The WGBH Educational Foundation (also known as GBH since August 2020) is an American
public broadcasting
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group based in
Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1951, it holds the licenses to all of the
PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcasting, public broadcaster and Non-commercial activity, non-commercial, Terrestrial television, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly fu ...
member stations in
, and operates its
flagship
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station
WGBH-TV
WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's sec ...
, sister station
WGBX-TV
WGBX-TV (channel 44), branded on-air as GBH 44 since 2020, is the secondary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation, it is sister to Boston's primary PBS member station ...
, and a group of
NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other ...
member stations in the state. It also owns
WGBY-TV
WGBY-TV (channel 57) is a PBS member television station in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Owned by the Boston-based WGBH Educational Foundation, it is a sister station to that organization's flagship and namesake, WGBH-TV (channel ...
in
Springfield, which is operated by
New England Public Media
New England Public Media is a non-profit organization that operates the public broadcasting outlets in Western Massachusetts, including the Springfield area. It operates the region's NPR member, Amherst-licensed WFCR (New England Public Radio) a ...
under a
program service agreement.
Nationally, WGBH is known as the distributor of a number of major PBS programs, including ''
American Experience
''American Experience'' is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. The program airs documentaries, many of which have won awards, about important or interesting events and people in American his ...
'', ''
Arthur
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'', ''
Frontline
Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield.
Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to:
Books and publications
* ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant
* ''Frontlines ...
'', ''
Masterpiece
A masterpiece, ''magnum opus'' (), or ''chef-d’œuvre'' (; ; ) in modern use is a creation that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career or a work of outstanding creativity, ...
'', and ''
Nova
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'', among others; as the owner of
Public Radio International
Public Radio International (PRI) was an American public radio organization. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, PRI provided programming to over 850 public radio stations in the United States.
PRI was one of the main providers of programm ...
until 2018,
a syndicate of public radio programming; and for its role in the development of
closed captioning
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and
audio description
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technologies for broadcast television.
History
![WGBH logo (1974-2020)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/WGBH_logo_%281974-2020%29.svg)
In 2003, WGBH and the City of Boston formed a joint venture for Boston Kids & Family TV channel that replaces one of the city's cable access channels. Boston Kids was launched on October 31, 2003.
By December 2005, Boston’s WGBH and New York City's
WNET
WNET (channel 13), branded on-air as "Thirteen" (stylized as "THIRTEEN"), is a primary PBS member television station licensed to Newark, New Jersey, United States, serving the New York City area. Owned by The WNET Group (formerly known as the ...
were already broadcasting a local version of
World
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on a subchannel. and added by April 2006, Washington’s
WETA. Then, WGBH and WNET teamed up with PBS, APT and NETA to roll out a national version of the local channels as PBS World. The network was launched nationally on August 15, 2007.
In July 2012, WGBH acquired
Public Radio International
Public Radio International (PRI) was an American public radio organization. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, PRI provided programming to over 850 public radio stations in the United States.
PRI was one of the main providers of programm ...
(PRI). PRI would continue with its own board while WGBH would be able to distribute more of its programs through PRI.
In November 2015, WGBH purchased
GlobalPost
''GlobalPost'' is an online US digital journalism company that focuses on international news founded on January 12, 2009, by Philip S. Balboni and Charles M. Sennott. Its stated mission is "to redefine international news for the digital age." ...
, with editorial operation and reporting resources being merged with PRI's The World news staff.
On August 27, 2020, it was announced that WGBH would shorten its name to "GBH" as part of a larger corporate reimaging (which saw the adoption of purple as a new corporate color, and a font originally commissioned for
Red Hat
Red Hat, Inc. is an American software company that provides open source software products to enterprises. Founded in 1993, Red Hat has its corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, with other offices worldwide.
Red Hat has become ass ...
as its new corporate typeface) The foundation stated that due to its present-day multi-platform operations, the full WGBH
call sign
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was too synonymous with broadcast media; "WGBH" will still be used as part of the organization's formal name. All other WGBH-owned and operated stations similarly dropped the W from their respective brandings, such as
WCRB
WCRB (99.5 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Lowell, Massachusetts, which serves the Greater Boston area. It broadcasts classical music. Its studios are located in Brighton, and its transmitter is located west of Andover.
