NPR’s Diane Rehm To Retire After The 2016 Election

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Diane Rehm, the longtime host on National Public Radio, is expected to retire after the 2016 election, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

Rehm, who is 79 and host of “The Diane Rehm Show,” is expected to retire after the 2016 election, according to WAMU, the station that produces her program.

Her two-hour show is carried on 179 stations and has about 2.5 million weekly listeners. She has been on air almost 40 years, according to the newspaper.

WAMU told CNN host Brian Stelter that a “transition plan” is in the works for her retirement.

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  1. Avatar for cf2k cf2k says:

    Too little too late. She should have been gone after slandering Bernie Sanders on the air.

  2. It’s time. Going to miss Ms. Rehm and Linda Ellerbee.

  3. She’s planning to spend more time sharing untrue Facebook posts.

  4. But who will spew ironbound braindead Beltway MSM CW to NPR listeners?

  5. Avatar for terje terje says:

    About 20 years too late.

    She really is insufferable.

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