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
With consolidation you have fewer and fewer voices, ... I always thought that the strength of radio was its diversity. It has always had so many voices. When I was a kid, the maximum amount of radio stations that you were allowed to have in your ownership group was five. Now you have one company that owns 1,250 stations. That's just wrong.
The radio was my pal. I was just crazy about it.
With radio, the listener absorbs everything.
Public radio has always been so powerless.
These voices came out of the box, as well as music and news and drama. You still had the soap operas on the radio in those days.
This is clearly just pettiness directed at me, ... It baffles me that they are going to these petty extremes, especially when I am still an outspoken supporter of public radio and NPR specifically.
It has a lot of historic value, a lot of sentimental value.
That was just thugs sitting there, not elected officials, ... somebody who affected everybody's life, not just the lives of other criminals.
I wanted to be one of the voices in the box.
I got to know every format of every station and who was on and what time.
In my case, the listener is often in an automobile driving to work. You can concentrate on the road while still getting an audio message that can be riveting.
I think we're doing the right things for the right reasons. We're not doing it to sell products. We're not doing it to be popular. We're doing it because in our judgment these stories are important to do, and at this length and this much depth.
If you want anything done well, do it yourself. This is why most people laugh at their own jokes.
A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.