WCRB wa ...
rebranding as "CRB Classical 99.5".
Board of Trustees
Richard M. Burnes Jr.
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...
of
Charles River Ventures
Charles River Ventures (CRV) is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in technology. The firm was founded in 1970 to commercialize research that came out of MIT. Its name comes from the Charles River.
History
The firm has ra ...
is the chair of the board as of 2014, replacing
Amos Hostetter Jr.
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, who left the board.
Henry P. Becton Jr., former WGBH President, and
Maureen L. Ruettgers Maureen is a female given name. In Gaelic, it is Máirín, a pet form of ''Máire'' (the Irish cognate of Mary), which is derived from the Hebrew Miriam. The name has sometimes been regarded as corresponding to the male given name Maurice.
Some n ...
, the wife of former
EMC Corporation
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CEO
Michael Ruettgers
Michael may refer to:
People
* Michael (given name), a given name
* Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael
Given name "Michael"
* Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...
, are vice chairs.
Jonathan C. Abbott
Jonathan C. Abbott is an American media executive who is the president and CEO of WGBH Educational Foundation, the largest provider of programming to PBS.
Biography
Abbott grew up in New York City, where his father, Forrest Abbott, was the tr ...
, as WGBH president, is also on the board.
William N. Thorndike Jr., managing partner of the
Housatonic Partners Housatonic may refer to:
Place names in the United States
* Housatonic, Massachusetts, a census-designated place in the town of Great Barrington
*Housatonic River, a river in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut, and the source for other ...
private equity firm, is on the board of trustees as the chair of the WGBH board of overseers.
The presidents of four regional universities are institutional trustees:
Joseph E. Aoun of
Northeastern University
Northeastern University (NU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston. Established in 1898, the university offers undergraduate and graduate programs on its main campus as well as satellite campuses in ...
,
Jackie Jenkins-Scott
Jackie Jenkins-Scott (born August 18, 1949) was the 13th president of Wheelock College as well as its first African-American president. She is currently the founder and president of JJS Advising, a consulting company that specializes in leadership ...
of
Wheelock College
Wheelock College (Wheelock) was a private college in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1888 by Lucy Wheelock as Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten Training School, it offered undergraduate and graduate programs that focused on the Arts & Sciences, ...
,
Frederick M. Lawrence
Frederick M. Lawrence (born 1955) is an American lawyer, civil rights scholar and 10th Secretary and CEO of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation's first and most prestigious honor society, founded in 1776. Lawrence is a Distinguished Lecturer at ...
of
Brandeis University
, mottoeng = "Truth even unto its innermost parts"
, established =
, type = Private research university
, accreditation = NECHE
, president = Ronald D. Liebowitz
, pro ...
, and
L. Rafael Reif
Leo Rafael Reif (born August 21, 1950) is a Venezuelan-American electrical engineer, writer and academic administrator. He became the 17th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, succeeding Susan Hockfield on July 2, 2012. On Feb ...
of
MIT
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.
The remaining board members are:
*
Amy Abrams, wife of
Abrams Capital Abrams may refer to:
* Abrams (surname), a list of notable people with the surname
* ''Abrams v. United States'', 250 U.S. 616 (1919), U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding free speech during times of war
* M1 Abrams, main battle tank
* Abrams, Wis ...
founder
David C. Abrams
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*
Terrie F. Bloom Terrie is a given name. Notable people with this name include the following:
*Terrie Hall (1960–2013), American anti-smoking and anti-tobacco advocate
* Terrie Huntington, American politician
* Terrie Miller (born 1978), American-born Norwegian s ...
, wife of
Berkshire Partners
Berkshire Partners is an American private equity firm based in Boston. It has invested in over 100 middle market companies since 1986 through nine investment funds with aggregate capital commitments of more than $16 billion. Berkshire has devel ...
managing director
Bradley Bloom
*
Laura A. DeBonis
Laura may refer to:
People
* Laura (given name)
* Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert
Places Australia
* Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula
* Laura, South Australia
* Laura Bay, a bay ...
