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{{Short description|Public radio station in Boston, Massachusetts}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name               = WBUR-FM
| logo               = 90.9 WBUR Logo.png
| city               = [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]]
| country            = US
| area               = [[Greater Boston]]
| branding           = 90.9 WBUR
| frequency          = {{Frequency|90.9|MHz}} {{HD Radio}}
| translator         =
| repeater           = [[#Repeaters|(see table)]]
| airdate            = {{start date and age|1950|3|1}}<ref name=bostonradio-fmstart>{{cite web |title=The Boston Radio Dial: WBUR-FM |url=http://www.bostonradio.org/stations/68241 |work=The Archives @ BostonRadio.org |access-date=January 15, 2012}}</ref>
| format             = [[News radio|News]]/[[Talk radio|talk]]
| subchannels        = 
| language           = 
| power              = 
| erp                = 8,600 [[watt]]s
| haat               = {{convert|357.8|m|ft|0|abbr=off|sp=us}}
| class              = B
| facility_id        = 68241
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| coordinates        = {{coord|42|18|37|N|71|14|12|W|region:US-MA_type:landmark|name=WBUR-FM|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning   = "Boston University Radio"
| former_callsigns   = WBUR (1950–1997)
| former_frequencies = 
| affiliations       = {{ubl|[[NPR]]|[[Public Radio Exchange]]}}
| owner              = [[Boston University]]
| licensee           = The Trustees of Boston University
| sister_stations    = 
| webcast            = {{ubl|{{listenlive|http://www.wbur.org/listen/}}|{{hlist|{{URL|audio.wbur.org/stream/live_mp3.m3u|MP3}}|{{URL|audio.wbur.org/stream/live_ogg.m3u|Ogg Vorbis}}}}}}
| website            = {{URL|wbur.org}} 
}}
'''WBUR-FM''' (90.9 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a [[public radio]] station located in [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]], owned by [[Boston University]].  Its programming is also known as '''WBUR News'''.  The station is the largest<ref name="Station Resource Group">{{cite news|title=Performance of Public Radio News Stations|url=http://www.srg.org/GTA/Performance_of_News_Stations_-_June_2011.pdf|access-date=December 30, 2015}}</ref> of three [[NPR]] member stations in Boston, along with [[WGBH (FM)|WGBH]] and [[WUMB-FM]] and produces nationally distributed programs, including ''[[On Point]]'' and ''[[Here and Now (Boston)|Here and Now]].'' WBUR previously produced ''[[Car Talk]]'', ''[[Only a Game]]'', ''[[Open Source (radio show)|Open Source]],'' and ''[[The Connection (radio program)|The Connection]]'' (which was cancelled on August 5, 2005). ''Radio Boston'', launched in 2007, is its only purely local show. WBUR's positioning statement is "Boston's NPR News Station". The station's transmitter is located in [[Needham, Massachusetts|Needham]], while its studio is located on the [[Boston University]] campus.

WBUR also carries its programming on two other stations serving [[Cape Cod and the Islands]]: '''WBUH''' (89.1 FM) in [[Brewster, Massachusetts|Brewster]],<ref name=cct-wbuhstart>{{cite news|last=Lantz|first=Brian|title=WBUR debuts on new Cape frequency|url=http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140523/BIZ/405230318/-1/BIZ07|access-date=May 23, 2014|newspaper=[[Cape Cod Times]]|date=May 23, 2014}}</ref> and '''WBUA''' (92.7 FM) in [[Tisbury, Massachusetts|Tisbury]]. The latter station, located on [[Martha's Vineyard]], uses the frequency formerly occupied by [[WMVY]].<ref name="wbur.org">[http://www.wbur.org/2012/11/27/wbur-wmvy-purchase "WBUR Buys Martha’s Vineyard Station 92.7-FM"], WBUR website</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Wells|first=Julia|title=Radio Station WMVY Will be Sold to WBUR|url=http://www.mvgazette.com/news/2012/11/27/radio-station-wmvy-will-be-sold-wbur|publisher=Vineyard Gazette|access-date=November 27, 2012}}</ref><ref name=fcc-wmvytowbua>{{cite web|title=Call Sign Changes|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-317852A1.pdf|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=December 15, 2012}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 1998, the station helped launch [[WPVD (AM)|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 Media Research|Nielsen data]], the number of WBUR listeners 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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Arsenault |first=Mark |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/06/03/well-mannered-public-radio-airwaves-war/4tmVpry89f7ZN1RFwNwjJO/story.html |title=In well-mannered public radio, an airwaves war |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=June 4, 2017 |access-date=June 4, 2017 }}</ref>

