On Point is a live, two-hour morning news-analysis program, produced by WBUR-Boston and National Public Radio, covering important national and international news developments in conversations with newsmakers, thinkers, journalists, and citizens from around the world. The program is broadcast Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET in Boston, Massachusetts, and at various other times on 120 public radio stations around the country. (Click here for a full list of stations broadcasting On Point).

A talk program and news-magazine hybrid, On Point puts each day's news into context and provides a lively forum for discussion and debate, bringing callers from around the country and the world into the conversation. Topics are taken from the biggest news stories of the day, often breaking news. Interwoven are programs containing interviews with personalities, politicians, musicians, writers, and journalists. On Point seeks out distinct and provocative voices that may be new to public radio or that may not have been heard in quite the same context before.

On Point host Tom Ashbrook, a longtime foreign correspondent and Boston Globe editor, combines a reporter's instincts with a listener's openness and curiosity. The program's news analyst, Jack Beatty, a longtime senior editor at The Atlantic Monthly, adds his own depth of knowledge and perspective to the conversation.

On Point's senior producer is Wen Stephenson and the senior editor is Karen Shiffman. Its team of producers includes Eileen Imada, Stefano Kotsonis, Julie Diop, Hilary Barngrove McQuilkin, Tania Ralli and John Wihbey. The On Point website is designed, produced and maintained by WBUR's New Media Department.

On Point is ideally suited to be the morning news and information program for public radio listeners following Morning Edition. For more information, contact WBUR at 617-353-0909.