Bob Edwards gets the last laugh

Good for Bob! NPR gave him the shaft and for what? Morning Edition has not changed in any meaningful way. It's unfortunate that he's gone to satellite radio. I don't think NPR will notice.

npr really shafted him. i think npr will notice, bob edwards is beloved, and for the average public radio listener who contributre to npr will happily pay the $9.99 a month to listen to him and give less to npr.

i agree, npr has not changed in any meaningful way. over the years it's gotten bigger and more mainstream. when they first announced they were canning him, i predicted steve inskeep and rene montaigne would be the co-hosts.

if you notice, steve inskeep favors more live interviews...he seems like a jolly enough fellow, but he's not that interesting a personality. rene montaigne is sometimes a bit too shrill for me.

I think they have not defined their own styles yet. Neither of them has anything that distinguishes them. I stopped contributing to NPR. They got Ray Kroc's money. I think it went to their heads.

um, what is satellite radio?

Osso, Satellite Radio is more or less the audio-only equivalent of DirecTV or DishNetwork satellite television ... a subscription-based service feeding special receivers program material beamed from an earth-based uplink via satellite downlink. Key features are nationwide availability, broad selection of programming - over 100 distinct channels or "stations" offering talk, news, weather, a multitude of sports, and tremendous music variety, much of which is commercial free, and particular suitability for mobile - ie car, truck, or boat - applications. In the US there are two competing providers, Sirius and XM.

I've been an XM subscriber for a couple years now. I like it a lot when I'm on the road ... or even on the tractor.

Thanks, Timber.

Bob was a good guy but his slight lisp used to rattle my nerves. NPR embarassed the hell out of him when they retired him for a "younger" audience

I miss Red Barber.

The sweetest chemistry in radio. Bob and Red.

yeah, i think you're right, when they got the Macdonald's ladies money they figured they could probably knock bob down a few notches and retire him.

and, doing the morning co-host thing is too fragmented, he in washington, she is los angeles...why do they have to have news out of los angeles?

i guess rene is kind of shrill cause she has to be on-air at 2 am california time.

And why is there no interaction between the two hosts?

swimpy, i can't answer that, but i know what you're saying-- it's just cold reporting npr style-- although, the evning group doesn't interact either...although i like two people reporting at night. but, i don't like michelle norris, she is a mediocre interviewer.

i never realized how superficial npr was until they hired Meeechelle-- what clued me in was how she is straining to sound like the others...eeesh, i think i'm going to subscribe to bob's new station....

My local public radio station just started broadcasting "Fresh Air", "The Connection", and a couple of other one hour interview programs during the day. I've been a Terry Gross fan for a long time and the other programs are very topical and interesting. Anymore, Morning Edition and All Things Considered are becoming background noise for my morning and evening commute.

Terry Gross has a slight lean to her gait.

I don't care. She interviews interesting people and has a real skill for asking open ended questions and then getting out of the way. Of course, that's merely my opinion.

the connection used to be excellent when christopher lydon, the originator of the show was on. boy, he could conduct an interview. wbur ousted him over dispute during fund raising and his pay. he didn't want to fund raise and he wanted more money-- regrettably, they canned him. he was the connection.

dick gordon, the current host is too affected for me. he doesn't have the subtle understanding of his subjects like lydon did. he's adequate, but manages to make boring topics that otherwise interest me.

I understand what you mean about Gordon, however I never had the chance to here his predecessor. He's still better that most talk radio hosts.

swimpy, if you can listen to the radio from your computer you can go to the archives of the connection and hear a lydon interview. he left around 2001.

I'll check that out, Gala. Thanks.