Category: Stories

Public broadcasters ponder political ads

From the Boston Globe: Public radio and television stations are weighing the opportunities and risks of accepting political advertising following a federal court ruling that found an existing ban on such ads violates the First Amendment. | Read more.

In: Press, 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, 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 | , , , , ,

Sightings: Jean Shepherd on the Charles

Jean Shepherd

From Dan Beach: Here is Jean Shepherd on the dock behind the Museum of Science for his first TV show with Fred Barzyk in 1961. | Read more.

In: 1960s, Images, Sightings

PBS takes on the premium channels

Downton Abbey wins Emmys

Rebecca Eaton: “Downton Abbey is the closest thing to water-cooler television as public television gets.” | Read more.

In: 2010s, Downton Abbey, Masterpiece Theater, Press, WGBH 2
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