, former
Google Books
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manager and wife of hedge fund executive and State Department official
Scott Nathan
*
Juan Enriquez, managing director of
Excel Venture Management
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and husband of
Cabot family
The Cabot family was part of the Boston Brahmin, also known as the "first families of Boston".
History
Family origin
The Boston Brahmin Cabot family descended from John Cabot (born 1680 in Jersey, a British Crown Dependencies and one of the C ...
heir
Marjorie Cabot Lewis
*
Ann L. Gund, wife of architect
Graham Gund
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*
Susan B. Kaplan, daughter of
Stanley H Kaplan
Stanley may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Film and television
* ''Stanley'' (1972 film), an American horror film
* ''Stanley'' (1984 film), an Australian comedy
* ''Stanley'' (1999 film), an animated short
* ''Stanley'' (1956 TV series) ...
and president of the Kaplin Family Foundation
*
Marjie B. Kargman, wife of
Commonwealth Capital Ventures
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founder
Robert Kargman
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*
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot (born August 22, 1944) is an American sociologist who examines the culture of schools, the patterns and structures of classroom life, socialization within families and communities, and the relationships between culture an ...
, sociologist
*
William A. Lowell
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...
, partner of the
Choate, Hall & Stewart
Choate Hall & Stewart LLP, commonly referred to as "Choate", is a Boston-based law firm. The firm is known for having a one-office approach to its operations.
Recognition
In 2019, The Vault named Choate one of the top ten law firms to work fo ...
law firm
*
Richard K. Lubin, managing director of
Berkshire Partners
Berkshire Partners is an American private equity firm based in Boston. It has invested in over 100 middle market companies since 1986 through nine investment funds with aggregate capital commitments of more than $16 billion. Berkshire has devel ...
*
Oscar F. Malcolm, president of
Darien Capital Management
*
Christopher J. McKown
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, husband of
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments, commonly referred to as Fidelity, earlier as Fidelity Management & Research or FMR, is an American multinational financial services corporation based in Boston, Massachusetts. The company was established in 1946 and is on ...
executive
Abigail Johnson
*
Cathy E. Minehan, former president of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
*
Paul R. Murphy
Paul may refer to:
*Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
*Paul (surname), a list of people
People
Christianity
*Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...
, former partner at the
Foley Hoag
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law firm and former counsel for
Amherst College
Amherst College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher educatio ...
*
Melinda Alliker Rabb,
Brown University
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professor and wife of
Stop & Shop
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Sto ...
heir
James Rabb The Rabinovitz/Rabb family is a Jewish family engaged in business and philanthropy who built the Stop & Shop supermarket chain in the Boston area.
First Generation
In 1891, Nachman Schleime and Yente Rabinovitz immigrated to the United States wit ...
*
Henri A. Termeer, retired chairman, president, and CEO of
Genzyme Corporation
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*
David T. Ting, president of
Mugar Enterprises, the investment firm of
Star Market
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heir
David Mugar
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*
Hans Ziegler, retired senior managing director of
Bernstein Global Wealth Management
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Units
* First 8 Studios, learning mobile app design group for kids ages 8 and younger
* Forum Network, a Lowell Institute funded online lecture
*
GlobalPost
''GlobalPost'' is an online US digital journalism company that focuses on international news founded on January 12, 2009, by Philip S. Balboni and Charles M. Sennott. Its stated mission is "to redefine international news for the digital age." ...
*
PBS Distribution
PBS Distribution (PBSd), formerly known as PBS Ventures, PBS Home Video, and Public Media Distribution, is the home video distribution unit of American television network PBS. The company releases and sells home videos of PBS series and movies and ...
