Fall 2012: Sharing the Vision

FOR FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS OF WGBH

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WGBH: Innovation

and Impact

IN THIS ISSUE

• Expanding Nova’s Impact • A Passion for Education • Growing Up in Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood

• On Board • Radio Update

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Cover: NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover (artist’s rendition), the subject of Nova’s Ultimate Mars Challenge

hat is WGBH’s role in today’s crowded media landscape? That question drives every project we undertake. At a time when more and more of mainstream media is dominated by look-alike programs and sound-bites, WGBH offers a real alternative: important stories and content in the public interest, innovatively produced and delivered across a range of platforms for maximum impact.

This year, WGBH’s award-winning Frontline launched a series of in-depth reports (Dropout Nation, Middle School Moment), Web resources, and community outreach events focusing on the state of US education and the dropout crisis that is imperiling not only a generation of kids, but also the long-term welfare of our communities and nation.

WGBH’s Nova continues to tackle some of the biggest stories in science and technology—from the frontiers of modern physics (The Fabric of the Cosmos) to NASA’s quest to solve the riddles of the Red Planet with a revolutionary rover named Curiosity that is ushering in a new age of space exploration (Ultimate Mars Challenge). Nova’s unique brand of science journalism continues online, with major innovations coming your way in early 2013 (page 3).

In this issue, we’ll introduce you to some of WGBH’s generous and visionary friends who are making this work possible. You’ll meet longtime supporter and WGBH Science Visiting Council member Joshua Boger, who with his wife Amy is supporting Nova’s ambitious new digital initiative. And Susie Hunter, whose passion for education and investigative journalism has come together in her and her husband Doug Watson’s generous gift to the Frontline Journalism Fund in support of education-related programs.

You’ll also learn more about Ralph Lowell Society Committee member Cynthia Strauss, who really did grow up in Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood and feels right at home with WGBH. We’re grateful to Joshua, Susie, and Cynthia, and to all of you for helping WGBH create original, innovative programs and content available on television and radio, on demand, online, and via mobile apps that millions of Americans count on every day.

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Nova’s Digital Future

Entrepreneur Aims to

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e’s a scientist who founded and recently retired as CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a biotech company that developed a blockbuster drug to treat hepatitis C. He’s the chairman of the Board of Wesleyan University and a past Overseer of Harvard University who serves on multiple Harvard and MIT advisory committees.

And josh ua bog er is a member of WGBH’s Science Visiting Council who, with his wife amy, a ceramic artist and retired pediatrician, recently made a gift of $260,000 to support an ambitious new digital initiative to expand Nova’s influence and reach.

“So much of what will create the successes of the future—scientifically, economically, socially, and politically—will come from our correct choices around things that either involve directly or are informed by science and technology,” says Boger.

“And you learn about science and technology through stories about real things that are happening now. I think of Nova as the premier developer of these stories.”

The Bogers’ gift will fund a new senior digital editor position for Nova’s website; the creation of a digital forum for original, timely science journalism with stories by top scientists and writers; and the distribution of this content using a “responsive design” format for optimal accessibility across a range of mobile platforms.

“Nova doesn’t have any competitors,” Boger says. “It means Nova has to carry all the water. It was key to me to make sure that this incredible content that Nova generates is happening across multiple channels and multiple dialogues. I view it as a crucial activity of national importance.”

Boger’s perspective as both a scientist and entrepreneur made this gift a particularly good fit for him and his wife. “We could have supported a piece of one more Nova program, or we could help make sure that Nova’s content for the next 20 years gets through to multiple channels and stimulates outside commentary.

I’m a leverage guy, so the latter has great appeal.”

And then there are the Nova and WGBH leadership teams to consider, Boger says. “I’ve been impressed with how aware they are of the need to keep asking questions…to find ways to have a broader impact,” he says. “They’re not custodians.

They’re real innovators. There’s so much more to be done. I hope others who are interested will find out what’s the next thing beyond this initiative. There always will be more to do.”

