Luke Burbank
Luke Burbank | |
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Born | |
Spouse(s) | Carey Burbank (2013-2020) Nicola Vruwink (2001-2006) |
Children | 1[2] |
Career | |
Show | Too Beautiful to Live |
Station | Podcast |
Show | Live Wire Radio |
Station(s) | Podcast, Public Radio |
Style | Talk Show |
Country | United States |
Previous show(s) | Bryant Park Project (host), Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! (guest host and panelist), Ross and Burbank (co-host), The Luke Burbank Show (host) |
Website | www |
Luke Burbank (born May 8, 1976) is an American radio host and
Early life
Burbank was raised at Lighthouse Ranch on Table Bluff in Humboldt County, California, where he spent his private time listening to radio shows.[1] In the 1980s his parents moved to Seattle, Washington, where he attended high school.[1] He graduated with a communications degree from the University of Washington in 1998, with an emphasis on editorial journalism.
Radio
Early in his radio career, Burbank worked in Seattle as a producer for the conservative talk show host Kirby Wilbur as well as the public radio station's KUOW 94.9 FM local talk show The Conversation and the public radio show "Rewind".[5] Later, Burbank moved to Los Angeles, California, where he began booking appearances for the NPR program Day to Day and worked as an assignment reporter on shows All Things Considered and Morning Edition.[6] On November 2, 2001, he had a story aired on This American Life.[7]
In July 2006, he became a panelist on the radio game show
Burbank spent two months as host of NPR's short-lived morning show
After leaving NPR, Burbank returned to Seattle to host a local show called
On October 26, 2010, after one year off the KIRO airwaves, Burbank joined The Dave Ross Show as co-host. The show was renamed to The Ross and Burbank Show. On January 7, 2013, the show was involved in a KIRO morning lineup change. Ross anchored Seattle's Morning News from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., then co-hosted The Ross and Burbank Show from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Burbank hosted The Luke Burbank Show from 10 a.m. to noon. with co-host Tom Tangney. On August 2, 2013, Burbank announced that he was leaving both shows to pursue longer-form broadcast opportunities.
On March 11, 2013, Burbank became the interim host for the syndicated public radio variety show Live Wire Radio. In September 2013, he became the full-time host.
Other appearances
He previously appeared in a regular weekly segment titled "Awesome, Not Awesome" on the
In September 2013, he starred in a Microsoft online video advertisement with his wife Carey Burbank, which made headlines after it was pulled by the company less than 24 hours later following viewer backlash.
References
- ^ a b c Sanders, Eli (December 9, 2008). "Beautiful Thing: The Best New Radio Show in Seattle Is on... KIRO?". The Stranger. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
- ^ a b Paynter, Susan (August 11, 2006). "NPR host proves what falls down can pop back up". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
- ^ a b c Davila, Florangela (January 9, 2008). "Luke Burbank is hip, vain, back in town, and back on the air". The Seattle Times.
- ^ Hood, Michael (June 7, 2008). "Can Luke Burbank Make A.M. Radio Cool Again?". Seattle.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Eli Sanders, "Beautiful Thing," The Stranger, December 9, 2008.
- ^ a b c Davila, Florangela (November 14, 2007). "Homegrown NPR host quits radio gig". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on November 17, 2007.
- ^ How to Win Friends and Influence People, This American Life Radio Archive, #198, November 2, 2001]
- ^ Jensen, Elizabeth (July 27, 2007). "An NPR Program Aims to Awaken a Younger Crowd". The New York Times. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
- ^ Everhart, Karen,"Bryant Park host finds cure for Seattle homesick blues," Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine Current, November 19, 2007.
- ^ Hobart, Erika (July 29, 2009). "Best Radio Talk Show: Too Beautiful to Live". Seattle Weekly. Archived from the original on August 2, 2009. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
- ^ a b c Lacitis, Erik (September 11, 2009). "KIRO radio's Luke Burbank show canceled over low ratings". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
- ^ The Madeleine Brand Show, August 17, 2012, Southern California Public Radio
- ^ Guarini, Drew (September 15, 2013). "WATCH: The Terrible iPhone Mocking Ad Microsoft Never Wanted You To See". The Huffington Post.
- ^ Microsoft removes cringe-worthy videos, says they were intended to be ‘light-hearted poke’ at Apple, September 13, 2013
- ^ Luke Burbank says apparent Microsoft online ad fail was actually a success, Jamie Skorheim, MyNorthwest.com, September 17, 2013