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After 35 Years in Public Radio, NPR's Only A Game Host Has Many Plans For Retirement

Photo by Alex Kingsbury/WBUR
Photo by Alex Kingsbury/WBUR

WUFT Morning Edition host, Glenn Richards, spoke with NPR/WBUR Only A Game host, Bill Littlefield. He has been the host of Only A Game since the program began in 1993. After 35 years in public radio, including weekly sports commentaries on Morning Edition, Littlefield is retiring at the end of July.

As he reflects on his time hosting Only A Game, he looks forward to several projects he's been putting off including working on a new book he's been carrying around inside his head.

Glenn Richards is Operations Coordinator and local host for Morning Edition on WUFT-FM. His background includes 30+ years of radio in South Florida as an air personality, promotion director, and morning show producer (WSHE, WZTA, & WFLC). His previous education includes a Bachelor of Science in Communication from the University of Miami where he was also general manager of WVUM-FM. Upon his arrival in Gainesville in 2006 to pursue a telecommunication master’s degree at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, he worked as an air personality at WRUF-FM (both Rock104 and Country 103.7 The Gator). One of Glenn’s passions is local music. Since 1990, he has produced and hosted local music programs in both South Florida and Gainesville, playing demos and independent releases from unsigned artists, many of whom went on to national prominence including: Marilyn Manson, Sister Hazel, For Squirrels, Matchbox 20, Saigon Kick, Mary Karlzen, Nil Lara, Hundred Waters, and more.