This was Bob Edwards for Morning Edition
April 30th, 2004
Host of Morning Edition since its inception, Bob Edwards has
been abruptly “reassigned” from his position. During today’s
program (just in advance of his interview with Charles Osgood, also his
first Edition interviewee) he reminded us, with scarcely-veiled
bitterness, that he has been with Morning Edition for 24½
years. Apparently allowing his voice to continue soothing listeners for
another six months would have been Just Too Much for NPR, now
inexplicably concerned with finding younger voices for their broadcasts.