Former CBS Chicago anchorman Bill Kurtis​ has signed off from his role as the judge and scorekeeper on the NPR weekly news ...

A man who is best known to generations of Chicagoans as CBS Chicago's principal anchorman will soon be retiring from his latest act on the airwaves. After 12 years, Bill Kurtis is stepping away from ...

This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Brandi Carlile and panelists Luke Burbank, Negin Farsad, and Paula Poundstone ...

The announcer of "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" --- the revered journalist Bill Kurtis -- has retired. His final show airs this weekend. NPR's A Martínez speaks with Kurtis about his career.

WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to legendary anchorman Bill Kurtis about his book ‘Whirlwind: My Life Reporting the News’, plus his upcoming appearance on Saturday December 6 th, 2025 at 12pm featuring a ...

WGN Radio’s Dave Plier welcomes WGN-TV’s Larry Potash to talk about his hosting duties at the Museum of Broadcast Communications (440 W. Randolph St., Chicago) on Saturday, Dec. 6, at noon, and the ...

On April 20, 1981, Spanish Catalan artist Joan Miró's famous Chicago sculpture was unveiled next to what is now called the Cook County Administration Building. Before the unveiling, renowned Channel 2 ...

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 ...