published Friday, June 8th, 2012

NPR 'Car Talk' duo retiring; reruns to continue

  • photo
    This June 19, 2008 file photo shows brothers Tom, left, and Ray Magliozzi, hosts of National Public Radio's "Car Talk" show, in Cambridge, Mass. The Magliozzi brothers said Friday, June 8, 2012, they will stop making new episodes of their comic auto advice show at the end of September, 25 years after "Car Talk" began in Boston. The show airs every Saturday morning and is National Public Radio's most popular program. Older brother Tom is 74 years old and the brothers say it's time to stop and smell the cappuccino. "Car Talk" isn't disappearing, however. NPR says repurposed episodes will continue to air every week with material culled from the show's archives. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, file)
    Photo by Associated Press /Chattanooga Times Free Press.

NEW YORK — The chatty mechanics on NPR's "Car Talk" are pulling in to the garage.

Tom and Ray Magliozzi said Friday they will stop making new episodes of their comic auto advice show at the end of September, 25 years after "Car Talk" began in Boston. The show airs every Saturday morning and is National Public Radio's most popular program.

Older brother Tom is 74 years old and the brothers say it's time to stop and smell the cappuccino.

"Car Talk" isn't disappearing, however. NPR says repurposed episodes will continue to air every week with material culled from the show's archives.

related articles »

May 9th, 2013

A mechanic who worked out of his home had a dog named Mace.

Oct. 4th, 2012

Two popular National Public Radio programs that air on WUTC-FM 99.1 — "A Prairie Home Companion" and "Car Talk"— are ...

Oct. 3rd, 2012

Two popular National Public Radio programs that air on WUTC-FM 88.1 — “A Prairie Home Companion” and “Car Talk” — ...

July 9th, 2012

It just keeps going, and going, and going. No, it's not a battery. It's Irvin Gordon's 1966 Volvo P1800S.

videos »         

photos »         

e-edition »

advertisement
advertisement

Find a Business

400 East 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403
General Information (423) 756-6900
Copyright, permissions and privacy policy, Ethics policy - Copyright ©2013, Chattanooga Publishing Company, Inc. All rights reserved.
This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Chattanooga Publishing Company, Inc.