From Russ Butler A small announcement in The Boston Globe caught my attention. It was 1951, and I was a 17-year old junior in a Boston high school and fascinated with radio broadcasting. The one column-inch notice read that a new FM radio station would begin broadcasting from studios in Symphony Hall. Next day, I … | Read more.
From Dan Beach – Studio 8H Website Design WGBH Auction with David Ives. The ubiquitous Al Hinderstein mans the Auction Cam. Playboy Bunnies and their “bodyguard” await cue to go on auction. (c 1965) From David Atwood — 12/5/2007 Those auction pix had to be 1966 or later. I came to GBH in the fall … | Read more.
This entry is part 4 of 12 in the series The Fred Barzyk CollectionFrom YouTube — 12/4/2007 Six WGBH Alumni — Fred Barzyk, Michael Ambrosino, Olivia Tappan, Bruce Bordett, and David Atwood — tour the studios and offices at 125 Western Avenue, WGBH’s primary home from 1964 to 2007. Recorded in June 2006. Part 1 … | Read more.
From Don Hallock As I remember, a 30 year old Dave Davis came to us at WGBH-TV from the University of North Carolina campus TV in 1957. That was the same year I, at 19, began in the scene shop as assistant to Peter Prodan. Dave was a musician and veteran television Producer-Director. He succeeded … | Read more.
This entry is part 2 of 9 in the series The Michael Ambrosino CollectionMichael 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. This series presents authorized interviews with early producers and directors for Boston’s … | Read more.
Recollections of a WGBH-FM Volunteer (1951-52)
From Russ Butler A small announcement in The Boston Globe caught my attention. It was 1951, and I was a 17-year old junior in a Boston high school and fascinated with radio broadcasting. The one column-inch notice read that a new FM radio station would begin broadcasting from studios in Symphony Hall. Next day, I … | Read more.