Talk:WBUR

deleted "The general manager is Jane Christo." jane christo resigned effective 10/15/04.Scranton 22:57, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

deleted "the station is operated independently." Think that the events of the past month demonstrate that WBUR is not independent of BU, BU officials forced out the GM, are investigating her, have installed an acting GM, and have absorbed mounting debts."Scranton 22:57, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

"formerly" Car Talk? I listen to Car Talk on WBUR and I'm pretty sure they still say "a production of National Public Radio and WBUR." FreplySpang (talk) 19:38, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

wbur.org and cartalk.com both claim that the show is produced by WBUR. I removed it from the "formerly" sentence. --SFoskett 02:18, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Regarding WRNI - BU no longer owns WRNI anymore. Instead, it's a company called "Rhode Island Public Radio" and RIPR will also own WAKX 102.7 in Narragansett, Rhode Island (starting today). This means that WXNI will be sold off. I'll pull up the WRNI press release soon, but I want to know how to do a reference. --Daniel Blanchette 14:05, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

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BU connection

So, outside of being owned by BU, what connection does the radio station have to the university? Where are its recording studios located? On the BU campus, or elsewhere? Are they the main campus radio station, in the way that WERS is for Emerson College, or completely separate? LordAmeth (talk) 16:00, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

WBUR is not a college radio station, though it was founded as one. It is a professional public radio station that is sponsored by Boston University. It is targeting at the population of Greater Boston at large. Many NPR stations are sponsored by a university. WBUR has a mostly full-time paid staff, although BU students majoring in Communications sometimes intern there.

Boston University also has a college (student) radio station, WTBU, which broadcasts material of specifically of interest to BU students, including BU sports. My alma mater (UMass) has the same situation: WFCR as its professional NPR station (co-sponsored by 4 others colleges) and WMUA as a student station. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bostoner (talk • contribs) 23:52, 25 December 2008 (UTC)