Photo: #Gary Eichten, longtime host on Minnesota Public Radio News, retires on Jan. 20, 2012.

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Video: Eichten reflects on a lifetime on the radio

by Jeffrey Thompson, Minnesota Public Radio
January 19, 2012

Minnesota Public Radio host Gary Eichten reflects on his 45-year career in radio, as he approaches his retirement on Jan. 20, 2012.

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