GBH 89.7 live
Boston's NPR & Local News
GBH 89.7 at a glance
About GBH 89.7
GBH 89.7 is Boston's public radio news station. It broadcasts as WGBH on 89.7 FM, serves Greater Boston and uses the slogan "Boston's NPR & Local News". The station is the flagship radio property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, and on this page you can listen to GBH 89.7 live online, free.
NPR and local news
GBH 89.7 is an NPR member station and an affiliate of the Public Radio Exchange and American Public Media. It carries NPR's national news programs alongside its own local reporting and talk about Boston and Massachusetts.
Part of GBH
The WGBH Educational Foundation is one of the best-known names in American public media, producing programs for PBS as well as radio. It also owns WGBH-TV and WGBX-TV, WGBY-TV in Springfield, classical station WCRB and WCAI on Cape Cod and the Islands.
Great Blue Hill
The call letters come from Great Blue Hill, the high point south of Boston where the station's first transmitter stood. WGBH went on the air in October 1951.
HD channels
In HD Radio, GBH 89.7's HD2 simulcasts classical WCRB and HD3 simulcasts WCAI, the Cape and Islands NPR station.
Supported by listeners
Like other public stations, GBH relies on its members and on underwriting from local organizations.
How to listen
You can hear GBH 89.7 on the radio on 89.7 FM across Greater Boston, but you do not need a radio at all: this page plays the live stream in any browser, on a phone, tablet or computer. Press the play button at the top, wait a second or two for the stream to connect, and keep browsing while it plays — the player stays on as you move between pages. It is ideal for Morning Edition on the commute or the evening news, and it costs nothing: no account, no subscription and no app to install.
Below the player you will find GBH 89.7's frequency and home city, the genres it plays, answers to common questions and a list of similar stations, so when you want a change you can jump to another station in the same format or the same area with one click.
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How to listen to GBH 89.7 live
In 3 simple steps, with nothing to install.
- 01Press play
Click the "Listen live" button at the top of this page.
- 02Wait a moment
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- 03Enjoy
GBH 89.7 plays right in your browser, with nothing to install.
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Frequently asked questions
Press play on this page to stream WGBH, free and with no app.
Yes. WGBH is Boston's NPR member station.
Great Blue Hill, where the station's first transmitter stood.
HD2 simulcasts classical WCRB and HD3 simulcasts WCAI.
Yes. You can listen to GBH 89.7 live for free here on Radio Stations Hub, 24 hours a day.
Yes. GBH 89.7 plays in your phone’s browser on Android or iPhone — there is no app to install. Just open this page and press play.
Yes. Connect your phone to the car stereo by Bluetooth or cable, open GBH 89.7 here on Radio Stations Hub and enjoy the live stream on the road.
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