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A new footprint

At a critical time for PBS, Jonathan Abbott brings fresh ideas and an eye to the future as president of WGBH

By Joanna Weiss
Globe Staff / October 1, 2007

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Back in the early 1980s at Columbia University, an undergraduate named Jonathan Abbott took on a job no one else really wanted: broadcasting live radio, every Friday night, from a new jazz club called the Blue Note. The task had a lot to do with schlepping equipment all the way to Greenwich Village. But it was also a matter of ... (Full article: 1624 words)

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