WBUR-FM

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WBUR-FM (90.9 FM) is a public radio station located in Boston, Massachusetts, owned by Boston University. Its programming is also known as WBUR News. The station is the largest[2] of three NPR member stations in Boston, along with WGBH and WUMB-FM and produces several nationally distributed programs, including On Point, Here and Now and Open Source. WBUR previously produced Car Talk, Only a Game, and The Connection (which was cancelled on August 5, 2005). RadioBoston, launched in 2007, is its only purely local show. WBUR's positioning statement is "Boston's NPR News Station".

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WBUR-FM
90.9_WBUR_Logo.png
Broadcast areaGreater Boston
Frequency90.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding90.9 WBUR
Programming
FormatNews/talk
AffiliationsNPR
Public Radio Exchange
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
March 1, 1950; 73 years ago (1950-03-01)[1]
Former call signs
WBUR (1950–1997)
Call sign meaning
"Boston University Radio"
Technical information
Facility ID68241
ClassB
ERP8,600 watts
HAAT357.8 meters (1,174 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
42°18′36.65″N 71°14′13.80″W
Repeater(s)(see table)
Links
WebcastListen live PLS MP3 Ogg Vorbis
WebsiteWBUR.org
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WBUR also carries its programming on two other stations serving Cape Cod and the Islands: WBUH (89.1 FM) in Brewster,[3] and WBUA (92.7 FM) in Tisbury. The latter station, located on Martha's Vineyard, uses the frequency formerly occupied by WMVY.[4][5][6] In 1998, the station helped launch WRNI in Providence, Rhode Island—the first NPR station within that state's borders. It has since sold the station to a local group.

According to Ken Mills, a Minneapolis broadcast consultant and Nielsen data, the number of listeners of WBUR has grown since 2012, increasing from 409,000 to 534,400. In 2017, WBUR was named the sixth-most popular NPR news station in the United States.[7]