One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. LINDA WERTHEIMER, BYLINE: Americans ...

National Public Radio stalwart Linda Wertheimer ended 53 years at the storied outlet with a bittersweet note to her colleagues shared online the day after the 80-year-old co-host of "All Things ...

I write to share news of another milestone in NPR history. After more than fifty years of service to NPR and public broadcasting, Linda Wertheimer, one of our founding mothers, has announced her ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. One year ago, Congress voted to defund ...

Linda Wertheimer, one of the “founding mothers” of National Public Radio, said today that she is retiring. “I have had a great ride over more than fifty years – and now that ride is over,” Wertheimer ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. National Public Radio stalwart Linda Wertheimer ended 53 years at the storied outlet with a bittersweet note to her colleagues ...

INSKEEP: On the very first day of the very first NPR news program in 1971, Linda was the director, the woman who signaled the men when to talk. In later years, she did the talking herself. (SOUNDBITE ...

ROBERT CONLEY: From National Public Radio in Washington, I'm Robert Conley with All Things Considered. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) INSKEEP: On the very first day of the very first NPR news program in 1971, ...