Category: 1970s

Do you remember the 2 Mobile?

The 2 Mobile

From Mike Esty: Looking at some of the photos on this site reminded me of many great things that I participated in at GBH. One in particular stands out. | Read more.

In: 1970s, WGBH 2

Vern Coleman, longtime broadcast engineer

Vern Coleman

From CapeCodOnline: Mr. Coleman worked fourteen years on the production of PBS programs such as The Boston Pops, Evening at Symphony, and The French Chef with Julia Child. | Read more.

In: 1970s, Obituaries, Reminiscences

Nat Johnson: My Early Radio Days

Nat Johnson at WBCN

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. | Read more.

In: 1970s, Essays | , , , , ,

David Wheeler, 86 legendary Boston theater director

David Wheeler and Al Pacino

Fred Barzyk: David Wheeler and his company performed many of their stage plays in WGBH studios under the direction of Greg Harney. It was a real collaboration between a theater director and TV director. | Read more.

In: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s

Ros and Harris Barron in the ZONE

Harris and Ros Barron

From Fred Barzyk: Hundreds of artists streamed through the studios of the WGBH New Television Workshop in the early ’70s. Ros and Harris were two of the earliest. | Read more.

In: 1970s, Essays, WGBH 2 | ,
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