George B. Hicks - Producer Emeritus
 Since 2000,
George plunged into long–form radio as producer and technical director of all twenty-six programs for WBUR's
Inside Out Documentaries, winning many RTNDA, PRNDI and AP awards, as well as DuPont-Columbia, RFK Memorial
Journalism, and Overseas Press Club honors. In an ironic turn to the (very) short–form, he now finds
spare time to squeeze out weekly episodes of 11 Central Ave. as close to deadline as Sue can write them.
[How do they and their comrades do it? You don't want to go to the sausage factory…]
Working at WBUR since 1998, George served as technical director for NPR's
The Connection, Car Talk, Only A Game, On Point and PRI's Here & Now. Earlier, George spent fifteen years as a
freelance engineer / producer, recording diverse artists such as Stan Getz, Keith Jarrett, the Klezmer Conservatory
Band, Itzhak Perlman and Roscoe Mitchell.
In addition to performing his original music for
11 Central Ave., George also provided incidental music for two radio docs, Snakeheads and Slavery: Inside Out and
Haunting the Quabbin: Inside Out. Way before anything else, he skyrocketed to anonymity with various rock, reggae and funk bands,
both avant– and derriere–guard, in hotspots such as Boston and Wichita Falls, Texas.
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