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Warning: This listing is no longer actively maintained. The information below is likely to be out of date.
| Last updated on November 19, 2004 |
WBUR, 90.9 FM, is New England's leading source of news and information.
Description:
WBUR believes that responsible, in-depth, objective journalism can help people better understand issues affecting them, can assist them in making informed decisions, and can improve the world all around us. To advance our ideals, we seeks ways to bring our programming to a broad local, national and international audience. We strive to exceed the expectations of our listeners whose sense of ownership of WBUR and trust in WBUR's integrity are paramount to the station's existence. We are committed to fair and thorough journalism. We provide access to different voices and different viewpoints, which enables all of us to understand how events can change the lives of others and the way we, ourselves, view the world.
History:
WBUR-FM went on the air at 4:00 PM March 1, 1950, licensed to Boston University as a 400-watt non-commercial educational FM station. In its early years, the WBUR-FM staff was a mixture of amateurs, professionals, volunteers, and students.
Through the 1960s, more and more radio professionals joined WBUR and gradually transformed its format. By 1971, WBUR had enough full-time employees to qualify for status as a public radio station and applied to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for certification. In 1979, Boston University appointed the station's Director of Development and Promotion, Jane Christo, to the position of General Manager. Jane quickly began to put her mark on WBUR. In 1980, the station began to receive programming from National Public Radio via satellite. By 1982, WBUR had established its identity as a news station, with NPR's "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered" broadcast every weekday, and local news programming produced by a staff of young reporters.
During the 1980s, WBUR began to receive significant recognition and listeners in the Boston area came to the station in greater numbers.
In 1984, the station won three Associated Press Awards for news coverage. Since that time, WBUR has won more than eighty additional Associated Press awards, culminating in March 1999, when WBUR-FM was named "News Station of the Year."
In May 1987, WBUR won the 1986 George Foster Peabody Award, the most prestigious national award for broadcasters, for "Liberation Remembered," a four-part series on the Holocaust. Since that time, WBUR has won the Peabody two more times, including an award for "Car Talk" in 1993.
On May 25, 2000, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting named Jane Christo the recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award, the highest individual honor in public radio, in recognition of lifetime achievement.
WBUR-FM has won more than one hundred other awards for its news coverage, including recognition from the Radio and Television News Directors' Association, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Public Radio News Directors, the Public Radio Program Directors, the Massachusetts Broadcasters' Association, Ohio State University, Columbia University, the American Bar Association, the American Medical Association and many other professional and academic organizations.
Contact person: Silva Misho, Direct Mail Manager, (phone), (email)
Address:
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890 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 (See a map) |
Directions:
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DIRECTIONS TO WBUR, 890 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE, BOSTON
From the South or West:
Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) to Exit 18 Allston/Cambridge. Pay toll, then follow the signs for Cambridge through the first light. Turn right at the next light, keeping the Doubletree Guest Suite Hotel on the right. Take Soldiers Field Road/Storrow Drive to the Kenmore Square exit. Follow Local Directions below.
From the Southeast:
Take I-93/Route 3 North to Boston. Exit onto Storrow Drive (Exit 26). Continue on Storrow Drive to the Kenmore Exit. Follow Local Directions below.
From the North:
Travel South on Route 95 to Route93. Take Exit 26 (Storrow Drive/North Station) moving quickly to the left on the exit ramp, and into the tunnel to Storrow Drive to the Kenmore Square Exit (left exit). Follow Local Directions below.
Local Directions from the Kenmore Square exit of Storrow Drive:
At the first set of lights, turn right onto Beacon Street. At this point, the road forks and the right fork is Bay State Road. Take the LEFT fork, which will take you into Kenmore Square. In the Square, bear right onto Commonwealth Avenue. Follow Commonwealth to number 890, which will be on your left on the corner of St. Paul Street. The entrance to WBUR is located on St. Paul. Metered parking is available both in front of WBUR on Commonwealth and on St. Paul Street.
Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: St. Paul Street, Walk distance (in minutes): 5 Nearest Bus Stop: Watertown #57, 10 minute walk For maps or information, please see http://www.mbta.com/schedmaps/index.cfm |
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