==Programming==
[[File:WBUR Radio Booth 2015.jpg|thumb|left|250px|alt=The WBUR-FM information booth at the 2015 Boston Book Festival. |The WBUR-FM information booth at the 2015 Boston Book Festival.]]
WBUR programs ''On Point'' and ''Here and Now'' are carried nationwide in the US on hundreds of public radio stations and on [[XM Radio]]'s public radio station, XM Public Radio. In total, WBUR produces more than 25 hours of news and programming each week.

''[[On Point]]'' is a one-hour discussion show formerly hosted by [[Tom Ashbrook]], currently hosted by [[Meghna Chakrabarti]], broadcast weekdays. It began as 'special programming' in the aftermath of the [[9/11 attacks]], originally airing from 7 to 9 p.m. It took over the time slot of the similar ''The Connection'' when that show was cancelled in 2005.

''[[Here and Now (Boston)|Here and Now]]'' is a news and culture digest show hosted by [[Scott Tong]], [[Robin Young]], and [[Deepa Fernandes]] normally consisting of several interview segments with reporters, authors, artists and statesmen. It began as a regional and local show but soon expanded to cover national and international issues. The show is syndicated nationally by more than 400 other NPR member stations.

''[[Open Source (radio show)|Open Source]]'' is a weekly show hosted by [[Christopher Lydon]], former ''[[New York Times]]'' journalist and original host of ''[[The Connection (radio program)|The Connection]]''. The show focuses on the arts, literature, and foreign affairs.

In 2007, WBUR launched ''[[Radio Boston]]'', a weekly radio show featuring longtime Boston journalist [[David Boeri]]. The show was later hosted by [[Jane Clayson Johnson]] as a one-hour discussion and interview, though Boeri still introduced each show with a report from the field.  In 2010, Radio Boston expanded to broadcast Monday through Friday. In the fall of 2010, new host [[Meghna Chakrabarti]] went on maternity leave and was temporarily replaced by WBUR reporter [[Sacha Pfeiffer]]. Chakrabarti returned to co-host the show with Anthony Brooks until she was elevated to host [[On Point|O''n Point'']]. In June 2019, the station announced that [[Tiziana Dearing]], a longtime commentator and contributor at the station, would be the permanent host of the program.

''Only A Game'' was a weekly sports program broadcast twice on Saturdays. The show was hosted by [[Bill Littlefield]] until 2018 and was syndicated to about 210 affiliate stations by [[National Public Radio]]. The wide-ranging program described itself as "irreverent" and often covered sports from a human interest angle, rather than appealing directly to a particular fan base.

On Sunday evenings, WBUR-FM also broadcasts a show entitled ''[[Boston University's World of Ideas]]''. The show features academics and intellectuals presenting lectures and answering questions on issues of national or global importance.

