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NPR fans will recognize Bill Kurtis from the weekend game show “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!” But his nearly six-decade career in journalism launched in Topeka, Kansas, when he warned viewers about an ...

BILL KURTIS, BYLINE: From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me, the NPR news quiz. MARTÍNEZ: That is the buttery voice of Bill Kurtis. And don't take my word for it. He'll tell you ...

Generations of Chicagoans have known Bill Kurtis in many different ways — as a television journalist, documentary filmmaker, public radio voice, or even through his unexpected association with a hit ...

Longtime Chicago newscaster Bill Kurtis, known for his signature baritone pipes, is retiring from his role as judge and scorekeeper on NPR’s weekly hour-long news quiz program “Wait Wait... Don’t Tell ...