in the middle ages.” — Otto Piene

The foundations of WGBH: 84 Mass. Ave.

December 23, 2010 |

From Don Hallock: Many extraordinarily-gifted figures and luminaries of the day — in the arts, science, politics and education — found their ways into the halls and studios of the original WGBH-TV/FM studios at 84 Massachusetts Avenue.

WGBH Pioneers: Michael Ambrosino – Part 2 (1998)

July 27, 2007 |

This entry is part 3 of 12 in the series The Michael Ambrosino Collection

Michael Ambrosino — the creator of NOVA — describes his early years at WGBH, an era of live and live-on-tape TV productions at the 84 Massachusetts Avenue studio in Cambridge.

Building a Network: EEN (1961-64)

July 1, 2007 |

This entry is part 6 of 12 in the series The Michael Ambrosino Collection

WGBH: The Early Years Skating Around the Rink (1956-60) Building a Network: EEN (1961-64) Going Public (1964-70) From Michael Ambrosino Ed: This is the second of three excerpts from Michael Ambrosino’s autobiography. In the first part, Skating Around the Rink, he described the early years at WGBH, an era of live and live-on-tape TV productions…

Going Public (1964-1970)

June 29, 2007 |

This entry is part 7 of 12 in the series The Michael Ambrosino Collection

From Michael Ambrosino: I’ve never considered myself an intellectual; my memory and thought processes are just not good enough for true intellectual work. I do, however, have an insatiable curiosity and enjoy the world of ideas.

David Liroff on the state of WGBH (video and transcript)

March 21, 2007 |

Here are David Liroff’s farewell remarks from his going away party, the “Liroff Liftoff,” on March 21, 2007.