Dick Estell

Who is Dick Estell?

Dick Estell is the host and producer of The Radio Reader, a serial public radio program in which the host reads aloud from contemporary novels. The program is carried on public broadcasting stations in the United States.

Estell began The Radio Reader in 1964 at Michigan State University's radio stations, WKAR and WKAR-FM, where Estell served as general manager from 1964 until his retirement in 1978. He tapes the program from a home studio in Haslett, Michigan. He has also been the narrator of several commercially available audio books, including Kenneth C. Davis' popular Don't Know Much About History and Don't Know Much about the Civil War.