# GBH

> GBH is a Boston-based nonprofit public media company whose local radio and television operation doubles as a national production engine for PBS and public radio. It creates journalism, science, history, drama, children’s programming, classroom resources and accessibility services, reaching audiences through broadcast, streaming, podcasts, YouTube and PBS LearningMedia. Its familiar portfolio includes FRONTLINE, NOVA, MASTERPIECE, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, Arthur and The World.

- **Founded:** 1951
- **Headquarters:** Boston, United States
- **Founders:** Lowell Institute Cooperative Broadcasting Council (Founding consortium)
- **Team size:** Approximately 1,400 employees in the supplied company data; public reporting in June 2025 said 45 eliminated positions represented 6% of the then workforce, implying a smaller current base.
- **Products:** GBH News and 89.7 FM, NOVA, FRONTLINE, MASTERPIECE, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
- **Notable:** Became one of the largest producers of programming for PBS, with enduring franchises across science, history, drama, investigation, children’s media and factual entertainment., GBH productions released in 2023 earned five Peabody Awards, including work from FRONTLINE, GBH News and WORLD., FRONTLINE and the Associated Press won the 2024 BAFTA for Best Documentary for 20 Days in Mariupol.

## Products & services

- **GBH News and 89.7 FM** — Local and regional reporting for Greater Boston and Massachusetts across radio, television, web, apps, podcasts and live events.
- **NOVA** — A PBS science documentary franchise that explains scientific and technological ideas for general audiences.
- **FRONTLINE** — PBS investigative journalism in long-form films, digital projects and podcasts.
- **MASTERPIECE** — A PBS anthology presenting British drama and mysteries to U.S. audiences.
- **ANTIQUES ROADSHOW** — The American edition of the appraisal and collecting series, produced for PBS.
- **GBH Kids** — Research-informed children’s series and multiplatform learning experiences including Arthur, Molly of Denali and Work It Out Wombats!
- **PBS LearningMedia** — Free, standards-aligned classroom videos, interactives and lesson resources developed with PBS and public-media partners.
- **The World** — A daily international news program and podcast co-produced with PRX.
- **Media Access Group** — Captioning, audio description and accessibility services for media makers and audiences with disabilities.
- **CRB Classical 99.5** — Classical music radio, streaming and live cultural programming for New England audiences.
- **Archives and preservation** — Digitization, stewardship and public access initiatives including the American Archive of Public Broadcasting and Boston TV News Digital Archive.

## Achievements

- Became one of the largest producers of programming for PBS, with enduring franchises across science, history, drama, investigation, children’s media and factual entertainment.
- GBH productions released in 2023 earned five Peabody Awards, including work from FRONTLINE, GBH News and WORLD.
- FRONTLINE and the Associated Press won the 2024 BAFTA for Best Documentary for 20 Days in Mariupol.
- NOVA reached its 50th anniversary in 2024.
- Molly of Denali became the first nationally distributed U.S. children’s series with an Alaska Native lead character and has generated more than half a billion streams.
- PBS LearningMedia served 15 million users with 75 million pageviews in the 2024-25 school year.
- The Media Access Group has provided captioning and audio-description services for more than 45 years.
- The 2020 GBH rebrand recognized that more than half of audience impressions were already coming through digital platforms.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — GBH highlighted In Common, a new GBH News program designed to cover communities across the Commonwealth.
- **2026-06** — Massachusetts lawmakers proposed a $500,000 appropriation for GBH as federal support dried up; GBH said PBS LearningMedia had served 15 million users in the prior school year.
- **2026-03** — CEO Susan Goldberg said a GBH-WBUR merger would make sense to examine after the loss of public funding; WBUR said it had no merger plans but remained open to collaboration.
- **2026-02** — GBH detailed a wider YouTube strategy aimed at treating its channels as full programming destinations and developing a sustainable platform business by 2030.
- **2025-10** — GBH launched the three-year, $225 million Fund the Future campaign after the end of Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding, which it said would create an $18 million loss.
- **2025-06** — GBH eliminated 45 positions, described as 6% of its workforce, amid funding cuts, higher costs and flat revenue.
- **2025-02** — GBH announced the multiplatform GBH News Rooted and a planned return of Greater Boston in a digital-first format.

## Links

- Website: https://www.wgbh.org/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wgbh
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/gbh
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GBH
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gbhnews.bsky.social
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wgbh/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/gbh/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gbh

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