In a memo issued July 1, 2020, WBUR CEO Margaret Low announced that the show would be reduced to one hour from two; no longer have live call-in from listeners; feature more highly produced, pre-recorded portions; and no longer have David Folkenflik as host of the show on Fridays, leaving Meghna Chakrabarti as sole host. The memo went on to assert that the changes were not related to pandemic-related budget shortfalls that have necessitated staff and programming cuts at WBUR, and that the same number of staff would produce the single hour of On Point as currently produce two hours. At the time of the memo, On Point was aired by 285 stations, with 159 airing both hours.