Posts Tagged ‘NPR’
GBH cuts more than 40 staffers in new layoffs
Faced with funding difficulties and revenue shortfalls, GBH announced Monday it was laying off 45 staff members, representing 6% of its workforce.
Read MoreFrom President and CEO Susan Goldberg: Protect GBH Today
On May 1, the White House issued an Executive Order calling on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to immediately cease funding to PBS and NPR.
Read MoreCelebrating Bob Ferrante
I’d like to raise a glass to Bob. He was a really special person. We all miss him terribly. There’s an awful lot to savor and celebrate.
Read MoreA Sad Retreat for A Public TV Pioneer in Western Mass. (Editorial)
By The Republican Editorials, March 23, 2023 It isn’t fully clear why, after 52 years, public television in Springfield became untenable. What’s clear is that the demise of robust TV production by a veteran staff at WGBY Channel 57 is a setback. Though some TV operations will continue, this change sharply curtails a longstanding source…
Read MoreRobert Ferrante, 87, News Executive
Mr. Ferrante oversaw the creation of public affairs programs at WGBH, including the Emmy Award-winning “Ten O’Clock News.”
Read MoreDavid Liroff, 77, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
We are saddened by the news of the passing of our friend and former colleague David Liroff who was GBH Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, serving from 1979-2007.
Read MoreRick Hauser, Producer, Director, Writer
Henry Becton: Rick’s time at WGBH was marked by some of the most beloved how-tos, and some of the most adventurous and artistically interesting programs we’ve ever produced.
Read MoreJack Kean, 90, Emmy Award-winning Engineer
In 1999, Jack received an Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences: The Silver Circle Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Read MoreThe Money Room: So What?
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: Of Eggs, Sliders, and Gum
John Carver: He got up from his desk, went to his conference table and produced a copy of AD WEEK, the weekly industry rag that we all pretend to read. I wished then that I had read it.
Read More‘Says You!’ panelist Arnie Reisman, a Boston media mainstay, dies at 79
He was a writer first, last, and always,” said his wife, Paula Lyons, a longtime TV consumer reporter and a “Says You!” panelist. “And he was a writer of everything – journalism, documentaries, poetry.”
Read MoreThe Money Room: How This Old House Was Built
Russ handed me a one-page sell sheet with no particulars … no real budget or definition, no host, and definitely no house.
Read MoreSusan Dowling: Memories of WGBH (1979-1993)
I remember the projects at the WBGH New TV Workshop as the most exciting. I felt I was part of ground-breaking efforts with video artists and choreographers.
Read MoreKen Bader, 70, Senior Editor, The World
The WGBH community notes with sadness the passing of former ’GBH colleague Ken Bader. A Senior Editor for The World (1997-2011), Ken passed away Sat, 8/24.
Read More‘This Old House’ Turns 40
“This Old House,” which began chronicling home renovations in 1979, was one of the first such shows to air on national television and arguably helped create the D.I.Y. nation we all live in.
Read MoreSad news: Kathryn Farrelly and Carl Charlson
Some sad news for the WGBH community: Former ’GBHer Kathryn Farrelly died suddenly of heart failure on Sat, 11/12, and WGBH Series Producer Carl Charlson, died peacefully on Thurs, 11/16 after a battle with ALS.
Read MoreSheila and Marilyn Brass launch new series
Cookbook authors and “culinarians” Sheila and Marilyn Brass have been part of WGBH for more than 20 years. They have a new PBS show.
Read MoreIn well-mannered public radio, an airwaves war
In the realm of public radio, the Boston situation — close quarters combat between well-off rivals (WGBH and WBUR) — is extremely rare.
Read MoreSteve Schwartz, 74, Radio Jazz Host
Eric Jackson: “Steve was this warm presence who invited you in when he was on the air with the sound of his voice and the music he played.”
Read MoreWGBH reaps huge windfall in sale of broadcast spectrum
WGBH, the public media organization, will receive $218.7 million in exchange for moving the over-the-air signals of its WGBH and WGBY stations from frequencies on the UHF band to the VHF band.
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