WGBH's Giant Screen Will Remain Dark

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WGBH Boston’s 30 X 45-foot video screen, visible from a mile away on the Mass Pike, will remain dark until September, reports the Boston Globe. Seems the screen’s LEDs get too hot and burn out. WGBH is working on a cooling system for them. 

The public broadcaster’s giant screen went live last September. The Globe writes:

The digital mural shows a new image or series of images every day from 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. The images are drawn from that day’s television or radio programming or somehow reflect the station’s mission, the station says on its website. At night, the mural displays an image of the evening sky.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.