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NPR's 'Car Talk' Duo Calling It Quits 
By SHALINI RAMACHANDRAN 

Associated Press 
Brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi, shown in 2008, will stop recording 'Car Talk' episodes for NPR in October.
"They're retiring at the top of their 
game," Mr. Nuzum said of the brothers. "It's the most successful program on public radio." 
The bantering brothers started taping "Car Talk" 35 years ago at 
Boston's WBUR station, giving advice about cars and life, and have since recorded more than 1,200 shows, according to NPR. It has been on NPR 
for 25 years.
"Frankly, it changed the whole nature of public radio in America," 
said Charlie Kravetz, general manager of WBUR. He said the brothers 
started the show at a time when public radio was largely journalistic 
and music-based, without entertainment programming. Many stations were 
"throwing a lot of spaghetti against a refrigerator and seeing what 
sticks," he said.
The Magliozzi brothers said Friday in a farewell note to listeners 
that with Tom, the older of the two, turning 75 this year, it was time 
to "stop and smell the cappuccino." 
"We've managed to avoid getting thrown off NPR for 25 years, given 
out tens of thousands of wrong answers, generated lawsuit threats from 
innumerable car companies, and had a hell of a lot of fun talking to you guys," wrote Ray, who is 12 years younger. 
The brothers will continue to record parts for the show that can't be reclaimed from their old calls—like fundraising spots and promotions, 
Mr. Nuzum said. They will also continue to write their twice weekly 
column "Dear Tom and Ray." 
About a future reappearance on NPR, Ray said, "It's unlikely, but 
anything's possible." His brother, characteristically, disagreed: 
"Absolutely not...I'm done."
 
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