NPR: Bob Edwards Says Goodbye to 'Morning Edition'

Update: Howard Stern hires Bob Edwards after Clear Channel Imbroglio

New York — Howard Stern hired Bob Edwards as an on air commentator yesterday evening in a move sparked by the current fight between Stern’s syndication partner Viacom/ Infinity Media and Clear Channel communications, the largest radio station group in the United States. Edwards, who began hosting NPR’s Morning Edition in 1979, has admitted that the switch over to the Howard Stern show will be a ‘big shift.’ “Of course I am enthusiastic,” said Edwards, “I’ve spent twenty five years being extremely circumspect in my approach, rising at 3 or 4 in the morning to write my show for the day… here I will be using the same typewriter and the same yellow paper but I’ll get to write about porn stars and people having …intercourse with inflatable dolls and similar topics…” Howard Stern show representatives indicated that the arrangement was a win-win situation for both Edwards and the radio show “Bob’s going to be [expletive] great. There is no way that the FCC is going to [expletive] with us after we start hiring NPR personalities and besides, Edwards is going to do a great job covering all sorts of [expletive] up stuff in his trademark measured tones. It going to be [expletive] awesome.” In related news, Sylvia Poggioli will be leaving her position with NPR’s European News desk to replace Bubba the Love Sponge on WXTB-FM in Tampa.

- posted by JB @ 5:46 AM