WBUR 90.9 FM is Boston’s NPR news and information station. Its weekday lineup combines locally hosted editions of Morning Edition and All Things Considered with national public-radio programs. WBUR also produces On Point and Here & Now for audiences beyond New England.
WBUR-FM first went on the air on March 1, 1950, as a 400-watt educational station licensed to Boston University. The service developed into a public-radio newsroom during the following decades and was carrying NPR programming by satellite in 1980. Today its reporting covers Boston, Massachusetts, and major regional and national stories.
Listeners can receive the service on 90.9 FM in Boston, 92.7 FM in the Cape, Islands, and South Coast, and 89.1 FM in Brewster. The player and seven-day schedule on this page provide another way to follow WBUR when an FM signal is unavailable.
On-air guide
NPR program schedule
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BBC World Service
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Morning Edition
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BBC Newshour
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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
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Here & Now
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Fresh Air
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Here & Now
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All Things Considered
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Marketplace
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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
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The Daily
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Marketplace
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1A
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Fresh Air
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BBC The Newsroom
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BBC World Service
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Morning Edition
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BBC Newshour
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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
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Here & Now
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Fresh Air
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Here & Now
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All Things Considered
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Marketplace
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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
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The Daily
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Marketplace
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1A
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Fresh Air
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BBC The Newsroom
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BBC World Service
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Morning Edition
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BBC Newshour
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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
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Here & Now
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Fresh Air
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Here & Now
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All Things Considered
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Marketplace
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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
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The Daily
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Marketplace
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1A
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Fresh Air
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BBC The Newsroom
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BBC World Service
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Morning Edition
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BBC Newshour
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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
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Here & Now
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Fresh Air
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Here & Now
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All Things Considered
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Marketplace
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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
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The Daily
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Marketplace
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1A
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Fresh Air
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BBC The Newsroom
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BBC World ServiceOn now
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Morning Edition
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BBC Newshour
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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
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Here & Now
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Science Friday
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Here & Now
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All Things Considered
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Marketplace
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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
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The Daily
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Marketplace
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1A
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Fresh Air
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BBC The Newsroom
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BBC World Service
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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
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Hidden Brain
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Weekend Edition Saturday
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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
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On the Media
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This American Life
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Freakonomics Radio
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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
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Radiolab
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BBC Newshour
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All Things Considered
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The Moth Radio Hour
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Tiny Desk Radio
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TED Radio Hour
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Con Salsa
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Con Salsa
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BBC World Service
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Living on Earth
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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
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Weekend Edition Sunday
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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
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Left, Right & Center
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The New Yorker Radio Hour
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On the Media
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The Ezra Klein Show
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The Sam Sanders Show
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BBC Newshour
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All Things Considered
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Radiolab
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Freakonomics Radio
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Latino USA
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Embodied
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BBC World Service
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Frequency
Call sign
Community
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Primary signal
90.9 FM
WBUR-FM
Boston, Massachusetts
FCC facility 68241
Simulcast
92.7 FM
WBUA
Tisbury / Cape, Islands and South Coast, MA
Official WBUR Ways to Listen
Simulcast
89.1 FM
WBUH
Brewster / Cape Cod, MA
Official WBUR Ways to Listen
Relations last verified September 16, 2026.
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