WBUR Names Alum a Host of On Point

Meghna Chakrabarti will share the duties for station’s live, national radio program

BUR, BOSTON UNI- ment during his tenure as host W versity’s National of the program. Public Radio Sta- On Point was born in the tion, announced in July that aftermath of the 9/11 attacks a pair of familiar voices to in an effort to build a national its radio listeners, Meghna dialogue around key issues. Chakrabarti and David Though politics and breaking Folkenflik, will take over news are the show’s staples, it permanent hosting duties of frequently veers into conver- the live call-in radio program sations around pop culture by On Point. bringing in writers, musi- Chakrabarti (Questrom’13) cians, scientists, and artists to will host On Point from talk about their work and field Boston Monday through listener questions. Thursday, and Folkenflik will handle Friday from Meghna Chakrabarti, who holds a graduate degree from New York. The program, which airs weekdays from Chakrabarti Harvard and an MBA from BU’s Questrom School of (Questrom’13) 10 am to noon, has two million listeners through will host On Point Business, is a regular for both WBUR and NPR. She roughly 300 National Public Radio stations. from Boston is the former host of Radio Boston and has appeared “We’re excited for Meghna and David to carry on Monday through as a frequent fill-in voice on the midday program Thursday. the tradition at On Point of inspired conversation Here & Now and as the voice of the podcast Modern and respect for a wide range of opinions,” WBUR Love, a collaboration between WBUR and the New general manager Charlie Kravetz said in making the York Times. announcement. “On Point gives voice to Americans “For the past 10 years, I’ve been lucky enough at across the continent, welcoming them to share their WBUR to hone a style of journalism that combines thoughts with our guests and other listeners from a reporter’s dogged, enterprising approach along communities across the United States.” with the freshness and intensity of live conversa- On Point had been without a permanent host tion,” Chakrabarti says. “It’s a privilege to bring since February, when Boston University decided that to a national stage and to work with David, that Tom Ashbrook should not return to the pro- whom I’ve followed and admired for years.” gram following an independent review that verified Folkenflik, NPR’s media correspondent, has been allegations he had created an abusive work environ- an NPR reporter for nearly 14 years. DM

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