Bob Edwards
Bob Edwards
Robert Alan "Bob" Edwardsis a Peabody Award-winning member of the National Radio Hall of Fame. He was the first broadcaster with a large national following to join the field of satellite radio. He gained fame as the first host of National Public Radio's flagship program, Morning Edition. Starting in 2004, Edwards then became the host of The Bob Edwards Show on Sirius XM Radio and Bob Edwards Weekend distributed by Public Radio International to more than 150 public radio stations...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRadio Host
Date of Birth16 May 1947
CityLouisville, KY
CountryUnited States of America
I was encouraged to read aloud in class and vocalize.
That's the problem with news interviews, you work your tail off to get prominent figures in the news on the radio, but once they've been on, the event passes, the urgency, the issues you talked about evaporate.
In college, I got interested in news because the world was coming apart. The civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's right movement. That focused my radio ambitions toward news.
I've never been able to predict the future of anything.
The radio was my pal. I was just crazy about it.
I'm still excited at being at a microphone and talking to listeners. I love that. It's the most basic element of what I do and I still enjoy it very much.
I used to listen to the soap operas with my grandmother.
Some are pre-taped interviews because maybe we can't get that person live or maybe we're not sure it's going to work out right so we tape it an hour in advance.
I go home by noon, and I'm in bed by 6 p.m. I get up at 1 and do it again.
At a tiny station in New Albany, Indiana, which is right across from the river from Louisville, Kentucky, where I grew up. The Louisville stations were loath to hire beginners, so I had to go across the river.
Any outfit that has to beg its listeners for money is an organization that has to constantly please its listeners or it will dry up and go away. It shouldn't work when you think about it.
Nobody cares about your wardrobe, what your tie looks like, or even if you're wearing one, and I don't.
Soon it will be a sin of parents to have a child that carries the heavy burden of genetic disease. We are entering a world where we have to consider the quality of our children.
The difference between a friend and an acquaintance is that a friend helps; an acquaintance merely advises....