Posts Tagged ‘Terry Rockefeller’
NOVA: On The Air for 50 Years
Here we are, 50 years on, with NOVA continuing to “foster public understanding of science.”
Read MoreCelebrating Michael Ambrosino: Alumni Stories
Stories shared at the celebration of Michael Ambrosino’s career in October 2019
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 MoreCreating NOVA (1971-76)
From Michael Ambrosino: Science is a part of our heritage, our present culture, and a major force in determining our future. Its absence from television [in the 1970s], spoke to the ignorance of many of its gatekeepers…. Science, medicine, technology, engineering, architecture all impact our culture by determining how we live our lives!
Read More40 years with ‘GBH
From Michael Ambrosino — 2000 My first visit to WGBH was in the fall of 1955, just after TV had gone on the air at 84 Mass Ave. in Cambridge. I was at work developing a TV master plan for the University of Connecticut at the time, and wanted a tour of one of the…
Read MoreNOVA: From the beginning (1970s)
By Ben Shedd I’m part of the group from the 1970s at ‘GBH, when NOVA was in some ways almost a separate unit at the station. It’s wonderful to learn about the history of WGBH and see why such grand programming has come from the people who worked there through the decades. I’m glad to…
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