The popular Boston area television show, Chronicle, which aired on May 9, 2011, featured Maine lighthouses on their Main Streets and Back Roads program.
The Boston WCVB TV-5 program included four lights under the care of the American Lighthouse Foundation – Owls Head, Pemaquid Point, Rockland Breakwater and Wood Island.
Chronicle’s show focused on more than the lighthouses themselves. The program shared with the viewer delightful aspects of our lighthouse heritage such as what it was like for the bygone keepers and their families to keep the lights shining.
Chronicle also touched on what is being done today to save and preserve Maine’s lighthouses, highlighted the wonderful natural environments surrounding the historic sites, and even delved into a few legends & lore, like the resident ghost at Wood Island Light Station.
The American Lighthouse Foundation wishes to thank Boston WCVB-TV 5 and Chronicle for helping to raise more public awareness for Maine lighthouses, with special thanks going out to the show’s producer, Stella Gould, reporter JC Monahan and videographer Bob Oliver. The crew was great to work with!
To watch Chronicle’s Main Streets and Back Roads / Maine Lighthouses program, click on the links below…
Lighthouses: Segment One http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/27832333/detail.html
Lighthouses: Segment Two http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/27832297/detail.html
Lighthouses: Segment Three http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/27832447/detail.html
Lighthouses: Segment Four http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/27832466/detail.html
Marla Rogers is interviewed by the television show Chronicle. Marla's father was a keeper at Maine's Owls Head Light from 1947 to 1953. She also shared with the show what it was like to spend some of her childhood years at the lighthouse (Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.)
Chronicle ventured offshore to Wood Island Light Station at the mouth of Maine's Saco River where they learned about the site's ongoing restoration -- and a ghost or two (Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.)
Tricia Dixon (right) is interviewed by Chronicle at Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse. Tricia shared how the Friends of Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse are working to restore the structure, while also sharing some personal memories of how she became a volunteer for the lighthouse (Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.)
Chronicle's crew at Maine's Pemaquid Point Lighthouse (L to R) ALF executive director Bob Trapani, Jr., videographer Bob Oliver, producer Stella Gould, reporter JC Monahan and Friends of Pemaquid Point Lighthouse volunteer Joe Ponti (ALF photo)
Eva says
Great show! Would love to see more on Maine…
Jane D'Agostino says
Bob,
Thanks so much for sending these broadcasts. Been to all, but one, but what motivation for travel next summer.
Keep up the good work of the American Lighthouse Foundation!
Thanks, Jane
Harvey Spears says
Hooray for lighthouses! I saw the tv spots and really liked them. They should bring more attention to and enjoyment of these important lighthouses. You may have seen an article I wrote in the May 2010 Lighthouse Digest Magazine, “The Lighthouses of Maine & Ourselves.” It was also reprinted in the World Lighthouse Society Magazine 2011. I am grateful for your work.