, a joint venture with PBS to distribute PBS and WGBH programs to various markets, home video, foreign, and commercial
* PBS LearningMedia, a joint venture with PBS to distribute teacher material related to PBS programs
* WGBH Education
Radio
*
WCAI
WCAI (90.1 FM) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, WNAN (91.1 FM) in Nantucket, and WZAI (94.3 FM) in Brewster, are National Public Radio member radio stations serving the Cape Cod and Islands area of southeast Massachusetts. They broadcast primarily ...
*
WCRB
WCRB (99.5 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Lowell, Massachusetts, which serves the Greater Boston area. It broadcasts classical music. Its studios are located in Brighton, and its transmitter is located west of Andover.
WCRB wa ...
*
WGBH
*
WNAN
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Places China
* Nan County, Yiyang, Hunan, China
* Nan Commandery, historical commandery in Hubei, China
Thailand
* Nan Province
** Nan, Thailand, the administrative capital of Nan Province
* Nan River
People Given nam ...
*
WZAI
WCAI, WNAN, and WZAI are the
Cape
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History
Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. Th ...
,
Coast
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, and Islands (CCI) NPR stations, serving part of
southeastern Massachusetts
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.
Former Radio Properties
*
Public Radio International
Public Radio International (PRI) was an American public radio organization. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, PRI provided programming to over 850 public radio stations in the United States.
PRI was one of the main providers of programm ...
(merged with
Public Radio Exchange
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in 2018)
Television
*
WGBH-TV
WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's sec ...
: the foundation's flagship station
*
WGBX-TV
WGBX-TV (channel 44), branded on-air as GBH 44 since 2020, is the secondary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation, it is sister to Boston's primary PBS member station ...
: its secondary Boston station
*
WGBY-TV
WGBY-TV (channel 57) is a PBS member television station in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Owned by the Boston-based WGBH Educational Foundation, it is a sister station to that organization's flagship and namesake, WGBH-TV (channel ...
: Springfield, Massachusetts station; Operated by
New England Public Media
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under a program service operating agreement.
*
Create (TV network)
Create is an American digital broadcast public television network broadcast on digital subchannels of PBS member stations. The network broadcasts how-to, DIY and other lifestyle-oriented instructional programming 24 hours a day.
History
Create w ...
, a joint venture network with
American Public Television
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(APT), WGBH,
WNET
WNET (channel 13), branded on-air as "Thirteen" (stylized as "THIRTEEN"), is a primary PBS member television station licensed to Newark, New Jersey, United States, serving the New York City area. Owned by The WNET Group (formerly known as the ...
, and
National Educational Telecommunications Association
National may refer to:
Common uses
* Nation
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(NETA).
*
World Channel
WORLD Channel, also branded as WORLD, is an American digital multicast public television network owned and operated by the WGBH Educational Foundation. It is distributed by American Public Television and the National Educational Telecommunicatio ...
, a joint venture network with WNET, NETA, and APT.
[
]
Public Media Management
Public Media Management is a joint venture of WGBH and Sony Electronics
, commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...
for remote TV master control services over the internet.
Public Media Management was tested for a year. The services were available starting April 1, 2015, just before the two Las Vegas shows, PBS's April 8–10 TechCon and NAB Show April 11–16, to be able to showcase the service during the shows.[ WGBH's two Boston stations went live with PMM first followed by its Springfield, Massachusetts station WGBY in early May 2015. ]New Hampshire Public Television
New Hampshire PBS (NHPBS), known as New Hampshire Public Television (NHPTV) prior to October 1, 2017, is a Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) member network serving the U.S. state of New Hampshire. It is operated by New Hampshire Public Broadcas ...
launched the system next. In August 2015, Maryland Public Television
Maryland Public Television (MPT) is the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member state network for the U.S. state of Maryland. It operates under the auspices of the Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission, an agency of the Maryland state govern ...
switched to using their system.
See also
* Ralph Lowell, president of the foundation, 1951–1970s
References
External links
*
WGBH alumni website
forum-network.org
first8studios.org
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Culture of Boston
Educational organizations based in the United States
Mass media in Boston
Non-profit organizations based in Boston
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Peabody Award winners
Public Radio International
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Television organizations in the United States