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1990
"In the corner, a man with a knife...": National roll-out of WGBH's Descriptive Video Service, supplementary narration that helps blind and visually impaired viewers enjoy television more fully.
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1991
Columbus and the Age of Discovery launches America's observance of the 500th anniversary of Columbus' landing.
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Millions of young "geography gumshoes" ask the TV question Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Opening of the first WGBH Learningsmith, a "general store for the curious mind." |
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1992
Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish breaks all records for PBS telecourse popularity.
89.7fm transmits a full day of BBC World Service radio...via television; listeners tune to Channel 2 and press the SAP button.
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1993
William Jefferson Clinton's presidential inauguration is the first made accessible to the 36 million blind or deaf Americans, thanks to closed captioning and live DVS description provided by WGBH.
The Secret of Life demystifies the revolution in biotechnology.
The CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media is established to extend accessibility to all forms of public media: at home, at work, in movie theaters and classrooms.
89.7fm is the first New England broadcaster to transmit a Radio Data System signal, digital readouts for a new generation of radios that tell listeners which station and format they're tuned to and help them scan the dial for jazz, blues, or other formats.
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1994
WGBH stirs up a rich gumbo of New Orleans music for the nation's public radio listeners with Crescent City Sounds.
PBS is more than ever the place for kids with the Ready to Learn Service that devotes the entire daytime schedule to children's shows.
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1995
Discovering Women sparks girls' interest in science careers.
WGBH publishes its first CD-ROM, This Old House Kitchens.
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WGBH goes online at www.wgbh.org; a year later, Rock & Roll is the first of WGBH's national Web productions for pbs.org, which will become the number one dot-org in the world.
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1996
Global news and public affairs gain a daily coast-to-coast forum: The World, co-produced by WGBH Radio, Public Radio International, and the BBC World Service.
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WGBH brings Marc Brown's popular Arthur children's books to television.
The Jews of Boston tells the story of America's sixth-largest Jewish community.
Public TV's arch villainess moves to a new realm with Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? |
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1997
Part history lesson, part treasure hunt, Antiques Roadshow travels the country in search of family heirlooms and yard sale bargains.
Three new WGBH productions invigorate the local TV scene: Greater Boston with Emily Rooney, Greater Boston Arts, and The Long & Short of It with Washington observers Alan Simpson and Robert Reich.
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A British nun and art maven becomes a US television icon with Sister Wendy's Story of Painting.
Riddles, anagrams, and word puzzles provide freewheeling wit and wordplay on WGBH 89.7's Says You!
The WGBH Teacher Center opens its doors, helping area educators integrate new technologies into the classroom.
A General Cinema in California is the first to install WGBH-patented equipment that gives deaf and blind moviegoers full access to motion pictures (the movie: The Jackal).
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1998
Say Brother launches its 29th season with a new title, Basic Black.
A Science Odyssey takes a look back at the 20th century, capturing the spirit and sweep of extraordinary change.
Frontline's The Farmer's Wife, an intimate portrait of a Nebraska couple trying to save their farm and their marriage, generates a record-breaking 10,000-plus viewer letters its debut week.
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Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery explores how a nation built on liberty and equality could justify the existence of slavery.
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1999
Zoom resumes, bringing fun and science literacy to a new generation of TV watchers and Web visitors whose parents made the original a 1970s TV landmark.
History repeats itself when WGBH takes home six George Foster Peabody Awards, which recognize outstanding achievement in radio and television. (Only one broadcaster has ever won six Peabodys in a single year: WGBH, in 1997 and 1999.)
WGBH welcomes the new millennium by producing a 25-hour international broadcast, PBS Millennium 2000, seen by an estimated billion viewers around the globe.
The WGBH Community Advisory Board celebrates its 20th anniversary of helping ensure programs and services that speak to the interests of a diverse New England audience.
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