Boston Phoenix columnist Adam Reilly reports he's moving to WGBH to become an associate producer.
By adamg - 2/18/10 - 4:07 pm
Tonight on "Greater Boston," Emily Rooney discusses that pressing Boston-area issue - what Tiger Woods will say in his scripted event tomorrow.
By adamg - 2/3/10 - 12:08 pm
Boston magazine has a long article on the public-radio war between WBUR and WGBH that I'm sure
By adamg - 1/6/10 - 9:03 am
John Carroll reports on last night's woefest at Old South Church about what WGBH is doing to classial music on air - which seemed to consist mainly of people co
By adamg - 12/18/09 - 11:18 am
Alex Beam reports on the war between WGBH and WBUR for public-radio supremacy in this most NPRish of towns:
By adamg - 12/11/09 - 4:46 pm
Tonight's "Beat the Press" is scheduled to discuss the Amanda Knox verdict:
By adamg - 12/3/09 - 9:35 pm
It's not enough that WGBH is stealing WBUR's news/talk format; now it's trying to wrest away its slogan, too.
By chrismatth - 11/28/09 - 10:02 pm
The Twitter account for WGBH's "Greater Boston" (@GreaterBoston) has been hacked. Either that, or PBS is finally offering some good loot when you donate money during commercial breaks.
By adamg - 11/6/09 - 9:27 am
WGBH tells the Globe that when the purchase of WCRB goes through, it will eliminate folk and blues programs because there are other outlets for that in Boston (so good news for WUMB, Boston's other other public radio station) and it wants to keep its programming "unique." And by unique, it means adding news and information shows just like the ones WBUR and WBZ already broadcast.
By adamg - 10/20/09 - 7:43 pm
OK, OK, I got sucked in and actually watched "Greater Boston" and its expose on Balloon Boy.
By adamg - 10/20/09 - 4:15 pm
Beats me, but Emily Rooney will be discussing the case tonight on "Greater Boston," which describes itself as tackling "the region's top news stories with original reporting and comprehensive analysis."
So I look forward to her "in-depth discussions with guests from diverse perspectives" (in this case, two lawyers she dug up) that will take us "beyond the day's headlines," such as, oh, letting her explain her fantasy about punching Balloon Boy's mom in the face and knocking all her teeth out, because right now, that's about the only original thing about this case that's gone untackled.
By adamg - 6/23/09 - 7:46 am
Philil Greenspun runs some numbers, concludes that WGBH on-air fund drives don't bring in enough to cover the costs of annoying listeners and driving away advertisers sponsors and that the non-profit station could make up the difference in the compensation of the 14 vice presidents who made between $200,000 and $350,000 a year in 2006. Because, he says, WGBH no longer has a monopoly for the high brow in Boston:
... I'm listening to CBC Classical right now, which is free of all commercials, free of fundraising solicitations, and streamed at a much higher audio quality than WGBH's Internet feed.
By adamg - 4/3/09 - 11:16 am
Mandatory week off without pay all around, the Boston Business Journal reports.
By adamg - 3/12/09 - 11:37 pm
Uncle grumps that if WGBH is going to trot out Celtic music shows for pledge week, the least it can do is get some avant-garde performances:
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