The 3-minute comedy sketch series ''11 Central Ave'', broadcast on [[WBEZ]] in [[Chicago]], was for a time recorded at WBUR.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.11centralave.org/bios.html#gh|title=11 Central Ave :: Bios|website=www.11centralave.org}}</ref>

WBUR began producing podcasts in 2014. Current productions include ''Dear Sugar Radio'', an advice podcast with [[Cheryl Strayed]] and [[Steve Almond]]; and ''Modern Love'', a partnership with ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2014/12/15/dear-sugar-ushers-new-era-podcasts-wbur/sJXKYHx6CcoaKFAoEAIc8K/story.html|title='Dear Sugar' ushers in a new era of podcasts at WBUR - The Boston Globe|first=Maura|last=Johnston|author-link=Maura Johnston |website=BostonGlobe.com}}</ref>

==History==
WBUR first went on the air March 1, 1950, with studios and transmitter located at 84 Exeter Street in Boston. Initially, most of WBUR's staff were Boston University students, with the station broadcasting primarily classical, jazz and BU sporting events. In the early 1960s, the station moved from Exeter Street to the newly renovated School of Communications building at 640 Commonwealth Avenue. By the 1970s, WBUR began receiving funding from the [[Corporation For Public Broadcasting]] and became a "public radio station" with a professional staff.<ref name=bostonradio-fmstart/>  Volunteer BU students continued local programming on [[WTBU (Boston University)|WTBU]] using unlicensed low-power carrier-current AM transmitters serving the BU residence halls.  In 1997 the WBUR offices and studios moved to a new facility on the BU campus at 890 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston.

During the 1970s and 1980s, the station had several [[jazz music]] and [[European classical music|classical music]] programs. The disc jockeys demonstrated a broad knowledge of composers, performers, and the execution of jazz, demonstrating familiarity with such matters as [[improvisation]] and shared this with listeners.<ref name=bostonradio-fmstart/>'<ref name=bostonradio-news>{{cite web |author=Scott Fybush |title=New England RadioWatch: January 18, 1997 |url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-970118.html |work=The Archives @ BostonRadio.org |access-date=January 15, 2012}}</ref> Noteworthy jazz and classical disc jockeys included [[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), and [[Jose Masso]] (Latin: ''Con Salsa''). One exception to this was the expansion of overnight programming, most notably the 2-to-6 Shift hosted By Kevin Vandenbroek and Bob King. It lasted about nine months when it was cancelled by the Station Manager Bonnie Cronin. This act led to the Director of Programming Victor S. Wheatman to resign.

At the end of the 1980s, WBUR began replacing many of its music programs with news and information programming from NPR, [[Public Radio International]] (which was merged into [[Public Radio Exchange]] in 2019) and the [[BBC]]. This brought WBUR into head-on competition with another major Boston-area NPR station, [[WGBH (FM)|WGBH]]. WGBH eventually decided to retain a mostly music (classical music daytime/jazz nights) and cultural programming format (WBUR's former territory), although WGBH did broadcast NPR's ''[[Morning Edition]]'' and ''[[All Things Considered]]''.

By the early 1990s, with the exception of ''[[Con Salsa]]'' on Saturday nights, WBUR had adopted an around-the-clock news and information format. Numerous NPR member stations have since followed WBUR's lead and eliminated music programming in favor of news and information programming (including rival WGBH, which transferred classical music programming to [[WCRB]] following its acquisition in 2009, though WGBH continued to program jazz at night until July 2012 and still airs a few hours of jazz on weekends). By 2009, the majority of NPR member stations were programming 24/7 news and information formats.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}

WBUR's main transmitter operates at 8,600 watts, which on paper is somewhat modest for a full NPR member on the FM band. However, due to its antenna's height (1,174 feet) and configuration, WBUR broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 60,000 watts. It decently covers much of eastern Massachusetts, though it does not penetrate nearly as far to the south and north as WGBH-FM penetrates.

