HEAT with John Hockenberry was originally HEAT of the Night with Marty Goldenson which premiered in 1986.
In 1986 Brad Spear at WGBH began developing a program with Murray Street Production in the wake of new radio funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In August of that year, HEAT of the Night with Marty Goldenson premiered. In 1988, the National Endowment for the Arts Media Program made its largest radio grant that year toward further production of HEAT. In late 1989, HEAT with John Hockenberry premiered on NPR. 
