Bill Kurtis to retire from role as judge on NPR’s “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!”

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 his gig as a judge on the NPR weekly news quiz show “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!” alongside host Peter Sagal.

Kurtis, 85, told staff in a memo on Monday that being on the show has been a consistent joy…

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