===Cape Cod===
During the 1990s, WBUR began expanding onto Cape Cod. In 1992, it partnered with [[Cape Cod Regional Technical High School]] to air WBUR programming over its [[WCCT-FM]] (90.3) when students were not on the air. The following year, WBUR reached similar arrangements with [[WSDH]] (91.5 FM) at [[Sandwich High School]] and [[WKKL]] (90.7 FM) at [[Cape Cod Community College]]. In 1997, auto dealer [[Ernie Boch Sr.]] donated WUOK (1240 AM) in West Yarmouth, which had been simulcasting [[WXTK]], to Boston University, which changed its call letters to WBUR and made it a full-time satellite of WBUR-FM (which added the "-FM" suffix to accommodate the West Yarmouth station as AM stations always have the base callsign). WBUR programming was then dropped from WKKL in 1999, as the 1240 AM signal can be heard in much of WKKL's coverage area.<ref name=bostonradio-fmstart/>

On November 27, 2012, WBUR announced that it would acquire [[WMVY]] (92.7 FM) in [[Tisbury, Massachusetts|Tisbury]] (on [[Martha's Vineyard]]) to serve as an additional satellite,<ref name=mvt-wmvywbur>{{cite news|last=Myrick|first=Steve|title=WMVY sold to Boston station WBUR, will cease local programming|url=http://www.mvtimes.com/2012/11/27/wmvy-sold-boston-station-wbur-will-cease-local-programming-13493/|access-date=November 27, 2012|newspaper=[[The Martha's Vineyard Times]]|date=November 27, 2012}}</ref> under the call letters of WBUA.<ref name=fcc-wmvytowbua/> The transaction was completed on February 8, 2013; at midnight that night, WBUA began to carry the WBUR schedule.<ref name=mvt-wbualaunch>{{cite news|title=WBUR will begin broadcasting on 92.7 FM at midnight Friday|url=http://www.mvtimes.com/2013/02/06/wbur-will-begin-broadcasting-927-fm-midnight-friday-14366/|access-date=February 9, 2013|newspaper=The Martha's Vineyard Times|date=February 6, 2013}}</ref> WMVY's [[adult album alternative]] programming continued through an online stream and eventually they acquired a new FM facility on 88.7 and expanded it into the current incarnation of [[WMVY]].<ref name=mvt-wbualaunch/><ref name="ReferenceA">[http://www.wbur.org/2012/11/27/wmvy-online-support "After WBUR Purchase, Martha’s Vineyard Station WMVY May Move Online"], WBUR website</ref> The acquisition of WBUA rendered the 1240 AM facility redundant; on August 5, 2013, BU announced that it would be sold to Alex Langer, who would program it with [[Portuguese-language]] programming similar to that of another Langer station, [[WSRO]].<ref name=ri-wburamsale>{{cite news|last=Venta|first=Lance|title=Boston University Sells Cape Cod Signal|url=http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/84502/boston-university-sells-cape-cod-signal/|access-date=August 6, 2013|newspaper=RadioInsight|date=August 5, 2013}}</ref><ref name=tbg-wburamsale>{{cite news|last=Reidy|first=Chris|title=Langer Broadcasting to buy 1240 AM signal in West Yarmouth from WBUR|url=http://www.boston.com/businessupdates/2013/08/05/langer-broadcasting-buy-signal-west-yarmouth-from-wbur/Xn88j1ERRbBiFlDJNXSECI/story.html|access-date=August 6, 2013|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=August 5, 2013}}</ref> The call letters of 1240 AM were changed to [[WGTX (AM)|WBAS]] on February 1, 2014,<ref name=fcc-wbascallsigns>{{cite web|title=Call Sign History (WBAS)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=6251&Callsign=WBAS|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=February 3, 2014}}</ref> two days after BU and Langer agreed to a time brokerage agreement.<ref name=fcc-wbaslangertba>{{cite web|title=Time Brokerage Agreement|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101623137&qnum=5040&copynum=1&exhcnum=5|work=WBAS sale application|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=February 3, 2014|format=PDF|date=January 30, 2014}}</ref> Soon afterward, WSDH also dropped WBUR's programming. WBUR added another Cape Cod satellite on May 23, 2014, with the sign-on of WBUH in Brewster; this station broadcasts at a higher power than other noncommercial stations on Cape Cod, allowing it to serve the majority of the region (the exception is the [[Falmouth, Massachusetts|Falmouth]] area, which is within WBUA's coverage area). BU had sought to build a station on Cape Cod since 2004 and applied for the 89.1 facility in Brewster in 2007, but in March 2011 the [[Federal Communications Commission]] issued the [[construction permit]] to Home Improvement Ministries, who subsequently sold the permit to BU.<ref name=cct-wbuhstart/> WBUR ended its agreement with WCCT-FM on September 30, 2014.

