- Luke Burbank
Infobox Radio presenter
name = Luke Burbank
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birthname = Luke Burbank
birthdate =May 8 ,1976
birthplace =Seattle, Washington , U.S.
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show =Too Beautiful to Live
station =KIRO (AM) KIRO-FM
timeslot = 7:00pm-10:00pm PST
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style = Informal Talk Show
country = USA
prevshow =Bryant Park Project ,Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
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children = Adelaide
web = [http://www.mynorthwest.com/?sid=22709&nid=142# 710 KIRO Bio]Luke Burbank (born
May 8 ,1976 ) is an Americanradio host currently working on "Too Beautiful to Live ", a nighttime radio show inSeattle on 710 KIRO. cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/television/2004114328_lukeburbank09.html |title=Luke Burbank is hip, vain, back in town and back on the air |work=The Seattle Times |first=Florangela |last=Davila |date=2008-01-09] cite news |date=2008-06-07 |work=Seattle |url=http://www.seattlemag.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=3E1DA341B2834604B64A1EB3BA74CCFB&tier=4&id=EDDFC447DD4A4FDCBDB6B0F563269795&AudID=42BFF54AF0444B8F92E1C3E1A324650E |title=Can Luke Burbank Make A.M. Radio Cool Again? |first=Michael |last=Hood]Early in his radio Career, Burbank was a producer for the
Kirby Wilbur show, a conservative talk show in Seattle. He also worked with ex-"Seattle Times " columnistMichelle Malkin . Burbank was featured in a promo in which a caller accused him of being a secret spy. The caller claimed that Burbank was a formerU.S. Customs agent who was a frequent caller to theArt Bell 's Coast to Coast radio show known as "Charlie, liberal fromCalifornia ."In July 2006, he became a panelist on the radio game show "
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! ". He substituted as host forPeter Sagal for some weeks while Sagal finished his book, and fills in whenever Sagal takes a vacation.cite news |title=NPR host proves what falls down can pop back up |date=2006-08-11 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/paynter/280831_paynt11.html |first=Susan |last=Panyter] His trademark sound is when the audience shout "Luke!" as the show comes back from break.Burbank was the co-host of
National Public Radio 's morning show "The Bryant Park Project ", along withAlison Stewart , at its inception.cite news |work=The Seattle Times |title=Homegrown NPR host quits radio gig |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004012832_burbank14.html |first=Florangela |last=Davila |date=2007-11-14] "The Bryant Park Project" struggled with low ratings onNPR stations and Burbank left the show in mid-December 2007 "in order to spend more time with his daughter" in Seattle.His last appearance on the program was onDecember 14 ,2007 . He was previously a freelance reporter for other NPR shows such as "All Things Considered ", "This American Life ", and "Morning Edition ".. After leaving NPR and returning to Seattle, Burbank was approached by 710 KIRO to host a radio show that appealed to a younger audience who would not normally listen to talk-radio. Burbank accepted, andToo Beautiful to Live was born. Burbank hosts the show with help from producer Jennifer Andrews and engineer Sean De Tore.References
External links
* [http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=93 "Too Beautiful To Live" official website]
* [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=273773140 "Too Beautiful To Live" on iTunes]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4493989 NPR Biography]
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