As Nova’s first senior digital editor, tim de chant is leading an ambitious transformation of the series’ website into a go-to source of science journalism featuring in-depth reporting that most of mainstream media has forsaken.

“There’s a huge audience out there that is hungry for more science reporting,” says De Chant, whose experience is a perfect blend of science and journalism.

“My background will help me sniff out the good stories.”

De Chant earned a PhD in Environmental Science, Policy and Management from the University of California, Berkeley, and his articles have appeared on ScientificAmerican.com and in the Chicago Tribune and Ars Technica.

Before arriving at Nova this fall, he edited the online Kellogg Insight for Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

De Chant will report and write for pbs.org/nova while also managing a team of high-profile contributors, including prominent scientists and the country’s top science reporters. Their work will appear on a redesigned website nimble enough to seamlessly adapt across every digital platform—from smartphones to desktop computers—with audio, video, and editorial content that works with and reaches beyond Nova’s programs to explore other timely topics. De Chant expects the site to launch in early 2013.

A Nova fan since he was a kid, De Chant is strengthening an already close family connection to the series. “My dad is a high school science teacher,” he says, “and he’s been using Nova in his class for as long as I can remember.”

To learn more about how you can have an impact on Nova, contact Ellen Frank, Director of Major Gifts, at 617-300-3809, or ellen_frank @wgbh.org.

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Powering Frontline’s Digital ‘Engine’ Fans of Frontline’s documentaries can now turn to the series’ website to find more of what Frontline does best: first-rate journalism and powerful storytelling.

Arriving at WGBH from Yahoo! News in March 2011, Director of Digital Media and Senior Editor andrew golis has led the transformation of Frontline.org into an active, continually updated news source, driven by a team of digital producers who do original reporting based on issues raised in the series’ films. Daily reports highlight the latest post-broadcast twist in a story, or preview a topic tackled in an upcoming production.

Facebook and Twitter bring this extensive content to new audiences. “They expand the reach of our journalism,” Golis says, “and we connect people to the broadcast.”

In addition to watching Frontline’s films on the site, you can examine their source material—artifacts, transcripts, and unaired interview footage—and read in-depth stories that build on a film’s reporting. For Dropout Nation, a powerful look at the country’s dropout crisis, digital reporter Sarah Childress traveled to Houston to investigate.

“We made a huge investment in Dropout Nation,” Golis says, “Sarah actually received a reporting credit on the film.”

Frontline’s efforts are paying off: its website audience has grown by 25 percent over last year, and online video views are up more than 40 percent. This fall, the Online News Association recognized Frontline, along with ProPublica and The New York Times, with a 2012 General Excellence Award for Online Journalism.

“More than just a complement,” longtime Frontline producer Michael Kirk says, “the website is a separate journalistic engine.”

To learn more about the Frontline Journalism Fund, please contact Allison Boehret at 617-300-3813 or allison_boehret@wgbh.org.

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GBH Overseer and longtime Ralph Lowell Society member s u s i e h u n t e r traces her passion for education, investigative journalism, and public media to coming of age at a critical moment. The year was 1972, and the newly graduated and married Hunter was volunteering at a Head Start program in Chicago when The Washington Post broke the story that would ultimately unseat a president.

“For me, it was a case of Sesame Street meets Watergate,” says Hunter, who with her husband Doug Watson recently made a $100,000 gift to the Frontline Journalism Fund to support education-related programming. “At Head Start, I saw firsthand that children who had access to Sesame Street already had an advantage, and I realized that public media could help level the playing field. I also saw what can happen when independent media has the will and the resources to support investigative journalism.”

Fast-forward to 2012. “High-quality education and high-quality journalism are both in pursuit of the public good, and public media’s role has never been more important,” says Hunter. As the gap between families with and without access to top-flight education widens, and commercial broadcasting’s investment in serious investigative journalism dwindles, Hunter is determined to support Frontline’s efforts to examine the way we educate all our children.

