WGBH-TV

WGBH-TV, channel 2, is a non-commercial educational PBS member television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station is owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns and operates: WGBX-TV (channel 44), Springfield, Massachusetts-based PBS station WGBY-TV (channel 57) and public radio stations WGBH (FM) and WCRB in the Boston area, and WCAI (and satellites WZAI and WNAN) in Cape Cod.

WGBH's studios are located on Guest Street in Boston, and its transmitter is located in Needham, Massachusetts. WGBH is one of six local Boston television stations that are available in Canada on satellite provider Bell TV.

Overview

Today, WGBH-TV produces more than two-thirds of the nationally distributed programs broadcast by PBS. These include shows such as Nova, Frontline, Masterpiece, American Experience, The Victory Garden and This Old House.

In years past, WGBH was home to The French Chef, a beloved fixture on American TV and an icon of American culture. WGBH's "The Scarlet Letter" (mini-series) was a major costume drama produced on-location/film-style (PBS' highest-rated series for many years) and was the first challenger to the British hegemony in such programming. SInce then, the station has co-produced numerous period dramas with British production companies. Broadcasts with the Boston Symphony established the genre as a staple on television. A Roomful of Music, produced by Greg Harney, featured Pete Seeger and other music pioneers.

Boston

Boston (pronounced ⁱ/ˈbɒstən/) is the capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. Boston also served as the historic county seat of Suffolk County until Massachusetts disbanded county government in 1999. The city proper covers 48 square miles (124 km²) with an estimated population of 655,884 in 2014, making it the largest city in New England and the 24th largest city in the United States. The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area called Greater Boston, home to 4.7 million people and the tenth-largest metropolitan statistical area in the country. Greater Boston as a commuting region is home to 8.1 million people, making it the sixth-largest combined statistical area in the United States.

One of the oldest cities in the United States, Boston was founded on the Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by Puritan settlers from England. It was the scene of several key events of the American Revolution, such as the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the Siege of Boston. Upon American independence from Great Britain, the city continued to be an important port and manufacturing hub, as well as a center for education and culture. Through land reclamation and municipal annexation, Boston has expanded beyond the original peninsula. Its rich history attracts many tourists, with Faneuil Hall alone drawing over 20 million visitors per year. Boston's many firsts include the United States' first public school, Boston Latin School (1635), and first subway system (1897).

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