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WGBH
also called WGBH-TV and has 2 more synonyms ↓
WGBH Boston
WGBH Educational Foundation
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For the radio station specifically, see WGBH (FM)

a non-commercial television and radio broadcast service located in Boston, Massachusetts

a member station of the Public Broadcasting Service, and has produced many programs for the network, including nearly a third of PBS's national primetime programming

Programs produced for PBS include NOVA, Frontline, American Experience, The Victory Garden and This Old House

How logos of WGBH changed

WGBH Alumni

WGBH Website

For more of a history of the Lowell Institute Cooperative Broadcasting Council see the article on John Lowell, Jr. WGBH Educational Foundation received its first broadcasting license (for radio) in 1951 under the auspices of the Lowell Institute Coop

operates several radio and television stations in Boston and the surrounding area, including sister stations WGBX-TV (Boston) and WGBY (Springfield), and the radio stations WGBH, WCAI, WZAI and WNAN

"GBH" stands for Great Blue Hill, the location of WGBH's FM transmitter, as well as the original location of WGBH-TV's transmitter

's original studios were located at 84 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts (presently Stratton Student Center) on the campus of MIT until the building burned down in a 1961 fire

's original transmitter was located on Great Blue Hill in Milton, Massachusetts (thus the choice of WGBH as a callsign) and the FM radio transmitter is still there

's distinctive audio sounder has been aired for more than 30 years, accompanied by different animating graphics

This is the main television service of WGBH, as it is the television station first licenced by the Foundation. (This is Comcast Channel 2 and in HD Channel 702/802.) It broadcasts mixed programming during the week with childrens' programs during the

The station's digital channel is multiplexed: Formerly WGBH HD showed a separate slate of programming from the analog channel to showcase PBS's high definition content

however, in 2008 it switched to a high-definition simulcast of the analog channel, with standard-definition programming presented in windowbox or letterbox format

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WGBHalso called WGBH-TV and has 2 more synonyms ↓WGBH BostonWGBH Educational FoundationSuggest another synonym or correct a wrong one

award station

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For the radio station specifically, see WGBH (FM)

a non-commercial television and radio broadcast service located in Boston, Massachusetts

a member station of the Public Broadcasting Service, and has produced many programs for the network, including nearly a third of PBS's national primetime programming

Programs produced for PBS include NOVA, Frontline, American Experience, The Victory Garden and This Old House

How logos of WGBH changed

WGBH Alumni

WGBH Website

For more of a history of the Lowell Institute Cooperative Broadcasting Council see the article on John Lowell, Jr. WGBH Educational Foundation received its first broadcasting license (for radio) in 1951 under the auspices of the Lowell Institute Coop

operates several radio and television stations in Boston and the surrounding area, including sister stations WGBX-TV (Boston) and WGBY (Springfield), and the radio stations WGBH, WCAI, WZAI and WNAN

"GBH" stands for Great Blue Hill, the location of WGBH's FM transmitter, as well as the original location of WGBH-TV's transmitter

's original studios were located at 84 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts (presently Stratton Student Center) on the campus of MIT until the building burned down in a 1961 fire

's original transmitter was located on Great Blue Hill in Milton, Massachusetts (thus the choice of WGBH as a callsign) and the FM radio transmitter is still there

's distinctive audio sounder has been aired for more than 30 years, accompanied by different animating graphics

This is the main television service of WGBH, as it is the television station first licenced by the Foundation. (This is Comcast Channel 2 and in HD Channel 702/802.) It broadcasts mixed programming during the week with childrens' programs during the

The station's digital channel is multiplexed: Formerly WGBH HD showed a separate slate of programming from the analog channel to showcase PBS's high definition content

however, in 2008 it switched to a high-definition simulcast of the analog channel, with standard-definition programming presented in windowbox or letterbox format

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WGBH
also called WGBH-TV and has 2 more synonyms ↓
WGBH Boston
WGBH Educational Foundation
Suggest another synonym or correct a wrong one