American - Journalist | May 16, 1947 -
I used to listen to the soap operas with my grandmother.
Bob Edwards
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In college, I got interested in news because the world was coming apart. The civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's right movement. That focused my radio ambitions toward news.
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I'm still excited at being at a microphone and talking to listeners. I love that. It's the most basic element of what I do and I still enjoy it very much.
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I wanted to be one of the voices in the box.
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At a tiny station in New Albany, Indiana, which is right across from the river from Louisville, Kentucky, where I grew up. The Louisville stations were loath to hire beginners, so I had to go across the river.
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Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.
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The radio was my pal. I was just crazy about it.
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I got to know every format of every station and who was on and what time.
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I was encouraged to read aloud in class and vocalize.
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I wake about 1 a.m. I'm in the office by 2 a.m. We're on the air at 5.
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Between 2 and 5 I'm reading in to find out what's been going on while I've been asleep.
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Some are pre-taped interviews because maybe we can't get that person live or maybe we're not sure it's going to work out right so we tape it an hour in advance.
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