Bill Radke is an American radio talk show host, web video host, author, comedian and columnist. He currently hosts Seattle's

KUOW-FM KUOW-FM (94.9 MHz) is a National Public Radio member station in Seattle, Washington. It is the largest of the three full-fledged NPR member stations in the Seattle and Tacoma media market, with two Tacoma-based stations, KNKX and KVTI being the ...

's ''The Record'' and ''Week In Review''. From November 1, 2010 to October 2012 he hosted Seattle's Morning News on

KIRO-FM KIRO-FM (97.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Tacoma, Washington, and serving the Seattle-Tacoma radio market. It airs a news/talk radio format and is owned by Salt Lake City–based Bonneville International, a broadcasting compa ...

97.3 with Linda Thomas in the 5AM to 9AM Pacific time slot. Previously he had been hosting

American Public Media American Public Media (APM) is an American company that produces and distributes public radio programs in the United States, the second largest company of its type after NPR. Its non-profit parent, American Public Media Group, also owns and oper ...

’s '' Marketplace Morning Report'', a daily business/economy newscast. He also contributed humorous news and commentary segments to KUOW's long-running show ''Sandy Bradley's Pot Luck'', created and hosted the satire show ''Rewind'', distributed by

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, and co-hosted the radio show ''

Weekend America ''Weekend America'' was a weekly public radio program dealing with news, popular culture, the arts and more. The program was produced for American Public Media and hosted by John Moe in Saint Paul, Minnesota. ''Weekend America'' launched Saturd ...

'', produced by

. As a stand-up comedian, he won the 1992

Seattle International Comedy Competition The Seattle International Comedy Competition is a month-long stand-up comedy competition held at various venues throughout Washington State. It has been held every year since 1980 until 2020, when the competition was not run due to pandemic restric ...

. Radke authored the book ''Seattle'' and wrote a weekly humor column in the ''

Seattle Post-Intelligencer The ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' (popularly known as the ''Seattle P-I'', the ''Post-Intelligencer'', or simply the ''P-I'') is an online newspaper and former print newspaper based in Seattle, Washington, United States. The newspaper was foun ...

''. He lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife, two daughters and son.

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''WeekendAmerica'' official website

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