Bob Edwards

Bob Edwards is the 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 has held since the show's inception in 1979 and which he was asked to leave as of April 2004, to take on a role 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.

Edwards was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He 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).

Bob Edwards

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