===Rhode Island===
In 1998, WBUR helped to found [[Rhode Island]]'s NPR station [[WPVD|WRNI]]. At the time Rhode Island was one of two states lacking an NPR station. WBUR decided to partner with the newly formed Foundation for Ocean State Public Radio to build a state-of-the-art facility at historic [[Union Station (Providence)|Union Station]] in downtown Providence. Initially, WBUR invested heavily in WRNI's local programming, but several of these programs were soon canceled, and its schedule became almost identical to that of WBUR. In 2004, WBUR announced suddenly that it planned to drop WRNI by selling it, raising a number of questions. Rhode Islanders were angry at the thought that they would be forced to buy a station they had invested greatly in creating. It was later revealed that the WBUR management believed WRNI was a financial drain and wished to get rid of it. The resulting management turmoil caused the departure of longtime WBUR station manager Jane Christo. Eventually, the Foundation for Ocean State Public Radio, renamed Rhode Island Public Radio, bought the station in 2008; it has since rebranded as [[The Public's Radio]].

===Pro-Israel boycott===
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Between 2001 and June 2002, WBUR estimated that it lost between $1–2 million<ref>{{cite web|date=June 3, 2002|access-date=July 25, 2015|title=NPR's pro-Israel critics punish WBUR|url=http://current.org/files/archive-site/news/news0210wbur.html}}</ref> due to the loss of at least six underwriters and a number of small donors.<ref name="jweekly">{{cite news|title=NPR reacts to charges of anti-Israel bias in coverage|author=Sharon Samber|date=June 14, 2002|agency=Jewish Telegraphic Agency}}</ref> This was the result of a boycott launched by pro-Israel groups who charged that NPR coverage of the [[Middle East]] was biased against [[Israel]].<ref>{{cite news |title=A Beautiful Friendship? |author=Glenn Frankel |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/12/AR2006071201627_5.html |newspaper=Washington Post |date=July 16, 2006 |access-date=May 7, 2012}}</ref> The boycott started in October 2001, when two Boston-area businesses ended contracts: [[WordsWorth Books]] (now defunct) in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], and [[Cognex Corporation|Cognex Corp.]] in nearby [[Natick, Massachusetts]]. The two businesses were reportedly tied with the advocacy group [[Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America]] (CAMERA), a persistent critic of NPR's coverage for almost a decade.<ref>{{cite web |last=Janssen |first=Mike |date=June 3, 2006 |title=NPR's pro-Israel critics punish WBUR |url=http://www.current.org/news/news0210wbur.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716020023/https://current.org/news/news0210wbur.html |archive-date=July 16, 2006 |access-date=May 6, 2012 |publisher=[[Current.org]]}}</ref>  CAMERA has demonstrated outside National Public Radio (NPR) stations in 33 cities in the United States.

The CAMERA boycott also extended to ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[The Washington Post]]''.  [[Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting]] and explicitly pro-Palestinian organizations have made contradictory accusations of pro-Israel bias in NPR's coverage or imbalance in particular stories. NPR's ombudsman and an independent reviewer appointed by the agency found "lack of completeness but strong factual accuracy and no systematic bias" in reporting on the controversial issue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/ombudsman/2014/01/19/263470385/fairness-in-covering-israel-and-the-palestinians-the-end-of-an-accounting|title=Fairness In Covering Israel And The Palestinians: The End Of An Accounting|website=NPR.org|date=January 19, 2014 |last1=Schumacher-Matos |first1=Edward }}</ref>

