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
We've been getting questions about them, mostly from people who worry we're wasting money. But in the long run, I think the new signs will be cheaper.
People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.
We're going to have a lot of money against us. But we'll see how people respond and where they want the town to go.
If you want anything done well, do it yourself. This is why most people laugh at their own jokes.
The people that show up here are wanting a job, they are wanting to get back into society. The problem is that society hasn't frequently let them back in.
I should be able to get by on that money until my friend wires me some more cash.
I wake about 1 a.m. I'm in the office by 2 a.m. We're on the air at 5.
That was just thugs sitting there, not elected officials, ... somebody who affected everybody's life, not just the lives of other criminals.
You know what the compensation is before you decide to run.
I don't know that anybody really knows what our water situation is here, and I think that's really frightening.
I can do whatever I want to. I'm completely independent. NPR over the years began taking itself enormously seriously -- as it should. In the end I was so micromanaged that they were telling me how to pronounce syllables of words.
I bet it has been 15 years. Those times are gone.
Murrow would be delighted that there are 24-hour news channels, but disappointed that during prime time all that they would be doing are these shout shows and Larry King instead of doing the news,
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.