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50 Years of Bringing You the Best
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1960s |
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1961
Fire! WGBH's Mass. Ave. facilities are destroyed; the station shares scattered space with local broadcasters and universities until its 1964 move to Boston's Allston neighborhood. |
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1962
WGBH produces three programs on French cooking in the basement of a local gas company, and within a year educational TV's first star, Julia Child, is saying "Bon appetit" to viewers around the U.S. |
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1963
Civil rights programs like For Freedom Now lead The Boston Globe to proclaim WGBH "the nation's leading station in the quality and coverage of this vital issue -- far ahead of any other station or even network."
Channel 2 pioneers TV coverage of tennis with the National Doubles from the Longwood Cricket Club. |
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1966
The first Channel 2 Auction raises $131,000.
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The classical musicfest Morning pro musica makes its debut on 89.7fm; Ron Della Chiesa takes over hosting duties three years later until 1971, when Robert J. Lurtsema steps up to host the signature series. |
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1967
Congress passes the Public Broadcasting Act, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which leads to the creation of the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio.
September 18 - Channel 44 bows in, and WGBH's first color cameras arrive.
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1968
One of the nation's longest running programs for and about African Americans, Channel 2's Say Brother, debuts. |
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1969
WGBH's The Advocates offers debate on pressing national issues; dubbed the "PBS Fight of the Week," it introduces audiences to moderator (and future Massachusetts governor) Michael Dukakis. |
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