TJ Lubinsky

TJ Lubinsky
TJ Lubinsky
	Lubinsky on the left, with Jordi Majó, the main vocalist of the Spanish doo wop band The Earth Angels in 2010
Born	Terry James Lubinsky
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	producer, radio host
Known for	TV music programs on PBS

Terry James Lubinsky is an American television, radio and digital media host. He is also creator, executive producer and director of many Public Broadcasting Service pledge-drive programs. He presents oldies-format music programs airing on PBS.

Early life and career[edit]

Lubinsky was born in Bradley Beach, New Jersey. His grandfather, Herman Lubinsky, Sr., founded Savoy Records in Newark, and introduced acts that would be influential in modern popular music (Doo-Wop, Motown, disco and Top 40). Lubinsky, Sr., also founded and operated New Jersey's first radio station WNJ. His uncle, "Buzzy", was also a well-known club disc jockey in New Jersey. At 16, Lubinsky obtained his General Equivalency Diploma and accepted his first television job at Monmouth Cable TV-34 in New Jersey, where he learned his craft for television production. He worked on different news, studio, and sport remotes that served 31 towns, boroughs and municipalities along the Jersey Shore.

When he turned 22, Lubinsky was offered a job to work for PBS in South Florida. Eventually he was promoted and relocated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Taking advantage of that fact, he blended his passion for Doo-Wop, Motown, classic Philly Soul, and '60s Rock and Roll oldies into PBS's most successful fundraisers as the creator and executive producer of "Doo-Wop '50", and over 75 national television specials from PBS which archive America's soundtrack from the '50s, '60s and '70s through his "My Music" series. Lubinsky produced the 2005 Stereo Motown Box Set.

He helped bring several episodes of Doctor Who to the US which had not been shown in the country before.^{[citation needed]} In 2003-2005, he also archived and restored several introductions made for the American broadcast of Doctor Who episodes from the Tom Baker era, with voice-overs by Howard Da Silva. These were included on the BBC DVD releases.

Lubinsky spent four years as host and DJ on the WJRZ-FM Sunday Night Request Show, where he hosted five live hours by request through 2009, when the station flipped formats to Adult Contemporary. In July, 2013, Lubinsky returned to a weekly Sunday night program on WJRZ. Lubinsky decided to end his WJRZ radio program in 2014 to help care for his father, Herman Lubinsky, Jr. prior to his passing, and to concentrate on new TV projects, including editing new digitally remastered TV feature-length movies of classic "Doctor Who" episodes featuring Tom Baker for the BBC in America. In April 2016, Lubinsky returned to the radio, this time on Friday nights live from 8 pm to midnight, up the New Jersey dial to Oldies 1079, WOLD-LP and online and around the world at woldradio.com, where he played music and interviews with artists from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s and live requests and dedications from his listeners. Lubinsky is still making television projects seen on public broadcasting. Since 2018, Lubinsky does his radio shows on mixcloud.com/tjlradio and live365/tjradio.

TJ Lubinsky PBS television productions[edit]

1999 - Doo Wop 50 (co-host/creator/producer)
2000 - More Doo Wop 50 (co-host/creator/producer)
2000 - Doo Wop 51 (co-host/creator/producer)
2001 - More Doo Wop 51 (co-host/creator/producer)
2000 - Rock, Rhythm, and Doo Wop (co-host/creator/producer)
2000 - More Rock, Rhythm and Doo Wop (co-host/creator/producer)
2001 - This Land Is Your Land (co-host/creator/executive producer)
2001 - The Ed Sullivan Show (co-host/executive producer, 120 Public TV Episodes)
2001 - The Sound Of Pittsburgh (co-host/creator/executive producer)
2001 - Soul and Inspiration (co-host/creator/producer)
2002 - R&B 40 (co-host/creator/executive producer)
2002 - Timeless Music (co-host/creator/executive producer)
2002 - Red, White and Rock (co-host/creator/executive producer)
2003 - This Land Is Our Land (co-host/creator/producer)
2003 - Rock and Roll 50 (co-host/creator/producer)
2003 - Rhythm, Love and Soul (co-host/creator/executive producer)
2003 - 70s Soul Superstars (co-host/creator/executive producer)
2004 - Magic Moments: The Best of 50s Pop (co-host/creator/executive producer)
2004 - Get Down Tonight - Disco (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2005 - Motown - Early Years (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2005 - Funky Soul Superstars (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2005 - 60s Experience (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2005 - Doo Wop Anthology (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2005 - Moments To Remember (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2006 - Movie Songs (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2006 - Country Pop Legends (creator/executive producer/director)
2006 - The British Beat (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2006 - The 70s (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2006 - Doo Wop's Best on PBS (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2006 - 50s Pop Parade (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2006 - The 60s Experience (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2007 - Doo Wop Love Songs (co-host/creator/executive Producer/director)
2008 - My Music: My Generation - The 60s (co-host/executive producer/director)
2008 - That's Amore!: Italian-American Favorites (co-host/creator/executive producer)
2008 - My Music: Love Songs of the '50s and '60s (co-host/creator/executive producer)
2009 - Ed Sullivan's Rock and Roll Classics: The 60s (co-host/executive producer/director)
2009 - My Music: Motown Memories (TV movie) (co-host/executive producer/director)
2009 - My Music: The Big Band Years (TV movie) (co-host/executive producer/director)
2010 - My Music: John Sebastian Presents Folk Rewind (co-host/executive producer/director)
2010 - My Music: Aretha Franklin Presents Soul Rewind (co-host/executive producer/director)
2010 - My Music: When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (co-host/executive producer/director)
2011 - My Music: '60s Pop, Rock & Soul (co-host/executive producer/director)
2011 - My Music: Rock, Pop & Doo Wop (co-host/executive producer/director)
2012 - My Music: Burt Bacharach's Best (co-host/executive producer/director)
2012 - My Music: Doo Wop Discoveries (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2012 - My Music: Big Band Vocalists (co-host/executive producer/director)
2013 - My Music: Classical Rewind (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2013 - 60s Girl Grooves (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2013 - 70s and 80s Soul Rewind (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2013 - The Carpenters: Close To You (co-host/reformat editor/director)
2013 - Hullabaloo - A 60s Flashback (co-host/executive producer/director)
2014 - Rock Rewind '65-'67 (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2014 - 50s and 60s Rock Rewind (co-host/executive producer/creator/director)
2014 - Party Songs (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2015 - As Time Goes By: Songbook Standards (co-host/executive producer/director)
2015 - Classical Rewind II (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2015 - Starlight Ballroom (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2015 - Sister Acts (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2015 - 60s and 70s Slow Songs (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2015 - My Yearbook '60-'63 (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2016 - Summer, Surf & Beach Music We Love (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2016 - Carol Burnette's Favorite Sketches (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2016 - Favorite Love Songs (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2017 - The 80s (co-host/executive producer/director)
2017 - Rock Rewind '67-'69 (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2018 - My Music: Doo Wop Generations (host/creator/producer/director)
2018 - Dionne Warwick: Then Came You (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2018 - Perry Como: Till The End Of Time (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2019 - A Classic Christmas (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2019 - Aretha Franklin Remembered (host/creator/executive producer/director)
2019 - Story Songs (host/creator/executive producer/director)
2019 - Nat King Cole's Greatest Hits (co-host/creator/executive producer/director)
2020 - Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You (creator/executive producer/director)
2020 - Andy Williams Greatest Love Songs (creator/executive producer/director)
2022 - Doo Wop, Pop & Soul Generations (host/creator/executive producer/director)

Personal life[edit]

Lubinsky is married and has three children.

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