# Bob Edwards (Ex-NPR) to XM Radio!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-edwards-ex-npr-to-xm-radio/257426>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 29, 2004, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-edwards-ex-npr-to-xm-radio/257426 "2004-07-29T12:07:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-edwards-ex-npr-to-xm-radio/257426/1 "2004-07-29T12:07:57Z")

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[Take THAT, NPR!](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22089-2004Jul28.html)

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> Starting Oct. 4, Edwards will host his own morning show on a new channel being launched by XM, as the growing subscription radio service makes its move into public-radio programming.

I always thought that the treatment the NMR management gave Edwards was shabby at best. It’s nice to see he won’t have to eat that ‘contributing correspondent’ crap for much longer!

I love XM. And they love me.

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**Author:** ![Mamapotomus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mamapotomus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mamapotomus)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-edwards-ex-npr-to-xm-radio/257426/2 "2004-07-29T15:55:58Z")

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And with that news I’m one step closer to never listening to regular radio again!

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**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-edwards-ex-npr-to-xm-radio/257426/3 "2004-07-29T23:10:23Z")

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> [@Jonathan Chance](#):
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> I always thought that the treatment the NMR management gave Edwards was shabby at best. It’s nice to see he won’t have to eat that ‘contributing correspondent’ crap for much longer!

Is this the former “Morning Edition” guy? I thought his retirement was voluntary. Huh. I do know that when he left he was the highest paid guy at NPR, but that doesn’t matter. Anyway … what happened? Have I been fed bum info?

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**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-edwards-ex-npr-to-xm-radio/257426/4 "2004-07-29T23:21:00Z")

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Yes, Edwards was the Morning Edition guy. [Linda Ellerbee](http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/news/opinion/8306046.htm) believes he was unjustly let go because he was seen as a doddering old man of 56, and I for one agree with her.

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-edwards-ex-npr-to-xm-radio/257426/5 "2004-07-30T00:23:19Z")

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And in the [Wall Street Journal](http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110005402), Scott Simon, the host of Weekend Edition says:

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> I see more McCarthy than Murrow in the work of Michael Moore.

WTF is going on in NPR?