WGBH Studios

Digital Mural
WGBH's digital mural is undergoing repairs. Thanks for your patience, and stay tuned!

People driving east toward Boston on the Mass. Turnpike will have a new landmark to brighten their ride: a 30-foot-high LED digital mural outside WGBH's studios in Brighton. From 6:30am to 7pm, the digital mural will feature an image designed to provoke thought, inspire curiosity, and reflect the content and values of public media. At night, the mural will display a tranquil image of the evening sky.

Market Street View
Windows and signage along Market, Guest, and North Beacon streets invite passersby to look into our studios and watch public media being made. WGBH's mission statement wraps around the outside of our Yawkey Theater to remind everyone of our commitment to enriching people's lives through programs and services that educate, inspire, and entertain.

Calderwood Studio
This is the larger of our two television studios and part of our Mugar TV Production Center. WGBH is the single largest producer of TV and Web content for PBS-programs like Frontline, Nova, American Experience, Masterpiece, Antiques Roadshow, and Curious George. Some WGBH TV productions are shot around the country or around the world, but many are shot right here in our studios. Greater Boston with Emily Rooney is among the programs we shoot in our smaller Studio B.

Yawkey Theater
Our 200-seat Yawkey Theater allows us to invite our audiences in for screenings, workshops, and conversations with WGBH filmmakers and personalities. The theater offers Dolby Surround Sound as well as the WGBH-invented MoPix system®, which is making movie theaters across the US accessible to audience members who have hearing or vision loss. Adjacent to Yawkey Theater is Yawkey Atrium, a central gathering place for WGBH tours and events that also houses the Shop at 'GBH, where visitors can buy program-related T-shirts, DVDs, toys, and more.

Fraser Performance Studio
This state-of-the-art studio is home to the live performances that form the centerpiece of WGBH 89.7's classical, jazz, Celtic, and blues programs. We produce some 150 live-to-air radio performances every year, many with a studio audience, showcasing both established and emerging musicians from the local, national, and international scenes.

Radio Studio
Radio programs produced here at "Boston's NPR arts and culture station" are heard across New England and around the world, on air and online. Classics in the Morning with Cathy Fuller, Eric Jackson's Jazz with Eric in the Evening, Classical Performances with Richard Knisely, Brian O'Donovan's A Celtic Sojourn, and other favorites are produced here in our Brighton studios, joining such programs as Morning Edition and All Things Considered for a rich menu of listening choices.

The World Newsroom
Some 2.2 million listeners tune in The World on their local public radio stations for an informed take on world events. (Listen to The World here in Boston at 4pm and again at 7pm on WGBH 89.7.) Some three dozen staffers speaking more than a dozen languages work out of this newsroom and the adjacent Nan and Bill Harris Studios. WGBH produces the hour-long program in collaboration with BBC World Service and Public Radio International.

Pounds Master Control
This is "mission control": the final monitoring point for WGBH's many TV services and live streaming of WGBH television programs on the Web. Technicians on hand 24/7 ensure that each element (program content, promotional spot, station ID, etc.) comes on exactly as scheduled so that every broadcast runs seamlessly.

A Greener WGBH
Building a new facility allowed for a greener WGBH, reflecting our respect for the environment and for our visitors, neighbors, and staff. Some of the efforts that earned LEED certification for WGBH from the US Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program: reclaiming a "brownfield;" environmental construction practices; this solar farm, funded by a grant from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, which generates 100 kilowatts of power; a "green" roof (thanks to a KeySpan grant); energy-efficient and water-conserving systems; low- or zero-emitting materials; recycling; and alternative transportation strategies.

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