Here and Now (Here & Now) is a public radio magazine program produced by WBUR in Boston, Massachusetts, and distributed across the United States by Public Radio International. The one-hour program airs Monday to Friday at noon Eastern Time[1] and generally in the midday hours on its affiliate stations. The show focuses on U.S. and international news, but also delivers arts and culture coverage, following a radio format divided into five segments: Segment A, which covers the day's top stories; Segment B, which typically features a long interview, or in some cases, a continuation of a discussion first carried in the A segment; Segment C, secondary news; Segment D, a secondary feature; and Segment E, arts and events. The A, B, and C segments usually involve a telephone or in-studio conversation with a reporter, author, or witness, the D and E segments often involve less conventional interviewees and, occasionally, pieces recorded in the field.
Here and Now has two cutaways for newscasts: One from 01:00 to 06:30 past the hour, filled by world news from the BBC. The second newscast runs from 30:30 to 33:30 past the hour, and is produced entirely in-house at WBUR.[2] Some stations opt to carry NPR News from Washington in lieu of the BBC newscast during the top-of-the-hour break.
Here and Now first began airing in 1998, when it was co-hosted by Tovia Smith and Bruce Gellerman. At the time, the show was billed as a local or regional current affairs show, concentrating on newsworthy events throughout the six New England states. The show moved to its current format soon after.
Host Robin Young joined the show in 2000, replacing Smith, and outlasted a series of co-hosts, including founding co-host and executive producer Gellerman. A staff of about ten full-time employees and interns helps her produce the show each day. In 2005, WBUR had announced that the show would return to its roots as a local current affairs program, but a distribution deal with PRI changed that plan.
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