 From the campus of Delaware State University, this is 91.1 WDDE Dover, broadcasting in collaboration with the University of Delaware. Find award-winning news and information from Delaware Public Media and NPR at DelawarePublic.org. Actor LeVar Burton landed one of TV's most iconic roles when he was just 19 years old. But he says playing Kutakinte on Roots at such a young age meant he had to acknowledge a hard reality of showbiz.