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WGBH is Boston, Massachusetts' longtime public television and public radio station ( PBS and NPR affiliates, respectively). WGBH also produces many shows for both networks, including nearly a third of PBS's prime-time TV. WGBH received its first broadcasting license in 1951 under the auspices of the Lowell Institute Cooperative Broadcasting Council , a consortium of local universities which had previously produced programs for broadcast by commercial stations.

WGBH is also a leader in services for the disabled. They invented television closed captioning and audio description, created the Rear Window Captioning System for movies and the Descriptive Video Service (DVS).

The "GBH" stands for Great Blue Hill, the location of its transmitter. Great Blue Hill in Milton, Massachusetts has an elevation of 635 feet and is the highest point in the Boston area.

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