Robert Alan Edwards (May 16, 1947 – February 10, 2024) was an American broadcast journalist who was a Peabody Award-winning member of the National Radio Hall of Fame.

Afterwards, Edwards served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, producing and anchoring television and radio news programs for the American Forces Korea Network from Seoul.

[4] Edwards hosted NPR's flagship program, Morning Edition, from the show's inception in November 1979 until April 2004.

"[9] The New York Daily News called him "an institution among Morning Edition listeners for his interviewing skills and his calm, articulate style".

The chats were supposedly about sports, but often digressed into topics like the Gulf War, what kind of flowers were blooming at Barber's Tallahassee, Florida home, or other non-sport subjects.

Edwards was removed as host, replaced with Steve Inskeep and Renée Montagne,[6] and reassigned as a senior correspondent for NPR News.

"This change in Morning Edition is part of the ongoing evaluation of all NPR programming that has taken place over the last several years.

We've looked at shows like All Things Considered and Talk of the Nation with an eye to how we can best serve listeners in the future.

"[7] The decision to remove Edwards, made shortly before his 25th anniversary with the show, was met with much criticism by listeners.

[11][12] Other journalists, including ABC's Cokie Roberts and CBS's Charles Osgood, expressed dissatisfaction with the move.

Washington Post columnist David Broder and former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite were Edwards' first guests.

A September 22, 2005 press release from PRI states, "Bob Edwards Weekend will provide PRI listeners with an opportunity to sample some of the astute commentary and intriguing interviews offered to XM subscribers each weekday on The Bob Edwards Show."

"The Invisible" also was honored by the Journalism Center for Children and Families and by the Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals.

[citation needed] In 2009, the show received a Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for the documentary, Stories from Third Med: Surviving a Jungle ER.

[citation needed] In July 2018, Edwards joined with AARP to host a podcast, Take On Today, which was published most Thursdays.

The program covered topics of health, work, money, aging, and entertainment, including interviews and panel discussions of issues relevant to older Americans.