“Frontline reporters dig deep, not simply in pursuit of answers,” Hunter says, “but in search of information that will have an impact on our society….that will edify viewers with facts that help them connect to something bigger than themselves, while letting them draw their own conclusions. Education is the area in which my true passion resides. I hope WGBH and Frontline will help advance the dialogue not only on where we’re failing, but on what’s succeeding.”

Hunter likes the notion of turning up the light while turning down the heat.

“My father was a Republican and my mother was an independent, and we were a very political family,” says Hunter, who grew up in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

“But they always were able to look at two sides of an issue. What it taught me was that you get the facts, and then you can decide for yourself which position is better supported, more logical, and best fits with your values.

“Our gift to Frontline is all about promoting civic discourse around this important issue.”

News from the Ralph Lowell Society RLS Impact

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e have good news to share as WGBH kicks off another season of outstanding programs made possible by our philanthropic support. This fall, WGBH took home 10 national Emmys, including Maggie Smith for best supporting actress (Masterpiece’s Downton Abbey, of course!), and Frontline for its coverage of breaking news in the Middle East.

Awards are just one measure of our impact. As Ralph Lowell Society members, we contributed more than $3.4 million for the fiscal year that ended in August. The RLS also introduced a new level of giving, the Innovator’s Circle. Ever more generous donors are a measure of our growing strength and of our shared passion for WGBH’s ability to produce so much highquality content for so many.

In return, we enjoy many RLS benefits.

This year, RLS members at the President’s Circle level ($25,000) and above will receive television broadcast credits. And all of us enjoy special RLS events featuring some of the extraordinary talent behind our favorite WGBH productions. In October, RLS members toured This Old House’s current renovation project—a Victorian in Cambridge with a Scandinavian-style interior—led by the series’ producer and talented team. In November, Ken Burns stopped by to preview his latest film, The Dust Bowl, and to share his thoughts on what he calls “the worst man-made ecological disaster in our nation’s history.”

And there’s more to come, starting with our December 15 celebration of the new season of Downton Abbey. In 2013, look for invitations to events around the popular Nature series and American Experience’s The Abolitionists on the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Antiques Roadshow’s Boston Stop In early June, on the eve of Antiques Roadshow’s first appraisal event in Boston in nearly 10 years, more than 275 RLS members and friends enjoyed an exclusive Roadshow kick-off party at WGBH’s studios in Brighton. Roadshow executive producer Marsha Bemko, series host Mark L. Walberg, and expert appraisers regaled guests with behind-the-scenes tales about PBS’s most popular prime-time series…a WGBH production, of course!

(from left) antiques roadshow host mark l. walberg, rls benefactor and wgbh trustee lynn bay dayton, and wgbh president jon abbott with antiques roadshow executive producer marsha bemko

rls friends ralph (left) and joan crowley (second from right) with wgbh overseer ranch c. kimball and elinor ross

mark l. walberg (center) joins rls fellow wilda gerideau-squires and sheyron gerideau banks

rls innovator’s circle member helen pounds (left) with wgbh vice president for national programming margaret drain

This Old House Tour The This Old House team—master carpenter Norm Abram, general contractor Tom Silva, and producer Deborah Hood—offered RLS members a private on-site tour in mid-October of their latest renovation project: turning the interior of outdated Cambridge Victorian into a light-filled, Scandinavian-inspired space.

this old house master carpenter and rls fellow norm abram talks shop with kathleen reilly

rls fellows john and karen roche

this old house general contractor tom silva (center) with rls benefactors robert and eileen matz

norm abram with rls friend luise erdmann

As always, thank you for making WGBH a priority in your life.

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Lending Library

Growing Up in

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Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood

alph Lowell Society member cynthia strau s s grew up in Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood in Pittsburgh, where public broadcasting loomed large. “We drove by his house every day on our way to school,” says Strauss, Director of Research at Fidelity Charitable, a member of WGBH’s Music and RLS committees, and a busy mom. News and current affairs, music of all kinds, and public broadcasting have been constants in her life. In fact, when she and her husband, attorney and consultant Harry Sherr, first started dating, “he joked that public television was all I watched. It still is.”

