The Bob Edwards Show

The show's host and namesake, Bob Edwards, was a Peabody Award-winning member of the National Radio Hall of Fame. The show's first broadcast was on October 4, 2004, staffed by experienced public radio veterans. The first program included weekly political commentator Washington Post columnist David S. Broder, but no longer does. ==Awards and recognition==

In 2006, interviews with musicians earned The Bob Edwards Show the Deems Taylor Award from ASCAP. The program received a Gabriel Award from the Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals a documentary about mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. Exploding Heritage also received the National Press Club's Robert L. Kozic Award for environmental reporting, a New York Festivals Gold World Medal for best program on the environment, and an award from the Society of Environmental Journalists. In 2008, the show received an Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association and a New York Festivals/United Nations Gold Award for a documentary, The Invisible: Children Without Homes. The documentary also was honored by the Journalism Center on Children and Families and by the CACAP. 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. The documentary also earned the show its third Gabriel Award. In 2013, Bob's program was awarded a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for the documentary, An Occupational Hazard: Rape in the Military. ==Personnel==

Host • Bob Edwards (2004–2014) Executive producer • Mark Schramm (2004–2005) • Tish Valva (2005–2007) • Steve Lickteig (2007–2011) • Ed McNulty (2011–2014) Production staff Source: • Dan Bloom • Chad Campbell • Andy Danyo Kubis • Ed McNulty • Cristy Meiners • Ariana Pekary • Geoffrey Redick • Shelley Tillman • Kim Dawson ==References==