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Benjamin Netanyahu On Boston TV In 1978
BuzzFeed’s relentless clip whisperer Andrew Kaczynski has unearthed a 25-year-old appearance by now-and-then Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on WGBH’s The Advocates. 28-Year-Old Benjamin Netanyahu On A Local Boston TV Show In 1978 The future Israeli Prime Minster and MIT … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Kaczynski, Ben Nitay, Benjamin Netanyahu, Buzzfeed, clip whisperer, The Advocates, WGBH
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WGBH = Whacked Good By Herald
From our While We Were Out desk While the hardreading staff was down the Big Town, the Boston Herald gave WGHB a real thrashing last Friday, featuring this Jessica Heslam column on Page Two: High-living WGBH owes $300G Public TV behemoth WGBH … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Carmen Ortiz, federal fine, Googletron, Jessica Heslam, Massachusetts U.S. Attorney, WGBH
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Did WGBH Run New Hampshire Public Television Out Of The Bay State?
Several days ago the hardwatching staff noticed that Channel 11 and Channel 44 were missing from our television. So we tasked (as they say) our Investigative Unit (aka the Missus) to find out what was up. And here it is: … Continue reading
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Tagged Ch. 16, Ch. 44, Comcast, Massachusetts PBS, New Hampshire Public Television, WBUR, WGBH, WGBX
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Dead Blogging JazzBoston At The BPL
So the hardworking staff trundled down to the Boston Public Library last night for the JazzBoston convocation of local music lovers stranded by WGBH radio’s eviscerating of jazz programs from its airwaves. And we fully expected a repeat of the … Continue reading
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Tagged BPL, Con Salsa, jazz programs, JazzBoston, José Massó, WBUR, WGBH
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Dear WGBH: This. Totally. Blows. (III)
So it’s 12:10 am and the hardworking staff is listening to some opera thing on Classical New England 99.5 FM and trying to write and it’s JUST NOT RIGHT. (Before you Cosi fan tutteniks get all lathered up, it’s not … Continue reading
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Tagged 89.7 FM, 99.5 FM, Bob Tapioca, Classical New England, Cosi fan tutteniks, Jazz with Bob Parlocha, Paris, terrestrial radio, TSF JAZZ, WGBH
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Dear WGBH: This. Totally. Blows. (II)
So the hardworking staff repaired to the Global Worldwide Headquarters ’round midnight to do a little ruminating and construing, and – resignedly – flipped the radio on to WCRB (since WGBH radio has abandoned jazz for a bunch of yack … Continue reading
Steve Schwartz Did NOT Miss His Last WGBH Radio Show
Last Friday the hardworking staff worried that Steve Schwartz might be aced out of his final WGBH Jazz from Studio Four show. He was not. And Steve produced a sweet swan song. Sometime around 10 pm he said something like … Continue reading
WGBH Sunsets “Eric in the Evening”
From a knowledgeable source at WGBH: Also no word on what/who will replace Eric. Re-reruns of The Takeaway? That’s what ‘GBH seems to do across the board these days. (Full disclosure: The hardworking staff worked hard at WGBH for 11 … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Times Co. Town (Andy Rooney Edition)
From our Before They Made Him They Broke the Mold desk (apologies to S.J. Perelman): Kissin’ cousins New York Times and Boston Globe staged a compare-and -contrastapalooza with their respective obituaries of CBS News icon Andy Rooney. The Globe glowbit here. … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Rooney, Beat the Press, Boston Globe, Emily Rooney, glowbit, Greater Boston, New York Times, WGBH
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (WGBH Union Edition)
What’s wrong with the Boston Herald? Last week the feisty local tabloid couldn’t keep WGBH off the front page, gleefully whacking the public broadcaster for “[scoring] more than $80 million in obscure federal handouts over the past half-dozen years.” But … Continue reading
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