As her career carried her to different cities across the country, Strauss always made supporting the local public station a priority. She says she is thrilled to have finally settled in Boston—the family lives in Wellesley—“home of the best public broadcaster in the nation.” Strauss recently spoke about what WGBH means to her.

How does WGBH fit into your family’s life?

We watch the NewsHour every night. It’s our mainstay for news. Frontline is high on our list. We loved the series Carrier. And WGBH delivers children’s programs you can trust: Sesame Street, Martha Speaks, and Sagwa were favorites when my son was younger.

I’m a big radio fan. I toggle back and forth between news and classical music during my commute. I look to radio to expose me to new things, to help me keep up with what’s going on, and to educate me about what I’m listening to. I love Keith’s Classical Corner.

You and your husband funded a WGBH Tanglewood broadcast a few years back.

How did that come about?

WGBH asked if I knew anyone who might be interested. My mother had just passed away; John Williams was conducting and it was principally his music; and our son loved all of the Star Wars music. We thought it would be a wonderful way to introduce him to classical music, honor my mom, and support WGBH. Why have you made WGBH a philanthropic and volunteer priority?

Public broadcasting is a critical part of our information and cultural landscape, and WGBH is a leader locally and nationally. And serving WGBH through the Ralph Lowell Society includes some wonderful benefits—from meeting interesting people to seeing how the programs you love are made.

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Borrow WGBH’s most popular DVDs from the Ralph Lowell Society Lending Library.

Take advantage of this exclusive RLS benefit: call the RLS Hotline at 617.300.3900 or email ralph_lowell_ society@wgbh.org and supply your name, address, and program request. We’ll take care of the rest!

Lend a Hand The RLS is looking for a Donor Relations Volunteer to help support our major gifts annual fundraising efforts two to three days per week. Responsibilities include donor outreach (thank-you notes and phone calls); assistance and support for RLS events; drafting communications to donors, including renewal reminders; being a trusted source of information for donors about RLS happenings; and assisting with the RLS’s popular Lending Library. Interested? Please contact Vanya Tulenko (vanya_tulenko@wgbh.org).

r a lp h lo we l l s o ci e t y m e m b e r sh i p l eve ls friend • $1,500 fellow • $2,500 sponsor • $5,000 benefactor • $10,000 president’s circle • $25,000 chairman’s circle • $50,000 innovator’s circle • $100,000 For a complete list of the benefits and privileges at each membership level, please call the Ralph Lowell Society Hotline at 617-300-3900, visit wgbh. org/ralphlowell, or email ralph_lowell_ society@wgbh.org. We welcome your questions and value your support.

Chair, Ralph Lowell Society • Melinda Rabb Director • Vanya Tulenko Development Officer • Charlotte Porter Event Manager • Jeanmarie Roberts Senior Development Associate • Christopher Reilly Development Assistant • Victoria Crnovich

An Eventful Season American Experience Preview: Death and the Civil War WGBH Documentary Investment Group and Ralph Lowell Society members enjoyed a firsthand look in September at American Experience’s Death and the Civil War from series executive producer Mark Samels, filmmaker Ric Burns, and Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust, whose book, This Republic of Suffering, inspired the film.

The sneak preview was followed by a lively panel discussion.

documentary investment group and rls chairman’s circle members burton and gloria rose with rls benefactor and committee member karen levy (second from left) and series executive producer mark samels

harvard president drew gilpin faust (center) with rls benefactors terrie and bradley bloom

documentary investment group and rls sponsors rodger and dawn nordblom catch up with american experience executive producer mark samels (right)

(from left) rls benefactors james and melinda rabb (rls chair), wgbh overseer and rls friend liz rogers, wgbh trustee and rls benefactor oscar malcolm with rls member susan luo

(from left) rls friend katherine takvorian and guest with wgbh trustee emeritae and rls friend pamela mason and wgbh trustee and rls sponsor william lowell

