Christopher Lydon

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Christopher Lydon
Christopher Lydon
Born1940 (age 83–84)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationRoxbury Latin School
Alma materYale University
Occupation(s)journalist, author, broadcaster

Christopher Lydon (born 1940 in

WBUR
.

Song: "Christopher Lyden" written and recorded by Amanda Palmer.

Education

Lydon is a graduate of Boston's Roxbury Latin School and Yale University.

Journalistic history

Lydon is a former journalist with

The Ten-O'Clock News on WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts
. After WGBH cancelled its nightly news program, he moved to
WBUR, where in 1994 he became host of The Connection. In 2001, he and his longtime producer Mary McGrath were fired after a high-profile contract dispute with WBUR. McGrath's and Lydon's claim, rejected by the station, was that they, not WBUR, were the true creators of The Connection - moving it far beyond the initial WBUR template to become the successful, widely syndicated program.[1]

During his tenure on The Connection, Lydon frequently discussed Internet topics, and his Radio Open Source blog[2] became a launchpad for international broadcasts and other activities. While a fellow at

Berkman Center for Internet & Society in 2003, Lydon began recording in-depth interviews focused on blogging and politics, posting the downloadable audio files as part of his blog. Dave Winer, also a Berkman Fellow, created an RSS enclosure feed for Lydon's MP3 interview files, an event credited with sparking the growth of podcasting.[3][4]

Lydon is credited with creating the first podcast ever recorded in July 2003.[5]

He also launched the political site Bopnews (for "Blogging of the President") during the 2004 U.S. presidential campaign.[6][7]

On May 30, 2005, Lydon returned to the air on

Watson Institute for International Studies to continue producing Radio Open Source.[9]

In 2013, Lydon was often a guest commentator on Thursdays on WGBH Radio's "Boston Public Radio" show.[10] In 2014, Lydon returned to WBUR with a weekly radio program, Open Source.[11]

Politics

Lydon was a candidate for mayor of Boston in

1993. He finished sixth out of eight candidates in the nonpartisan primary.[12]

References

  1. ^ Dan Kennedy (2009-03-06). "RADIO DRAMAS: Can this marriage be saved?". The Phoenix. Archived from the original on 2006-06-29.
  2. ^ "Radio Open Source with Christopher Lydon".
  3. Harvard Gazette
    . Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  4. ^ Doyle, Bob. "Chris Lydon - The First Podcast". Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  5. ^ "Web 2.0: First Show!". Archived from the original on 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  6. ^ "The Blogging of the President". Archived from the original on August 10, 2006. Retrieved 2005-03-29.
  7. ^ "The Blogging of the President: 2004". Minnesota Public Radio. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22.
  8. ^ Robert Mills, Sun Staff (2006-10-16). "U-Mass Lowell drops Lydon". The Sun (Lowell). Archived from the original on 2006-10-26.
  9. Watson Institute for International Studies. 2007-11-19. Archived from the original
    on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
  10. ^ "Boston Public Radio - WGBH News". Archived from the original on 2013-08-06.
  11. ^ Ed Siegel (2013-10-20). "Open Source".
  12. ^ "Annual Report of the Election Department". Boston (MA) Election Department. 1994-07-01.

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