Carl Ray Kasell was an American radio personality.
14 Facts About Carl Kasell
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Carl Kasell was a newscaster for National Public Radio, and later was the official judge and scorekeeper of the weekly news quiz show Wait Wait.
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Carl Kasell began practicing his newscaster voice as a child and got his first on-air job at 16.
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Carl Kasell said that he hid behind the radio to fool passers-by into thinking they were listening to the radio when they in fact were hearing the young Kasell.
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Carl Kasell pursued a degree in English, but never graduated due to being drafted into the US Army.
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Carl Kasell soon joined the staff of all-news WAVA in Arlington, Virginia as a weekend news announcer, and eventually advanced to the position of news director.
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Carl Kasell hired Katie Couric, then a student at the University of Virginia, as an intern one summer, thus starting her career in news broadcasting.
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Carl Kasell joined National Public Radio's staff as a news announcer for Weekend All Things Considered in 1975.
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Carl Kasell was the news announcer for NPR's Morning Edition from its inception in 1979 through 2009.
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Carl Kasell's voice was heard on the radio in a scene of Bee Movie.
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On November 23,2009, NPR announced that Carl Kasell would retire from newscasting at the end of 2009.
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Carl Kasell continued to work for NPR through fundraising and visits to member stations.
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For many years, Carl Kasell was the announcer for the annual Kennedy Center Honors broadcast on CBS.
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Carl Kasell died on April 17,2018, from complications of Alzheimer's disease in Potomac, Maryland.