Boston Summer Arts Weekend Draws Crowd

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the lawn in front of trinity church provides the perfect venue for performances by a variety of acts, including the low anthem and the soul rebels

the preservation hall jazz band kicks off the weekend, to the delight of thousands

To celebrate all that the arts have to offer, WGBH and The Boston Globe teamed up to create the first-ever Summer Arts Weekend (July 27 to 29) in Boston, presented by Citizens Bank. This free, three-day event in Copley Square showcased jazz, Celtic, classical and world music performances, drawing thousands from across the region.

wgbh president jon abbott welcomes massachusetts governor deval patrick to the festivities

singer/songwriter suzanne vega takes center stage in copley square

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On Board Welcome, New Trustees “The WGBH Board of Trustees is pleased to welcome three new Trustees who bring an impressive breath of achievements, expertise, and perspective to our Board.” says WGBH Board Chair Amos B. Hostetter, Jr. “We are honored to have them join us, and look forward to working with them in the years ahead.” susan b. kaplan is President of the Rita J. and Stephen H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc. She is a Trustee of both the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Huntington Theatre Company, and a Trustee and Governor of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Most recently, she served as Chair of the WGBH Board of Overseers. Kaplan is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and Boston University School of Social Work. richard k. lubin is Managing Director and co-founder of Berskhire Partners LLC, a private equity firm started in 1986. He previously was a partner at the Thomas H. Lee Company. He is Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and a Trustee and Executive Committee member of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where he previously served as Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair. Lubin holds a BS from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School. henri a. termeer is the retired Chairman, President, and CEO of Genzyme Corporation. He is a board member of MIT, serving on its Executive Committee; a Director of MGH; a board member of Partners HealthCare; and a member of the Board of Fellows of Harvard Medical School. He serves on multiple corporate boards, is Co-Chair of the Leadership Council of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Collaborative, an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of WGBH’s Science Visiting Council. Termeer studied economics at the Economische Hogeschool (Erasmus University, in the Netherlands) and earned an MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.

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New WGBH Overseers (from left) Juan Carlos Morales, Myrna Putziger, Penelope Hart Bragonier, Liz Rogers, and Charles (Chuck) Longfield; not shown: Vincent Spiziri, Jr.

New Chair, New Class of Overseers

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n May, WGBH President Jon Abbott said thank you, but not goodbye, to WGBH Overseers Chair Susan Kaplan, who stepped down after four years to take on new duties as a WGBH Trustee (see sidebar). Kaplan is succeeded by longtime Vice Chair b o b ga lle ry, Bank of America Massachusetts State President. Gallery joined the Overseers in 2006 and previously served on WGBH’s Corporate Executive Council. Kaplan and Gallery gave a warm welcome to WGBH’s newest Class of Overseers: pen e lo pe ha rt br ago n ie r is a retired nonprofit executive director (Boston Institute for Psychotherapy; Center for Psychology and Social Change). She has served on numerous boards, including Huntington Theatre. She holds a BA from Vassar and a PhD from Columbia University. cha r les ( c huc k) lo n gf ie ld is Senior Vice President and Chief Scientist of Blackbaud, Inc. He’s also the founder and CEO of Target Software, Inc. and Target Analysis Group, Inc. He serves on numerous boards involving children, schools, and educational technology, and holds a BA in mathematics and a M.Ed from Harvard. juan c a r lo s mo r a les is Chief Financial Officer at State Street Global Advisors.

He previously was CEO of BNY Mellon Mexico and CFO of BNY Mellon Wealth Management. He is a board member of Big Sister Association of Greater Boston and Wheelock College and a graduate of UMass Amherst. myr n a putz ige r is legal counsel for The Fallon Company. She is a board member of Hearth, Inc., which focuses on elder homelessness, and a former board member of B’nai B’rith Senior Citizen Housing Corp. Putziger is a graduate of Barnard College and Boston College Law School. liz ro ge r s is former Vice Chair of the Patron Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and a member of WGBH’s Ralph Lowell Society Committee. She and her family are avid supporters of WGBH’s Classical New England service. She received degrees from Boston College, where she also did graduate coursework in finance. vinc e n t s piz ir i, j r . is a Senior Managing Director with Bernstein Global Wealth Management, leading its East Coast offices. He previously held positions with Procter & Gamble and EMI-Capitol Music. An Overseer of the South Shore Conservancy, he’s served on numerous boards, including the Dallas Symphony Foundation. He is a graduate of Saint Joseph’s University.

