WBUR

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WBUR/WBUR-FM
City of license	Boston, Massachusetts (FM) West Yarmouth, Massachusetts (AM)
Broadcast area	Greater Boston (FM) Cape Cod, Massachusetts (AM)
Branding	"WBUR"
Slogan	"Boston's NPR News Station"
First air date	1950
Frequency	90.9 (MHz) 1240 (KHz)
Format	Talk/News
Callsign meaning	We're Boston University Radio
Owner	Boston University
Website	www.wbur.org/

WBUR are the calls of two stations in Massachusetts, WBUR AM and FM, both owned by the Boston University. It is the largest of three NPR member stations in Boston, Massachusetts. It produces several nationally distributed programs, including Car Talk, Here and Now, Only a Game, and On Point. It previously produced The Connection (which was canceled on August 5, 2005).

The station license is held by Boston University. WBUR bills itself as "Boston's NPR news station." The station was embroiled in a management scandal which resulted in the departure of the long time station manager in 2004.

WBUR is also the owner/operator of the Rhode Island Public Radio Stations WRNI, 1290 kHz, in North Providence, RI and WXNI, 1230 kHz in Westerly, RI. Programming is also carried through Local Marketing Agreements on WCCT, 90.3 MHz in Harwich, MA and WSDH, 91.5 MHz in Sandwich, MA. WBUR programs Here and Now, On Point, and Only a Game are carried nationwide in the US and Canada on XM Radio's public radio station, XM Public Radio. The 3-minute comedy sketch program 11 Central Ave, aired on WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, is recorded at WBUR.

[edit] Era as a music station

During the 1970s and 1980s the station had several jazz music and classical music programs. The disk jockeys demonstrated much knowledge of composers, performers, and the execution of jazz. Namely, they were familiar with matters such as improvisation; and they shared this on-air with listeners. [1] [2] Noteworthy jazz and classical disk jockeys:

• Dennis Boyer, classical: FM in the PM
• Steve Elman, jazz: Spaces
• Tony Cennamo, jazz: New Morning and subsequently, a night-time show
• James Isaacs, jazz
• Jose Masso, Latin: Con Salsa

[edit] WBUR and the Middle East Conflict

Since 2001, WBUR has lost more than $1 million in contribution due to a boycott launched by donors and underwriters who say NPR's coverage of the Middle East tilts against Israel. ^[1] The boycott started in October, 2001, when two Boston-area businesses ended contracts: WordsWorth Books in Cambridge, MA, and Cognex Corp. in nearby Natick, MA. The two businesses are reportedly tied with the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), a persistent critic of NPR's coverage for almost a decade. ^[2]This group, CAMERA, has demonstrated outside National Public Radio (NPR) stations in 33 cities in the United States.

[edit] External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for WBUR
• Query the FCC's AM station database for WBUR
• Query the FCC's AM station database for WRNI
• Query the FCC's AM station database for WXNI