Administrative records of the Lowell Institute Cooperative Broadcasting Council (LICBC) and WGBH Educational Foundation, 1945-1994 (bulk 1951-1991).

Gunn, Hartford N., Jr., 1927-1986

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Hartford N. Gunn, Jr., was the founding president of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Gunn was born in Port Washington, N.Y. in 1926. He graduated from Harvard University with an MBA in 1951. Shortly after graduating, he began working as the general manager of WBGH-TV in Boston; at that point, it was an FM radio station, and Gunn helped develop and expand its television service. He left WBGH in 1970 to become the first president of PBS. Although he was plagued by low budgets, he helped...

Eastern Educational Network

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Lowell Institute. Cooperative Broadcasting Council

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The Council was organized by the presidents of six colleges and universities (Boston College, Boston University, M.I.T., Northeastern, Tufts and Harvard) in cooperation with the Lowell Institute. Established to provide an educational and cultural service to the people of New England, the Council broadcast its first radio program in 1947. From the description of Records of the Lowell Institute Cooperative Broadcasting Council, 1950-1959 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat reco...

Lowell, Ralph, 1890-1978

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Banker, foundation executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Ralph Lowell : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309742968 ...

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

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Founded in 1967, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is the steward of the U.S. federal government’s investment in public broadcasting and the nation’s largest single source of funding for public radio, television, and related services. CPB distributes funding to locally-owned public radio and television stations and ensures universal access to non-commercial-high quality content and telecommunications services. The CPB does not own or operate any television or radio broadcasting netwo...

WGBH Educational Foundation

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The LICBC, now comprised of seventeen member institutions, was established in 1946 as a cooperative broadcasting venture in adult education. In 1951, the LICBC founded the WGBH Educational Foundation as a nonprofit corporation having broad cultural, informational, and educational aims. The Foundation operates: WGBH-FM, 89.7, Boston; WGBH-TV, Channel 2, Boston; WGBX-TV, Channel 44, Boston; and WGBY-TV, Channel 57, Springfield. WGBH, which is a member of the Public Broadcasting Service, receives f...

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

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