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A stranger in a strange land

December 20, 2010March 5, 2018 Jay Collier 84 Mass. Ave., Anecdotes, BU Scholars, Channels, Essays, New Television Workshop, Reminiscences, Symphony Hall, WGBH 2 Alfred Hitchcock, Andy Ferguson, Bill Heitz, Bob Jones, Bob Larson, Bob Moscone, Bob Squires, Bob Valtz, Bobby Hall, Brian O’Doherty, Brooks Leffler, Cabot Lyford, Dave Davis, Dave Sloss, David Ives, David Nohling, Don Hallock, Ed Scherer, Frank Vento, Fred Barzyk, Gene Gray, Gene Nichols, Greg Harney, Hartford Gunn, Henry Morgenthau, Jean Brady, Jerry Adler, Kenny Anderson, Lou Barlow, Mike Ambrosino, NOVA, Paul Noble, Russ Morash, Tom McGrath, Whit Thompson, Wil Morton

This entry is part 6 of 23 in the series The Fred Barzyk Collection

From Fred Barzyk: Bill insisted I try to get into the scholarship program. You studied for your graduate degree at Boston University and worked three days a week at the Educational Television station. Free tuition and you got $600 to live a year in Boston!

The BSO and Master Control (1957)

January 1, 2007September 12, 2010 Don Hallock 1950s, Anecdotes Boston Pops, First Controller, Gene Nichols, Master Controller

From Faith Klein

"You Tell Me!"

Reading other anecdotes reminded me of the time I was floor manager for a remote at Kresge Auditorium when Charles Munch was conducting the Boston Pops.

Bob Larsen told me over the ear phones — as I was backstage watching CM before the performance was to begin — "Ok … cue him. Send him onstage." Read more...

40 years with ‘GBH

May 1, 2000May 16, 2016 Jay Collier 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 84 Mass. Ave., Essays, Eyes on the Prize, NOVA, Reminiscences, Staff, WGBH 2 Action for Children's Television, Ann Peck, Bill Cavness, Bob Larsen, Boyd Estus, Dave Atwood, Dave Davis, Eastern Educational Network, Eric Handley, Fred Barzyk, Gene Nichols, Hartford Gunn, Harvard, Henry Hampton, Jean Brady, John Henning, Larry Creshkoff, Lillian Akel, Marian White, Michael Ambrosino, Michael Rice, Odyssey, Peter Downey, Sam Low, ted sherburne, Terry Rockefeller, The Ring of Truth, WUNH

This entry is part 2 of 11 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 few (12) “educational” stations on the air. Read more...