The move follows a 13% staff cut earlier this year and a decision to focus resources on Morning Edition and All Things Considered, which draw the largest number of listeners.
WBUR announced plans Friday to cancel its midday talk show, Radio Boston, and to shift more resources to its flagship morning and late afternoon news programs, which draw the station's largest number of listeners.
"I think a lot of people will really miss Radio Boston and I'm among them," said Mauzy, who got his own start at WBUR as a producer on Radio Boston 14 years ago. Producers who currently work on Radio Boston will be redeployed to Morning Edition and All Things Considered, the afternoon news show, enabling them to do more reporting and arranging of interviews with local newsmakers. Yasmin Amer, the current executive producer of Radio Boston, will continue to lead a production team and coordinate local stories across the afternoon and morning shows, which also feature national NPR feeds.
Despite the revenue challenges, WBUR remains one of the top-rated radio stations in Boston, enjoying broad listenership during most hours of the day. But GBH has dominated the 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. time slot, when it airs a local talk show hosted by Jim Braude and Margery Eagan. But Mauzy said ending the show is unrelated to ratings. He said as commuting habits have changed since the pandemic, WBUR has found there's greater demand for Morning Edition to continue later into the morning.
“We are sad to see an important local program, which has been a springboard for so many careers, come to an end,” WBUR arts reporter and union steward Amelia Mason said in a statement on behalf of the union. “It is critical that WBUR continue to invest in the vital work of its local journalism.”
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