Bay State

Bay State may refer to:

Bay State (TV series)

Bay State is an ongoing television series broadcast on butv10 on the Boston University campus. Originated in 1991, Bay State is the longest-running continuously produced student soap opera in the United States. The series is set at the fictional Beacon Hill College and focuses on the sordid lives of the students there. The 150th episode of Bay State aired in January 2016.

History

Bay State was created in 1991 by Delaina Dixon and Tom Rotolo, making it the longest-running continuously produced student soap opera in the United States. Inspired by Dixon's internship at the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital, the series originally aired on the Boston University campus via closed-circuit television and screenings, was broadcast on public-access television and later streamed on the internet. The Boston University College of Communication premiered its own channel, butv10, on February 22, 2006, which includes Bay State in its ongoing programming.

In 1995, Bay State was featured on MTV News and Extra.

Bay State (musical instrument brand)

Bay State was a brand name used by John C. Haynes & Co., Boston, MA for their better grades of guitars, banjos and mandolins from circa 1861. John Haynes & Co. also marketed guitars under the William B. Tilton and Haynes Excelsior brand names before 1900.

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