EXCLUSIVE: The popular radio show/podcast Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! is headed to television. NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment’s Wilshire Studios has teamed with Storied Media Group to develop a TV series based on the long-running NPR program.

Hosted by Peter Sagal, NPR’s weekly news-themed radio panel show Wait Wait…Don…

David Edelstein, a New York Magazine film critic and contributor to NPR’s Fresh Air, will no longer be a part of the radio show after he was criticized for insensitive comments made in the wake of Bernardo Bertolucci’s death earlier this week.

Edelstein said in a Facebook post Monday about the Italian director’s 1972 L…

EXCLUSIVE: Days after Seth MacFarlane’s outrage over Fox News host Tucker Carlson's suggestion that viewers should discount any other media besides Fox News ignited the Internet, the Family Guy creator is acting on it with a $2 million donation to NPR and $500,000 to Los Angeles' NPR membership station, KPCC, the top…

Michelle Wolf said she accomplished her goal to “burn it to the ground” at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night — and she’s surprised at the level of reactions to her set.

In an NPR interview scheduled to air Tuesday, Wolf said she knew what she was doing going in and "wanted to do something different"…

The Peabody Awards rounded out the Peabody 30 today unveiling the winners in News, Radio/Podcast, and Public Service. The winners list included CNN, NPR, Vice as well as 60 Minutes, which received an Institutional Award.

Peabody Award honorees represent superior investigative reporting at the local and national levels…

Carl Kasell, a career radio man who anchored NPR newscasts for more than 30 years and was a longtime fan favorite on its quiz show Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me, died today of Alzheimer’s complications in Potomac, MD. He was 84.

Starting out at 16 as a late-night music DJ on his hometown station, Kasell spent a lifetime beh…

Comcast Xfinity X1 customers will soon be able to access NPR directly on their TV sets. Comcast and National Public Radio are launching the NPR app on X1 which enables customers to access NPR content by simply saying “NPR” in the X1 voice remote.

NPR content also will be integrated into Xfinity on Demand menus, appeari…

Tom Ashbrook, the longtime host of NPR’s syndicated radio show On Point, has been fired by Boston station WBUR-FM. An internal review by Boston University, the station’s operator, confirmed claims made late last year that he had created an abusive work environment. Ashbrook, who has hosted the daily two-hour morning…

NPR has announced hosting changes for its flagship news program All Things Considered. Beginning January 17, Mary Louise Kelly will take a seat as co-host alongside Audie Cornish and Ari Shapiro, replacing 30-year host Robert Siegel.

In addition, after two years as a co-host of both All Things Considered and the Embedd…

Tom Ashbrook, the longtime host of NPR’s On Point, has been suspended pending an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him, The Associated Press reports.

On Monday, WBUR-FM, the Boston station that produces On Point, revealed details of the allegations contained in a document filed by the accusers…

Former National Public Radio host John Hockenberry is being accused of sexual harassment by some past colleagues, according to a New York magazine web story.

The four-time Emmy winner and Peabody Awards recipient, who left his NPR show The Takeaway in August, is being accused in an article written by a one-time guest…

NPR Chief News Editor David Sweeney has left the public broadcasting company amid sexual harassment allegations.

Chris Turpin, acting senior vice president of news, announced Sweeney’s departure in an an email to staff Tuesday.

“David Sweeney is no longer on staff,” Turpin wrote. “This is a difficult time for our newsr…