WBUR-FM (Boston, MA)

WBUR-FM (90.9 FM) is a public radio station based in Boston, Massachusetts, and is owned by Boston University. It is the largest of the three NPR member stations in the Boston area, alongside WGBH and WUMB-FM. WBUR creates various nationally recognized programs such as Car Talk, On Point, Only A Game, Here and Now, and Open Source. It also previously aired The Connection until it was canceled on August 5, 2005. In 2007, WBUR introduced RadioBoston, which is its sole local program. The station promotes itself as "Boston's NPR News Station."

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Report puts data to experience of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Mass.

6 hours ago | wbur.org | Cici Yu

Massachusetts residents of Asian and Pacific Island descent are the fastest-growing racial group in the state, numbering more than a half million people. Yet a new report shows many experience discrimination, lack a sense of “belonging” and are being overlooked by the major political parties.
ICE holding immigrants in 'abysmal' conditions at Burlington building, lawyers say

1 day ago | wbur.org | Miriam Wasser

Dozens of people arrested by federal immigration agents in Greater Boston are being held in an office building near the Burlington Mall, often for days at a time, in conditions lawyers described as "abysmal” and "unsanitary."The New England Regional Headquarters for Immigration and Customs Enforcement — more commonly known as the ICE field office in Burlington — is a squat, two-story office building in a sea of businesses and parking lots.
WBUR, other public media outlets, brace for Trump's move to claw back federal funding

2 days ago | wbur.org | Patrick Madden

In Massachusetts and around the country, public media outlets are bracing for President Trump's latest salvo: the potential elimination of federal funding. As early as next week, Congress will take up the president's request to claw back $1.1 billion in support for public radio and TV. With Republicans holding slim majorities in both houses, public media leaders in Massachusetts are sounding the alarm about the funding threat.
In 'The Friday Afternoon Club,' Griffin Dunne tells his family's story

2 days ago | wbur.org | Emiko Tamagawa

In 'The Friday Afternoon Club,' Griffin Dunne tells his family's storyThe cover of "The Friday Afternoon Club" beside author Griffin Dunne. (Courtesy)Find a book excerpt here. The book is out in paperback next week. Here's an excerpt from a conversation Dunne had with Here & Now's Emiko Tamagawa last June at WBUR's Cityspace. This segment airs on June 4, 2025. Audio will be available after the broadcast.
Boston Public Schools bus contractor sued over crash that injured 8-year-old

3 days ago | wbur.org | Carrie Jung

The family of a Boston elementary school student is suing district transportation contractor Transdev over a school bus crash that left an 8-year-old with significant injuries. The incident occurred the afternoon of Dec. 6, 2024 when the driver, Vitony Laguerre, lost control of the yellow school bus he was operating. Dash cam video shows the bus veering off the road and hitting student Reginald Oates and his school aide on the sidewalk just outside of the Curley K-8 school in Jamaica Plain.
Actors' Shakespeare Project and The Huntington win multiple Elliot Norton Awards

3 days ago | wbur.org | Jacquinn Sinclair

At the 42nd Elliot Norton Awards on Monday night, actor Ivan Cecil Walks, who starred in The Huntington’s 2023 production of “K-I-S-S-I-N-G,” encouraged the audience to “feed the garden that is Boston theater.”It’s a real community, he said. The Boston Theater Critics Association celebrated that community by distributing more than 30 awards and citations at the ceremony to honor the actors and narratives on Greater Boston’s stages this past season.
The federal takeover of Rikers Island

3 days ago | wbur.org | Paige Sutherland |Meghna Chakrabarti

The federal takeover of Rikers IslandPlay43:05Download AudioEmbed on your websiteClose×Copy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your site<iframe width="100%" height="124" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://player.wbur.org/onpoint/2025/06/03/the-federal-takeover-of-rikers-island"></iframe>Copy embed codeIn this March 16, 2011 file photo, a corrections official watches inmates file out of a prison bakery after working the morning shift at the Rikers Island jail in New York.
How a new opera gives a voice to the nonverbal

3 days ago | wbur.org | Jeff Lunden

HomeRadioHere & NowHow a new opera gives a voice to the nonverbalTwo nonverbal actors have been cast in a new opera, opening this week in Omaha. The production has worked for five years to develop technology to give them a voice. Jeff Lunden reports. This segment airs on June 3, 2025. Audio will be available after the broadcast.
Inside Alaska's only certified Songahm Taekwondo dojo

3 days ago | wbur.org | Michael Fanelli

HomeRadioHere & NowInside Alaska's only certified Songahm Taekwondo dojoWhale Pass is such a small town, it doesn’t have a grocery store. But it does have Alaska’s only certified Songahm Taekwondo dojo. That could draw more students to the local school, which is in danger of closing from under-enrollment. Michael Fanelli reports. This segment airs on June 3, 2025. Audio will be available after the broadcast.
Mass. life sciences sector to add thousands of jobs amid worry of 'brain drain'

3 days ago | wbur.org | Zeninjor Enwemeka

In the long run, the report found the sector is expected to grow by 11.6% in the state — adding 16,633 net new jobs by 2029. To put that in perspective, the Massachusetts economy overall is only expected to grow by 3.4% by 2029, according to the report. This bright spot comes amid an overall slowdown in life sciences jobs in Massachusetts after years of steady growth in the industry. The sector saw only 0.03% in 2024 compared to the previous year, the MassBioEd report found.