A Voice in the Box
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A Voice in the Box

My Life in Radio

  1. 236 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Voice in the Box

My Life in Radio

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Halftitle
  8. Redemption
  9. Launch
  10. Home
  11. Voice
  12. WHEL
  13. Army
  14. Ed Bliss
  15. Network
  16. NPR
  17. Susan
  18. All Things Considered
  19. Sharon
  20. Pilot Error
  21. Disaster
  22. GALLERY
  23. Morning Edition
  24. Reconsidering All Things
  25. News Leader
  26. Overnight
  27. Fridays
  28. Style
  29. Politicians
  30. Favorites
  31. Memories
  32. War
  33. Two Babes in Baghdad
  34. Turning Point
  35. Maverick
  36. Bobapalooza
  37. Dennis
  38. Texas Showdown
  39. AFTRA
  40. XM
  41. Satellite Radio
  42. The Bob Edwards Show
  43. Father Greg Boyle
  44. Bob Edwards Weekend
  45. Western Swing
  46. Hillbullies
  47. The Invisible
  48. 3rd Med
  49. NOLA
  50. Epilogue
  51. Index