NPR “founding mother” Susan Stamberg – who got her start at WAMU – has died

18/10/2025 3 min

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Susan Stamberg – the first woman to anchor a national nightly news broadcast, and often remembered as one of NPR’s “Founding Mothers” – died on Thursday. She was 87. But before she was revolutionizing news radio at NPR, she developed her craft at WAMU.