Bob Edwards
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Bob Edwards at the Third Coast Audio Festival: October 22, 2005
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| Birth name | Robert Alan Edwards |
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May 16, 1947 Louisville, Kentucky |
| Show | The Bob Edwards Show |
| Network | XM Satellite Radio |
| Time slot | Monday through Friday 8-9 AM ET |
| Show | Bob Edwards Weekend |
| Network | Public Radio International |
| Time slot | Sat 8-9 AM ET |
| Country | United States |
| Previous show(s) | NPR Morning Edition |
| Website | The Bob Edwards Show |
Robert Alan "Bob" Edwards (born May 16, 1947) is an American broadcast journalist, a Peabody Award-winning member of the National Radio Hall of Fame. He gained reputation as the first host of National Public Radio's flagship program, Morning Edition. Starting in 2004, Edwards then was 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. Those programs ended in September, 2015.
Edwards is a graduate of St. Xavier High School (Louisville) and the University of Louisville and began his radio career in 1968 at a small radio station in New Albany, Indiana, a town located across the Ohio River from Louisville. Afterwards, Edwards served in the U.S. Army, producing and anchoring TV and radio news programs for the American Forces Korea Network from Seoul. Following his army service, he went on to anchor news for WTOP/1500, a CBS affiliate, in Washington, D.C. He also earned an M.A. in Communication from American University in Washington D.C. In 1972, at age 25, Edwards anchored national newscasts for the Mutual Broadcasting System. Edwards joined NPR in 1974. Before hosting Morning Edition, Edwards was co-host of All Things Considered. Edwards is married to NPR news anchor Windsor Johnston. He has two daughters, Eleanor and Susannah, and a stepson, Brean Campbell.
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