WGBH Radio Boston

StationAccount image

Description

We've come a long way since the 1951 debut of WGBH Radio. Today, we deliver content that informs, inspires, and entertains millions -- at home, at work, in the classroom, in movie theaters, and more. Here in New England, our television channels include WGBH 2, WGBH 44, WGBH World, WGBH Create, 'GBH Kids, WGBH On Demand, Boston Kids & Family TV, and WGBH High-Definition. We also hold the license for Springfield, Mass., public broadcaster WGBY 57. You can find us on the radio at WGBH 89.7 (on Nantucket, heard on WNCK 89.5) and on our Cape and Islands NPR stations, WCAI 90.1 and WNAN 91.1.  Classical New England, a service of WGBH, operates at 99.5 FM in Boston and NH, 89.5 WNCK in Nantucket, 88.7 in Providence, RI, and 89.7 HD 2.   WGBH productions are seen and heard across the United States and Canada. In fact, we produce more of the PBS prime-time and Web lineup than any other station. Teaching tools for schools and home-schooling, IMAX films, services for people with hearing or vision impairments...we're always looking for new ways to serve you!

Pieces

Caption: PRX default Piece image
Encore broadcast of the 2007 season-closing concert at Tanglewood, featuring Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos conducting the Tanglewood Music Center Orche...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2011
  • Length: 02:57:00
Caption: The Old, Yellow Barn Itself
99.5 All Classical's travelogue of summer music festivals continues at the Yellow Barn secluded Putney, VT, a cooperative institute for chamber mus...

Bought by Vermont Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:43
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
New England Summer Festivals takes you to the Marlboro Music School and Festival, celebrating its 60th anniversary with the 2011 season. Richard Go...

Bought by Vermont Public Radio and Red River Radio Network


  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 00:57:00
  • Purchases: 2
Piece image
Music in Currier & Ives Country. From The Monadnock Music Festival, two quintets: A jaunty one for winds by Carl Nielsen and one for strings by co...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 00:56:58
Piece image
Recorded at the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square on the 50th anniversary of the day the Club 47 opened in 1958, the program (in the best of folk t...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMNF, Chris Boros, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:20
  • Purchases: 4
Piece image
Morning Stories, Show Three expands on and samples from WGBH's popular Morning Stories podcasts, which contain stories from everyday people about a...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Mar 21, 2007
  • Length: 00:28:55
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Morning Stories expands on and samples from WGBH's popular Morning Stories podcasts, which contain stories from everyday people about a significant...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2007
  • Length: 00:28:57
Piece image
Morning Stories expands on and samples from WGBH's popular Morning Stories podcasts, which contain stories from everyday people about a significant...

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Feb 22, 2007
  • Length: 00:28:56
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The spiritual aspect of A Love Supreme

Bought by WNCU


  • Added: Nov 08, 2006
  • Length: 00:02:22
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A listener talks about discovering jazz

Bought by WFUV


  • Added: Nov 08, 2006
  • Length: 00:01:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Benjamin Zander on Beethoven's 5th

  • Added: Nov 08, 2006
  • Length: 00:02:14
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Fundraising spot with Benjamin Zander

  • Added: Nov 08, 2006
  • Length: 00:02:14
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Author Allen Ginsberg advises that mind-altering drugs have their place in society.

Bought by WRVO


  • Added: Jul 20, 2005
  • Length: 00:01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Psychologist Timothy Leary offers a different definition of God and Heaven.

Bought by WRVO


  • Added: Jul 20, 2005
  • Length: 00:01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Psychologist Timothy Leary predicts the establishment of a National Department of Psychedelic Education by 1985.

Bought by WRVO


  • Added: Jul 20, 2005
  • Length: 00:00:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Historian Howard Zinn says that governments break laws regularly.

Bought by WRVO


  • Added: Jul 20, 2005
  • Length: 00:00:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Acting teacher Lee Strasberg reflects on the creative nature of acting. (1959)

Bought by WRVO


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 00:01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Conductor Leopold Stokowski entreats the listener to maintain his individuality. (1959)

Bought by WRVO


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 00:01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Musician Ray Charles speaks about his criteria when writing music. (1995)

Bought by WRVO


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 00:00:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Musician Ray Charles recalls the frustration he delivered to his early piano teacher. (1995)

Bought by WNCU, WAMC, and WRVO


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 00:01:58
  • Purchases: 3