===2020 layoffs and cost cuts===
In mid-June 2020, WBUR [[laid off]] 29 employees, more than 10 percent of the station's staff, and ended the ''Only A Game'' syndicated program due to the ongoing [[COVID-19 recession]]. In an email to all staff members, the station announced a spending cut of 13 percent, elimination of wage increases, a hiring freeze, and a 10 percent pay cut for Margaret Low, the current chief executive.<ref>{{cite news |last=Edelman |first=Larry |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/17/business/wbur-layoff-29-workers-recession-hits-underwriting/ |title=WBUR to cut more than 10% of staff as recession hits underwriting |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=June 17, 2020 |access-date=June 17, 2020 }}</ref>

===2024 layoffs and cost cuts===
In April 2024, CEO Margaret Low announced layoffs and buyouts amid a financial crisis. The station is eliminating seven positions, and 24 employees, including four senior leadership team members, are taking voluntary buyouts. These cuts come as WBUR faces a $7 million decline in on-air sponsorship income and aims to reduce its budget by $4 million. In addition to staff reductions, the station is implementing cost-saving measures such as eliminating unfilled positions, reducing travel expenses, and negotiating lower rates for contracted services.

To further save costs, Low will take a ten percent pay cut as part of the cutback, Peet's coffee will no longer be purchased for the station, and cell phones will not be covered for any non-represented colleagues.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sobey |first=Rick |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/04/24/wbur-is-laying-off-7-employees-24-workers-taking-buyouts-at-boston-npr-station-a-significant-loss/ |title=WBUR is laying off seven employees, 24 workers taking buyouts at Boston NPR station: 'A significant loss' |work=[[Boston Herald]] |date=2024-04-24 |accessdate=2024-04-24 }}</ref>

==Repeaters==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! [[Call signs in North America|Call sign]]
! data-sort-type="number" | [[Frequency]]
! [[City of license]]
! class="unsortable" | First air date
! data-sort-type="number" | [[Effective radiated power|ERP]]<br />([[watt|W]])
! data-sort-type="number" | [[Height above average terrain|Height]]<br />([[Metre|m]] ([[Foot (unit)|ft]]))
! [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class]]
! data-sort-type="number" | [[Facility ID]]
! class="unsortable" | Transmitter coordinates
! class="unsortable" | Call sign meaning
! class="unsortable" | Former call signs
! class="unsortable" | Owner
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| '''WBUH'''
| 89.1&nbsp;MHz
| [[Brewster, Massachusetts|Brewster]]
| May 23, 2014<ref name=cct-wbuhstart/>
| 21,000
| {{convert|94|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| B1
| {{FID|173933}}
| {{coord|41|44|18.3|N|70|0|38.9|W|region:US-MA_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WBUH}}
| derived from parent station WBUR-FM
| {{sdash}}
| Boston University
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| '''WBUA'''
| 92.7&nbsp;MHz
| [[Tisbury, Massachusetts|Tisbury]]
| June 1, 1981<ref name=by1999>{{cite book |title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 |year=1999 |pages=D–213–4 |url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1999/D-Radio-All-BC-YB-1999..pdf |access-date=February 9, 2013}}</ref>
| 3,000
| {{convert|96|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| A
| {{FID|7055}}
| {{coord|41|26|16.4|N|70|36|49.1|W|region:US-MA_type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WBUA}}
| derived from parent station WBUR-FM
| [[WMVY]] (1981–2013)
| Boston University
|}

==See also==
* [[List of NPR stations#Massachusetts|List of NPR stations: Massachusetts]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.wbur.org}}
* [http://radiotiengnuoctoi.com/a236/2-radio-tnt-boston-at-90-9-fm-sca-broadcasts-24-hours-daily Link to Radio TNT Boston, which broadcasts on WBUR-FM's 67kHz subcarrier. Retrieved June 27, 2016.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917171229/http://radiotiengnuoctoi.com/a236/2-radio-tnt-boston-at-90-9-fm-sca-broadcasts-24-hours-daily |date=September 17, 2016 }}
* [https://www.cartalk.com/car-donation/stations/wbur/ WBUR Boston Car Donation Official Program]
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