Category: NOVA

Creating NOVA (1971-76)

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This entry is part 9 of 9 in the series The Michael Ambrosino Collection

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 more.

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Proposal for The Science Program Group for Public Television (1973)

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This entry is part 8 of 9 in the series The Michael Ambrosino Collection

From the American Association for the Advancement of Science: Mr. Ambrosino’s report outlines the plan for the creation of a science programming group for public television. | Read more.

In: Documents, NOVA, WGBH 2

40 years with ‘GBH

This entry is part 1 of 9 in the series The Michael Ambrosino Collection

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 more.

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