<div id="subtitle">Carl Kasell, long a pre-eminent voice on NPR, to retire from 'Morning Edition'</div><div><p>Carl Kasell will finally get to sleep in. The veteran newscaster is retiring from NPR's "Morning Edition."</p><p>The 75-year-old Kasell has done the newcast during NPR's flagship morning program since its inception 30 years ago. NPR says he will give his last broadcast on Dec. 30.</p><p>In a memo to National Public Radio staff and stations, managing editor David Sweeney and vice president of programming Margaret Low Smith praised Kasell for raising "more than a generation of listeners with his calm and authoritative newscast."</p><p>Kasell will remain the judge and scorekeeper of "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!," NPR's weekly news quiz show.</p><p>A spokeswoman for NPR says that no one has been named to succeed Kasell on "Morning Edition."</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=64087861&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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