Category: 1980s

Dan Beach’s WGBH photo collection

Greg Harney Directs

From Dan Beach: I added some random shots through the years at ‘GBH to my Facebook profile. Feel free to use anything that might be of interest. | Read more.

In: 125 Western Ave., 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Images, People

Doug DeVitt, 62, audio engineer

Doug DeVitt

After college, Doug began a forty year career as an audio engineer, including stints for Boston public television’s WGBH station and later at WCVB, Channel 5 where he won an Emmy award for excellence in his field. | Read more.

In: 1970s, 1980s, Obituaries, Staff, WGBH 2

Help us catalog WGBH “firsts” in national public media

wgbh-logo-1980s

We’re looking for your recommendations, corrections, and confirmations of WGBH’s national innovations over the decades. | Read more.

In: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, FM 89.7, Reminiscences, WGBH 2

In protest, jazz-style funeral for Eric Jackson’s show

Jazz Funeral for Eric Jackson

From the Boston Globe – 7/6/2012 Eric Jackson hosted his last weeknight show on WGBH-FM (89.7) Thursday night, and thanks to local saxophonist Ken Field, he went out with a funeral. Field, who hosts a show on WMBR-FM (88.1), led a New Orleans-style funeral outside the WGBH building in Brighton to protest the station’s recent cuts in … | Read more.

In: 1 Guest Street, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, FM 89.7, Press, Video

John MacKnight, 79, lighting director

John MacKnight

John Dauphinee MacKnight of St. Stephen, NB., passed away at the Charlotte County Hospital, St. Stephen, NB, on February 22, 2012. | Read more.

In: 1980s, 1990s, Obituaries, WGBH 2
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