WBUR

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WBUR
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Radio station
Program type "Boston's NPR News Station"
reception analogue , terrestrial
FM 90.9 MHz (12 kW)
& web radio
Reception area Boston , Massachusetts USA
Start of transmission 1950
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WBUR-FM is a national public radio station (NPR) in Boston , Massachusetts . The station belongs to Boston University . It is the largest of the three NPR stations in Boston alongside WGBH and WUMB -FM. The radio station positions itself as “Boston's NPR News Station”. WBUR-FM transmits with 12 k W on FM 90.9 M Hz .

program

WBUR produces the shows Car Talk, On Point , Only A Game , Here and Now and Open Source , which are broadcast by the NPR Syndicate. Sports reporting from Boston is another focus. The sports show Only A Game takes a critical and ironic look at sport.

The daily newscast, Radio Boston, also distributed as a podcast with the Boston Globe , was one of the earliest, most reliable, regional news sources about the 2013 Boston Marathon attack .

Individual evidence

  1. WBUR-FM 90.9 MHz Radio Station Information. In: radio-locator.com. Retrieved August 29, 2016 .
  2. The TuneIn Blog. (No longer available online.) In: The TuneIn Blog. Archived from the original on September 16, 2016 ; accessed on September 15, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / blog.tunein.com

Coordinates: 42 ° 18 ′ 27 ″  N , 71 ° 13 ′ 27 ″  W.