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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.
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.
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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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I'm not active in Lego news gathering for the moment, so I thought since I still have access to this YouTube I'd post video from my hometown of Suburban NH/Boston area news related clips that go back to the end of the 20th Century. I recently acquired a video capture device and found a bunch of old tapes worth ingesting and posting some on the Internet. I had taped some news topicals on the Big Dig around year 2000/01. In this Greater Boston special, then host Emily Rooney did a 30 minute program giving the locals a look of what was a very complex public works project ever. For many years locals were told this "big" public works project dating as far back Michael Stanley Dukakis' term as Governor of Massachusetts. Riding or driving around Boston before the completion of the Big Dig on th...
ID- Happy Thanksgiving from WGBH-TV 2 Boston, 1987.
Well, after a few months without EAS videos, here's EAS #31! This one is taped off WGBH 2 Boston, since they do EAS Tests each Tuesday at around 1:30PM CDT (2:30PM EDT). This marks my first TV EAS Test. Sorry for the blurry picture in the beginning and the low volume. I did not want to disturb anyone. The EAS test is preceded by a PBS Kids System Cue.
As usual, I couldn't find some variants (duh). Well, this took a long ass while to make, partially cuz I was lazy and partially cuz I was on vacation most of the time. So no, my channel is not dead yet, I'm still making videos, and I'm still working hard. This was especially hard because I tried ordering the logos and variants in chronological order, which I will NEVER do again, as it was too stressful and hard. But that's enough rambling from me, enjoy the logo history!
Edited from multiple tape sources, various ID/logo bits: -WGBH - Color bars/ID -NET - Misterogers 1970 -PBS - several cuts -MET - (Massachusetts Educational Television) -WENH-11 Durham NH -Sesame Street card
Recorded off air from a U-Matic tape (3/4 inch tape)
From many Season 9 episodes of "Arthur". Quite a few people want to see the Cookie Jar logo that swings and zooms in. Anyway, here it is in surprisingly good quality.
This is my only post not directly associated with Sesame Street! I got this from my younger brother's "1980's collection" videotape. He recorded this in 1986. Only people in their late 20's, 30's and 40's who grew up in New England will remember and appreciate this recording. I live in southern N.H. and grew up here. I was between 10 and 19 years old when this aired on WGBH Boston (channel 2, PBS) almost every night. WGBH channel 2 was the PBS station where I did all my Sesame Street recordings. Still shots of many shows can be seen, including "Zoom" and "Sesame Street". Also look out for Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops! I always loved the music too. I've recently learned that this piece is called "Rondo a Go-Go"! Many thanks to the gentleman who informed me of that!
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I'm not active in Lego news gathering for the moment, so I thought since I still have access to this YouTube I'd post video from my hometown of Suburban NH/Boston area news related clips that go back to the end of the 20th Century. I recently acquired a video capture device and found a bunch of old tapes worth ingesting and posting some on the Internet. I had taped some news topicals on the Big Dig around year 2000/01. In this Greater Boston special, then host Emily Rooney did a 30 minute program giving the locals a look of what was a very complex public works project ever. For many years locals were told this "big" public works project dating as far back Michael Stanley Dukakis' term as Governor of Massachusetts. Riding or driving around Boston before the completion of the Big Dig on th...
Vietnam: A Television History (1983) is a 13-part American documentary television mini-series about the Vietnam War (1955-1975) from the perspective of the United States. It was produced for public television by WGBH-TV in Boston and was originally broadcast on PBS between October 4 and December 20, 1983. Eleven of the 13 episodes were rebroadcast (2 and 13 were dropped) as part of the series American Experience from May 26 to June 28, 1997. Vietnam: A Television History was the most successful documentary produced by PBS up to the time of initial broadcast. Nearly 9% of American households tuned in to watch the initial episode, and an average of 9.7 million viewers watched each of the 13 episodes. A rebroadcast in the summer of 1984 garnered roughly a 4% share in the five largest U.S. te...
Naseer Aruri on WGBH Show The Advocates 02-22-1978. Filmed at Faneuil Hall in Boston, MA. Ben Nitay better known as Benjamin Netanyahu also appears at age 28 years old.
I'm not active in Lego news gathering for the moment, so I thought since I still have access to this YouTube I'd post video from my hometown of Suburban NH/Boston area news related clips that go back to the end of the 20th Century. I recently acquired a video capture device and found a bunch of old tapes worth ingesting and posting some on the Internet. This was a Year in Review from Greater Boston's Friday "Beat The Press Edition" from 2001 that aired on WGBH the end of that year. This recording actually came from a 11:00 rebroadcast on WGBX (channel 44) around that same time. Also why use the very formal title? Most listings referred to Friday as "Greater Boston", years later it had it's own brand, online identity, and program listings referred to the 7:00 pm show as "Beat the Press". N...
