Linda Polach
Linda Polach
Born
Linda Louise Polach

(1951-06-20) June 20, 1951
Chicago, Illinois
Occupation(s)News Media Executive, News producer Journalist
Years active1974–present
Spouse
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(m. 1984)​
ChildrenAlyssa Pannozzi
Olivia Boyd
RelativesPatricia Polach (sister)

Linda Polach is an American news media executive. She is currently Executive Director of the WGBH Studio located at for the Boston Public Library for WGBH Educational Foundation in Boston, Massachusetts, operator of WGBH-TV Channel 2 and its all-news radio station WGBH (FM) in Boston, Mass. The studio is one of, if not the only, Public TV/Radio Studios situated in a Public Library anywhere in the world.

Early life and education

Born in Chicago, Illinois Polach is the daughter of Ella Jarolim and Jerry Adam Polach. Her mother grew up in rural Hoxeyville, Michigan. Her father was a US Post Office employee and bank employee from Chicago. He served in the US Army during World War II and spent 26 months as a prisoner of war*[1] after being captured in North Africa. Polach is the product of a Catholic education. She attended St. Adrian Elementary School and Maria High School (Chicago, Illinois). She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Procopius College (now Benedictine University) in Lisle, Illinois and a master's degree in Journalism from Boston University.

Career

Polach began a career as a teacher at her alma mater Maria High after graduation from St. Procopius. But the lure of journalism that Polach credits to her father's avid newspaper reading and appetite for politics caused her to change careers. As a journalism grad student she took an internship at WCVB-TV and was eventually hired by the station.

Special Project Producer Linda Polach with Emmys for Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Coverage

She took on assignments as a news producer, executive producer, director of special projects, planning editor during her 29 years with the American Broadcasting Company affiliate station in Boston. Polach produced WCVB-TV's annual live coverage of the Boston Marathon for more than two decades[2] and in her various capacities won several awards including Emmy Awards for coverage of 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.[3]

  • [4] In 2007 Polach joined WGBH-TV as executive producer of Greater Boston with Emily Rooney and Beat the Press[5]

References

  1. ↑ "World War II Honoree". Archived from the original on 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
  2. ↑ Baker, Jim (20 April 1997). "On the air". Boston Herald. Gale A56421827.
  3. ↑ "Emmy awards presentation in hub gives top honors to WCVB-TV sports and news programs praised". Boston Globe. 31 May 1987. p. 43. ProQuest 294379101.
  4. ↑ "GBH News".
  5. ↑ Heslam, J. (27 February 2007). "Channel 5 veteran heads to WGBH". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014.
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