WGBH Radio Boston

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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: Norfolk Chamber Music Festival performers
Classical New England's travelogue of summer music festivals visits the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in Litchfield, CT.

Bought by WFIU and WMNR


  • Added: May 31, 2012
  • Length: 59:31
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Elms (Newport, RI)
Classical New England's travelogue of summer music festivals visits the many elegant performance venues of Rhode Island's historic Newport Music Fe...

Bought by WFIU and WMNR


  • Added: May 31, 2012
  • Length: 59:31
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Central VT Chamber Music Festival, Credit: Robert Eddy
Classical New England's travelogue of summer music festivals goes right to the middle of Vermont, for this visit to the Central Vermont Chamber Mus...

Bought by Vermont Public Radio, WFIU, and WMNR


  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Bennington College Jenning Music Building, Credit: Jared C. Benedict
Classical New England's travelogue of summer music festivals stops in historic Bennington, VT for a visit to the annual Chamber Music Conference an...

Bought by WFIU


  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Aston Magna Music Festival, Credit: Festival archives
Classical New England goes to the Berkshires for the Aston Magna Music Festival.

Bought by WFIU and WMNR


  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Manchester Music Festival , Credit: Festival archives
Classical New England's travelogue of summer music festivals visits the Manchester Music Festival in the shadow of scenic Mount Equinox in Manchest...

Bought by WFIU and WMNR


  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Lake Champlain at Sunset, Credit: Ahodges7
Classical New England's travelogue of summer music festivals visits Burlington, VT in this episode. With beautiful Lake Champlain as the backdrop, ...

Bought by WFIU and WMNR


  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Encore broadcast of the 2007 season-closing concert at Tanglewood, featuring Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos conducting the Tanglewood Music Center Orche...

Bought by WMNR


  • Added: Aug 27, 2011
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 1
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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: 58:24
  • Purchases: 4
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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: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
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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: 28:59
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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: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
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The spiritual aspect of A Love Supreme

Bought by WNCU


  • Added: Nov 08, 2006
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 1
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A listener talks about discovering jazz

Bought by WFUV


  • Added: Nov 08, 2006
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Benjamin Zander on Beethoven's 5th

  • Added: Nov 08, 2006
  • Length: 02:14
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Fundraising spot with Benjamin Zander

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

Bought by WRVO


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

Bought by WRVO


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

Bought by WRVO


  • Added: Jul 20, 2005
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
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Historian Howard Zinn says that governments break laws regularly.

Bought by WRVO


  • Added: Jul 20, 2005
  • Length: :56
  • Purchases: 1