1986, Nov - PBS/WGBH documentary by Chris Lydon of the life and career of Barbara Anderson up to her 1986 victory in repealing the state income tax surtax.
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1985 NOVA WGBH- Boston Film"Tornado!" Storm Chasers This program presents current scientific research on tornadoes. Tornadoes have long eluded systematic investigation, but now a large number of scientists are recording data in the field and modeling tornado phenomena in the laboratory. Direct field observations and new technologies such as advance radar-tracking system provide detailed information and may improve early detection systems. "Tornado!", which originally aired back in 1985. While there is some tornado footage shown throughout this video, it's mostly about trying to explain tornadoes along with survivors of a Wisconsin tornado telling about their experiences.
This NOVA episode covers the claim in 1989 by scientists Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons that they developed a cold fusion process. ConFusion in the .
Youth Forum on Say Brother WGBH-TV Ch. 2 Boston hosted by: Elliot Francis and Rebecca Walker Topics include gangs, drugs, sex, pregnancy, violence, racism, education, etc. "The more things change, the more they stay the same"
Sea shells, crystals, honeycombs, eggs and seeds: They are shaped the way they are for a reason. NOVA takes viewers on a unique journey of discovery to find out why things are shaped the way they are and why they work so well. Produced by Peace River Films. © 1985, 2017 WGBH Educational Foundation. NOVA is a production of WGBH Boston, which is solely responsible for its content. For entertainment and educational purposes only. Source: VHS tape. Genre: Science. More info at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova #novapbs
Greater Boston - recorded on May 15, 2014 in high definition. Visit NE1 online at: http://www.newenglandone.com Copyright 2014 WGBH-TV / WGBH Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
Narrated by Raúl Julia, this segment examines questions of identity on the isalnd of Hispaniola, and takes a personal look at self definition on the Dominican side of the Island while offering a contrast with the Haitian side.
Say Brother show on Education in Boston in 1989. Hosted by Elliot Francis with guests Juanita Wade, featured are then Superintendent LeVal Wilson, METCO parents and more.
Peter Hoving's use of the 16mm. Bolex Rex 4 film camera in making films for WGBH - TV (1965 - 1970). Also an insight into 16 mm. film editing, animation and making in-camera dissolves and showing a sampling of early films including home movies, both in black & white and in color.
1984 WGBH Boston documentary by Howard Husock about the world of Gospel music in Boston as scene through the lens of radio station WCAS, its owner and deejays including David Adams and Skippy White.
PBS American Experience S26E02 - Ripley: Believe It Or Not (2015) Narrated by Oscar winner actor Oliver Platt. LeRoy Robert Ripley rose to fame during the Great Depression, transforming himself from a skinny, buck-toothed boy into an entertainer who mesmerized the nation with his razzle-dazzle blend of homespun Americana, colourful exotica and freakish oddities. Over 3 decades, his "Believe It Or Not" franchise grew into an entertainment empire, expanding from newspapers to every form of "new media" in the 20th century: radio, film, and ultimately, commercial television. At the centre of it all was Ripley, whose obsession with the odd and keen eye for the curious made him one of the richest men in the country. Americans not only loved his bizarre fare, but were fascinated by the man hi...
The streets are dark and empty now
Time for another day
Well I walk alone collecting my thoughts
That have gone astray
All of the memories, all of the dreams
Still remains entwined
All that we've had, and all that we've known
Are little by your mind
I only wanted someone to believe in oh, but your words
they're seldom found
'Cause when it comes to the problems that were meant to
be shared
You were not around
Oh but you'll plead with me now
You always stay
You give it one breath then
You're taking it all away
[Chorus:]
What is this love that holds me Captive in your eyes
Well I wish I had the strength to leave it all behind
What's done is done, and you do not give a damn
Just another heartfelt blow by your careless hands
I never thought in my life I could feel so much pain
Trusting in your kind
I never thought I could feel so alone
A faith in love so blind
But after all is said and done
The song remains the same
You please yourself and nobody else
Will you ever change?
Oh, but you'll plead with me now
You always stay
You give it one breath then
You're taking it all away
[Chorus:]
What is this love that holds me Captive in your eyes
Well I wish I had the strength to leave it all behind
What's done is done, and you do not give a damn