Wyoming Radio Icon Bob Beck Back On The Air At Syracuse University

For nearly three years, the reporter who brought Wyoming Public Radio listeners stories such as the breaking news coverage of the death of Matthew Shepard in 1998 and the feature about the bullfighters at Cheyenne Frontier Days in 2015 has been absent from state airwaves.

For more than 30 years , Bob Beck was the familiar Laramie voice on KUWR who often accompanied NPR programs such as “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered.”

Beck, the station’s news director, retired in October 2022 to follow his wife east to Syracuse, New York. But his retirement is now a “rewirement.” He has his headset back on, manning a microphone at Syracuse University’s public radio station WAER while he’s helping teach broadcasting students.

“I got a call from the NPR editor who handles the East Coast,