WGBH

WGBH may refer to:

WGBH (FM)

WGBH (89.7 FM MHz) is a public radio station located in Boston, Massachusetts. WGBH is a member station of National Public Radio (NPR) and an affiliate of Public Radio International (PRI) and American Public Media (APM). The license-holder is the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns WGBH-TV and WGBX-TV.

The station, dubbed "Boston Public Radio", renamed "Boston's Local NPR", broadcasts a news-and-information format during the daytime (including NPR News programs and PRI's The World, which is a co-production of WGBH, PRI, and the BBC World Service), and jazz music during the nighttime.

"GBH" stands for Great Blue Hill, the location of WGBH's FM transmitter, as well as the original location of WGBH-TV's transmitter. Great Blue Hill in Milton, Massachusetts, has an elevation of 635 feet (193 m), is located within the Blue Hills Reservation, and is the highest point in the Boston area. (Mai Cramer, longtime host of the program Blues After Hours, jokingly maintained that the station's call sign stands for "We Got Blues Here!")

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.