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| Genre | News: analysis, commentary, features, interviews, specials |
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| Running time | c. 55 min. |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | WBUR |
| Syndicates | American Public Media |
| Hosted by | Meghna Chakrabarti |
| Created by | Graham Griffith[1] |
| Recording studio | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Original release | September 17, 2001 – present |
| Website | onpoint.wbur.org |
| Podcast | Podcast/RSS feed |
On Point is a radio show produced by WBUR-FM in Boston, Massachusetts, and syndicated by American Public Media (APM). The show addresses a wide range of issues from news, politics, arts and culture, health, technology, environmental, and business topics, to many others.
It is distributed to over 290 public radio stations[2] across the United States by APM.[3] On Point averages more than two million podcast downloads[4] a month.
The show was originally created by Graham Griffith,[1] and first broadcast on September 17, 2001, to provide special coverage in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks.[5] The show's popularity led to it becoming a standalone program, first broadcasting under the On Point name on February 4, 2002.
It was originally a two-hour call-in show, but the show transitioned to its current one-hour format in October 2020.[6][7]
- ^ a b Vigneron, Peter (February 2013). "Tom Ashbrook: Point Man". Boston. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
- ^ "About On Point with Tom Ashbrook". On Point with Tom Ashbrook.
- ^ "About The Show, On Point". Retrieved 2015-01-07.
- ^ "About On Point with Tom Ashbrook". On Point with Tom Ashbrook. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ^ "Tom Ashbrook". Trustees of Boston University. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
- ^ "An Announcement From On Point". October 1, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ Falk, Tyler (July 15, 2020). "WBUR's 'On Point' will drop calls, move to one-hour broadcast". Current. Retrieved October 10, 2020.