Walt Bodine

Walt Bodine
Born(1920-08-27)August 27, 1920
DiedMarch 24, 2013(2013-03-24) (aged 92)
OccupationsRadio and television broadcaster
Author
Years active1940–2012
SpouseBernadine (died 2003)
ChildrenFive

Walton Marshall Bodine (August 27, 1920 – March 24, 2013) was an American broadcaster and author most notable for his career in Kansas City, Missouri. Better known as Walt, he was a fixture in Kansas City broadcasting for seven decades. Still broadcasting into his nineties, Bodine hosted the talk radio show The Walt Bodine Show on KCUR, the Kansas City area's NPR member station from 1983 to 2012. His final broadcast was April 27, 2012.