Quick Takes
Wednesday roundup: WAMU revises schedule; pubcasters enter Mass. hall of fame
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Plus: A Mississippi reporter discusses his difficult past, and Carl Kasell assists with a marriage proposal.
Programs/Content
President Obama calls in tribute for Kasell’s ‘Wait Wait’ sign off
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Carl Kasell capped more than three decades at NPR with a taping of his final Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! episode and an auditorium full of admirers.
Quick Takes
Monday roundup: Tiny Desk Concerts heading to Roku, Carl Kasell’s greatest hits
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Plus: PBS’s retired longtime chief engineer receives a prestigious industry award.
Carl Kasell
Kasell retiring from ‘Wait Wait’ but not from answering-machine duties
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Former NPR newscaster Carl Kasell, whose “voice on your home answering machine” has been the ultimate prize on Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me! for 16 years, is retiring, he announced today.