From the Star Tribune, a profile of new Liberal Radio Network flagship personality Katherine Lanpher:
As anyone knows who has listened to her Minnesota Public Radio show, "Midmorning," for the past 5 1/2 years, her laughs are nothing to be trifled with. There's the deep "HA HA HA" that bubbles up from her belly like lava from a volcano. Her "hee hee hee" comes straight from the throat, tight and tenor. She can cackle, she can guffaw -- she even giggles at times.
As MPR knows, nothing spells ratings magic like volcano blasting guffaws and tight, tenor cackles coming from the host. Especially when she's laughing at her own jokes.
Maybe it's because they don't have to worry about attracting listeners, but the folks at MPR reportedly loved her laugh. This from MPR VP of News Bill Buzenburg's press release on Lanpher's departure:
"She made compelling radio and was a fabulous host. We will miss her laugh, her energy, her hard work, her vast intelligence and her indomitable spirit."
According to reports, Buzenburg also misses his teenage acne, the time he had his wisdom teeth extracted without anesthesia, and that bout of scurvy he suffered while in the Navy.
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