Bob Edwards has been the host of NPR's "Morning Edition" since the year I was born. It's been announced today that he is leaving "Morning Edition."
I am dismayed. Bob Edwards is the voice of NPR, as far as I'm concerned. He and Susan Stamberg are Mr. and Ms. NPR. According to most reports, Edwards was forced aside (I assume that's what happened to Linda Wertheimer and "All Things Considered," as well, but that's pure conjecture) for the "evolution" of the program.
I think it's crappy. NPR listeners aren't fickle brandwhores--we listen because we always have. Bob Edwards has been the voice of the morning for me for as long as I've been alive, and I'm not ready to "evolve" on that point.
Posted by waking slow at March 23, 2004 06:22 PMI, too, am deeply dismayed, having listened to Bob ever since the inception of "Morning Edition". I smell payback, as Bob has been a critic of NPR managment.
It also seems to me that many NPR stations are going to be shocked come the next pledge drive.
Big misktake. Huge.
Posted by: Rand on March 25, 2004 10:48 PMNora, you're dead on. This is bullshit! I certainly do not want Renee Montagne accompanying me on my drive to school. Damn them.
Posted by: Smerke on April 1, 2004 02:04 PM