The host of The Bob Edwards Show and Bob Edwards Weekend on Sirius
XM Radio, Bob Edwards became the first radio personality with a large
national audience to take his chances in the new field of satellite
radio. The programs' mix of long-form interviews and news documentaries
has won many prestigious awards.
For thirty years, Louisville native Edwards was the voice of National
Public Radio's daily newsmagazine programs, co-hosting All Things
Considered before launching Morning Edition in 1979. These programs
built NPR's national audience while also bringing Edwards to national
prominence. In 2004, however, NPR announced that it would be finding a
replacement for Edwards, inciting protests from tens of thousands of his
fans and controversy among his listeners and fellow broadcasters. Today,
Edwards continues to inform the American public with a voice known for
its sincerity, intelligence, and wit.
In A Voice in the Box: My Life in Radio, Edwards recounts his career
as one of the most important figures in modern broadcasting. He
describes his road to success on the radio waves, from his early days
knocking on station doors during college and working for American Forces
Korea Network to his work at NPR and induction into the National Radio
Hall of Fame in 2004. Edwards tells the story of his exit from NPR and
the launch of his new radio ventures on the XM Satellite Radio network.
Throughout the book, his sharp observations about the people he
interviewed and covered and the colleagues with whom he worked offer a
window on forty years of American news and on the evolution of public
journalism.
A Voice in the Box is an insider's account of the world of American
media and a fascinating, personal narrative from one of the most iconic
personalities in radio history.
