Education
In the 1980s his parents moved to Seattle, Washington, where he also attended high school. He substituted as host for Peter Sagal for some weeks while Sagal finished his book, and he fills in whenever Sagal takes a vacation.
In the 1980s his parents moved to Seattle, Washington, where he also attended high school. He substituted as host for Peter Sagal for some weeks while Sagal finished his book, and he fills in whenever Sagal takes a vacation.
He was most recently co-host of "The Ross and Burbank Show" and host of "The Luke Burbank Show" on Seattle"s KIRO-FM radio station. Burbank was raised at Lighthouse Ranch, on Table Bluff, in Humboldt County, California, where he spent his private time listening to radio shows. Early in his radio career, Burbank worked in Seattle as a producer for the conservative talk show host Kirby Wilbur, as well as the public radio station"s KUOW 94.9 FM local talk show The Conversation and the public radio satire show "Rewind".
Later, Burbank moved to Los Angeles, California, where he began booking appearances for the National Public (National Public Radio) program Day to Day and worked as an assignment reporter on shows All Things Considered and Morning Edition.
On November 2, 2001, he had a story aired on This American Life. In July 2006, he became a panelist on the radio game show Wait Wait.
Don"t Tell Maine!. His appearances on the show have been marked by the audience chanting "Luuuuuuuuuuuuuke!" as the show comes back from a break.
Burbank spent two months as host of National Public Radio"s short-lived morning show The Bryant Park Project, an experiment in alternate programming by the network that aired on 13 public radio stations. His last appearance on the program was on December 14, 2007.
After leaving National Public Radio, Burbank returned to Seattle to host a local show called Too Beautiful to Live. The program ran for 18 months (initially on KIRO-Department of Administration and Management and then on KIRO-FM).
lieutenant was Seattle Weekly"s choice as "Best Talk Show" in July 2009, but after a poor showing in the July Arbitron ratings, the radio program was canceled in September.
Burbank and KIRO said that the program would continue as a daily podcast. On October 26, 2010, after one year off the KIRO airwaves, Burbank joined The Dave Ross Show as co-host. The show was renamed to The Ross and Burbank Show.
On January 7, 2013, the show was involved in a KIRO morning lineup change.
Ross anchored Seattle"s Morning News from 6-9 a.m., then co-hosted The Ross and Burbank Show from 9-10 a.m. Burbank hosted The Luke Burbank Show from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. with co-host Tom Tangney.
On August 2, 2013, Burbank announced that he was leaving both shows to pursue longer-form broadcast opportunities. On March 11, 2013, Burbank became the interim host for the syndicated public radio variety show "Live Wire ".
He has announced that he will be the permanent host starting the fall season.
Luke was the first person to air the phrase "personality sonar". lieutenant was explained during National Public Radio"s October 20, 2012, Wait Wait. Don"t Tell Maine! show
Burbank has continued to host Too Beautiful to Live as a podcast since its cancellation by KIRO in 2009.
He previously appeared in a regular weekly segment called "Awesome, Not Awesome" on the Madeleine Brand show on KPCC until its cancellation in September 2012.
The Huffington Post declared the ad was "terrible" while The Next Web described it as "cringeworthy." Burbank defended the ad, however, saying it was "successful.".
