Future Tense (American radio show)

Future Tense was a short American radio program focusing on technology news. It was presented by John Moe and produced by Larissa Anderson for Minnesota Public Radio (MPR). The show was distributed by American Public Media and was hosted from 1996 to 2010 by Jon Gordon.[1]

For the Irish radio programme of the same name, see Future Tense (Irish radio show).
Future Tense
Running time5 minutes
Country of originUnited States
Language(s)English
Hosted byJohn Moe
Original release6 March 1996 –
present
WebsiteFuture Tense homepage
PodcastFuture Tense podcast XML

Today it is part of the Marketplace group within APM.

History

In February 2010, MPR announced[2] that Jon Gordon would take the role of social media/mobile editor at the network, and that John Moe would take over the show. Moe's first broadcast was 3 May 2010.[3] In September 2010, it was announced that Future Tense would become Marketplace Tech Report.[4]

Broadcast

Future Tense airs weekdays and runs for approximately five minutes. The program first aired in March 1996.[5] It has been podcast since 2004 and archives of the show are available online.[6] It can be heard on Minnesota Public Radio stations at 8:20 AM, as well as part of U.S. broadcasts of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation show As It Happens.[7]

References
  1. "Jon Gordon".
  2. "Minnesota Public Radio News Names Jon Gordon Its First Social Media/Mobile Editor". MPR. 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
  3. "Marketplace Tech from Marketplace".
  4. "Marketplace Tech from Marketplace".
  5. "Back to the Future Tense of 1996".
  6. "Future Tense Archives". MPR. 2004. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  7. "Future Tense from American Public Media". Publicradio.org. Retrieved 2009-07-07.


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