Bob Edwards
Bob Edwards (born Louisville, Kentucky May 15, 1947) was the original host of Morning Edition on National Public Radio. In a 1999 Peabody Award he was called
- a man who embodies the essence of excellence in radio. His reassuring and authoritative voice is often the first many Americans hear each day. His is a rare radio voice: informed but never smug; intimate but never intrusive; opinionated but never dismissive. Mr. Edwards does not merely talk, he listens.
It's a role he held since the show's inception in 1979 and which he was asked to leave as of April 2004, to stay on at NPR News as a senior correspondent. This decision to remove Bob just shortly before his 25th aniversary with the show was met with much criticism by the community. His final broadcast as the host was on April 30, 2004.
Three months later, XM Satellite Radio announced that Edwards had signed on to host a new program, The Bob Edwards Show, for its new XM Public Radio channel. The show was scheduled to begin on October 4, 2004.
Edwards attended University of Louisville and began his radio career at a small radio station in New Albany, Indiana. Edwards joined NPR in 1974. Before hosting Morning Edition, Edwards was a co-host of All Things Considered.
In 1993, his book Fridays with Red: A Radio Friendship (ISBN 0671870130) was published, based on his Morning Edition segments with Red Barber. He also wrote Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism (ISBN 0471477532), published in 2004.
Edwards is married to Sharon Edwards and has two daughters, Eleanor and Susannah.
External links
- NPR biography
- Leaving Morning Edition
- His forced departure from Morning Edition
- Bob Edwards: 30 Years on NPR
- Bob Edwards to host morning show on XM Radio (The Washington Post, 29 Jul. 2004)
- Acclaimed Public Radio Newsman Bob Edwards Joins XM... (press release)
- XM Public Radio (XM 133)