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1970
Conductor Arthur Fiedler strikes up the band for the first telecast of WGBH's Evening at Pops, which makes the Boston Pops Orchestra's PBS performances a summertime tradition.
The Spider's Web makes its local debut; the program later spins its award-winning radio tales, from Stuart Little to Treasure Island, for a nation of listeners.
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1971
WGBH licensee Channel 57 signs on from Springfield, Massachusetts.
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The curtain rises on Masterpiece Theatre, and host Alistair Cooke becomes a Sunday-night regular until 1993, when Russell Baker takes the armchair. |
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1972
The Caption Center at WGBH is formed to launch captioned TV for deaf and hearing-impaired viewers.
Zoom arrives, TV for and by kids that lasts nine years in its first run and wins three Emmys and millions of fans. |
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1974
WGBH introduces Nova, "science adventures for curious grownups."
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The world's largest vehicular digit, the Channel 2 Mobile, represents WGBH in parades, exhibitions, and community gatherings, reminding viewers and listeners that theirs is the people power that fuels public broadcasting.
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The New Television Workshop kicks off with an ambitious agenda: to support the creation and broadcast of experimental video art.
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1975
The Victory Garden blooms in a small plot ripped up from the WGBH parking lot.
Listeners can now tune in 89.7fm around the clock.
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1976
Incisive, thought-provoking reporting: Channel 2's Ten O'Clock News is born, to be joined in '77 by Christopher Lydon.
PBS celebrates cultural diversity with the WGBH-produced Rebop.
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1977
Eric Jackson steps up to the radio mike to fill the evening with jazz. |
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1978
Mai Cramer brings the blues to 89.7fm, and Dick Pleasants joins the station to celebrate America's folk music.
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1979
A dilapidated Victorian mansion gets a makeover on the premiere of This Old House, which becomes TV's most watched half-hour series.
La Plaza -- local at first, then shared with a number of other public TV stations -- showcases the culture and concerns of Latino viewers.
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