GBH News Launches ‘The Culture Show’
• In a major expansion of GBH’s local arts and culture programming, Boston’s GBH News is launching The Culture Show, a one-hour daily local radio program on 89.7 WGBH-FM, offering listeners a wide-ranging look at society through art, culture and entertainment.
The Culture Show will be hosted by GBH Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen, who will be joined by rotating co-hosts Callie Crossley, the host of Under the Radar with Callie Crossley; Edgar B. Herwick III, host of The Curiosity Desk; and James Bennett II, a GBH News arts and culture reporter and CRB Classical 99.5contributor, along with a panel of cultural correspondents.
Beginning Nov. 3, The Culture Show will air on Fridays from 2-3pm, following Boston Public Radio with Jim Braude and Margery Eagan. On Dec. 4, The Culture Show will expand to a weekday broadcast in the same timeslot, and starting Dec. 4, the show will also air on CAI, the Cape, Coast and Islands NPR station. Beginning in the new year, the show will also stream on the GBH News YouTube channel, and video clips will be integrated into the daily GBH News program Greater Boston.
“The Culture Show builds on GBH’s deep legacy in the arts and culture space. We are proud of our seven-decade commitment to bringing local audiences vibrant and inspirational culture programming,” said Pam Johnston, GM of News at GBH. “Culture is the lens through which our audiences experience the world. We’re proud to be expanding our arts and culture team, offering people daily engaging conversations about what we see, watch, taste, hear, feel and talk about.”
The Culture Show will be the first permanent new daily radio show launched by GBH News since the debut of Boston Public Radio in 2013. The Executive Producer of The Culture Show is Chelsea Merz, who has a decade of experience as the executive producer of the market’s most popular midday show, Boston Public Radio, and Brian Bell will be the show’s producer and engineer.
