Future Tense (American radio show)

{{For|the Irish radio programme of the same name|Future Tense (Irish radio show)}}

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|first_aired = 6 March 1996

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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.{{Cite web|url=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/about/people/mpr_people_display.php?aut_id=23|title=Jon Gordon}}

Today it is part of the Marketplace group within APM.

History

In February 2010, MPR announced{{cite web|url=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/about/press/releases/release.php?ftrv_ident=2010/02/24/jongordon |title=Minnesota Public Radio News Names Jon Gordon Its First Social Media/Mobile Editor |publisher=MPR |year=2010 | accessdate=2010-03-17}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://futuretense.publicradio.org/episode/index.php?id=568054557|title = Marketplace Tech from Marketplace}} In September 2010, it was announced that Future Tense would become Marketplace Tech Report.{{Cite web|url=http://futuretense.publicradio.org/blog/index.php?id=1139452904|title=Marketplace Tech from Marketplace}}

Broadcast

Future Tense airs weekdays and runs for approximately five minutes. The program first aired in March 1996.{{Cite web|url=http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense/2010/04/back-to-the-fut.html|title=Back to the Future Tense of 1996}} It has been podcast since 2004 and archives of the show are available online.{{cite web|url=http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense/2004/01/music-downloading-plunges.html |title =Future Tense Archives |publisher=MPR |year=2004 | accessdate=2009-06-29}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense/ |title=Future Tense from American Public Media |publisher=Publicradio.org |date= |accessdate=2009-07-07}}

References

Category:1979 radio programme debuts

Category:American Public Media programs