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Bob Edwards

Profession : Journalist

Birth : May 16, 1947

At a tiny station in New Albany, Indiana, which is right across from the river from Louisville, Kentucky, where I grew up. The Louisville stations were loath to hire beginners, so I had to go across the river.

Bob Edwards

Nobody cares about your wardrobe, what your tie looks like, or even if you're wearing one, and I don't.

Bob Edwards

I'm still excited at being at a microphone and talking to listeners. I love that. It's the most basic element of what I do and I still enjoy it very much.

Bob Edwards

I wanted to be one of the voices in the box.

Bob Edwards

I wake about 1 a.m. I'm in the office by 2 a.m. We're on the air at 5.

Bob Edwards

Any outfit that has to beg its listeners for money is an organization that has to constantly please its listeners or it will dry up and go away. It shouldn't work when you think about it.

Bob Edwards

It's also a more personal medium. It seems to go directly to one's brain. There are no pictures to distract.

Bob Edwards

I was encouraged to read aloud in class and vocalize.

Bob Edwards

I've never been able to predict the future of anything.

Bob Edwards

I go home by noon, and I'm in bed by 6 p.m. I get up at 1 and do it again.

Bob Edwards