What is "bay state"

Bay State \Bay State\ Massachusetts, which had been called the Colony of Massachusetts Bay; -- a nickname.

Bay State may refer to:

• Massachusetts, nickname "Bay State," a U.S. state with shores on Massachusetts Bay, Cape Cod Bay, Buzzards Bay and Narragansett Bay
• Bay State Conference, a high school athletic conference in Massachusetts
• Bay State (TV series), the Boston University-produced soap opera
• Bay State Road, a street on the Boston University campus
• Bay State (musical instrument brand), a brand of musical instrument made in the 19th century by John C. Haynes & Co.

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.

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.