NoTV: NPR's 'Col. Bob' Dies at 76

[Mark Jeffries]

Bob Edwards, one of the public radio network's charter employees, hosted "Morning Edition" for its first quarter-century after five sometimes-tumultuous years hosting "All Things Considered" with the more casual Susan Stamberg--he quit the net in 2005 after being taken off "ME" and hosted a daily interview show on SIriusXM for several years--when his native state of Kentucky named him a colonel, the legendary sportscaster and "ME" contributor Red Barber dubbed him "Col. Bob," which stuck--when you go to the link, of course you'll listen to Lynn Neary's obit instead of reading it:

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/12/165681524/bob-edwards-dead-npr-host