Saturday, January 6, 2018 at 11:53AM
Drew Wolfe

NPR Host Robert Siegel Signs Off

"The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the median number of years that American workers have been working for their current employer is a little over four."

"I say that to acknowledge how unusual it is that I have been working at National Public Radio for a little over 40 years — 41, to be precise."

"For the past 30 years, I've been doing the same job: hosting All Things Considered. And doing it very happily."

"No one is more surprised by my tenure than I am."

"I came to NPR on what I thought was an unfortunate but necessary detour that — I hoped and figured — would last a couple of years."

"I'm a native New Yorker and the New York FM radio station where I worked was sold in 1976 and — to put it mildly — I didn't figure in the new owner's plans."

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