Radio Campaign Update WGBH is marking the three-year anniversary of the single largest expansion of our radio services in our history with milestones on both the classical and news sides.

“We’re bringing classical music closer to people’s lives,” says Classical New England Managing Director Benjamin Roe. This year, WGBH expanded its relationship with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. “Now CNE not only can repeat broadcasts on Sunday afternoons, but we also can offer online, on-demand access to each concert for one year following the performance at classicalnewengland.org,” says Roe. And CNE is syndicating these concerts across New England for maximum impact.

It Begins

with a Bequest

1836: Textile merchant John Lowell, Jr. leaves a bequest creating free “public lectures for the benefit of the citizens of Boston.” His largesse leads to the creation of the Lowell Institute and, in 1951, of WGBH, now the nation’s leading public broadcaster.

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rom the beginning, legacies large and small have ensured WGBH’s ability to be a vibrant and vital public media resource for all Americans. In 2012, two individuals left bequests to WGBH that significantly “moved the needle” for WGBH’s Radio Campaign. The Campaign was launched in 2010 to support WGBH’s acquisition of WCRB 99.5—which became our new, 24/7 classical service, Classical New England —and to re-imagine 89.7 Boston Public Radio as a regional hub for news and investigative journalism along with the best of national public radio.

“Fittingly, both bequests come from WGBH supporters who had a passion for classical music,” says WGBH’s Ericka Webb, director of Gift Planning and Endowment.

The first bequest, totaling more than $600,000, is from Caryl Weinberg Zighera, a longtime resident of Newton who worked as an assistant for famed Boston Pops Orchestra conductor Arthur Fiedler and whose husband, Bernard Zighera, was a harpist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 54 years.

The second bequest, totaling more than $100,000, is from Peter Mengert of Cambridge, a mathematician who worked with the US Department of Transportation’s Office of Navigation and Waterway Safety. Mengert was a founding member of WCRB and a member of WGBH’s Classical Club.

In both cases, WGBH did not learn of the donors’ bequests until after their deaths.

“We wish they had told us their intentions during their lifetime,” Webb says. “They clearly regarded WGBH as part of their ‘family,’ and we would have loved to express our thanks by inviting them to our many special activities and events. We are grateful to Caryl Weinberg Zighera and Peter Mengert for helping ensure WGBH’s future.”

W H AT W I L L YO U R L E G A C Y B E ?

Everyone has the power to leave a lasting legacy through WGBH, and it’s easy to do. Explore the possibilities by contacting Ericka Webb, Director of Gift Planning and Endowment, at ericka_webb@wgbh.org or 617-300-3860.

On the news side, WGBH consolidated our local television, radio and Web news teams into a single WGBH newsroom this fall. “We’ve been working across platforms for some time,” says Boston Public Radio Managing Director Phil Redo. “This move allows us to pool our resources even more effectively to deliver maximum coverage of the stories that matter.” In September, 89.7 launched a month-long, election-related series on air and online called 30 Issues in 30 Days. “We took listeners beyond the daily polls and ‘gotcha’ moments that characterize so much of political coverage today to examine an important issue every day.”

Together, Classical New England and 89.7 have the largest public radio audience in New England. “None of this would be possible without the generous support of donors to the WGBH Radio Campaign,” says Marita Rivero, WGBH Vice President for Radio and Television.

To find out how you can support the WGBH Radio Campaign, please contact Major Gifts Officer Kaja Fickes at 617-300-3629 or kaja_fickes@wgbh.org.

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