No idea how this site gets this data, but it's worth a click for the 60-120 seconds of fascination, followed by "Gee, I wish I could build something like this for something. . ."
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"When someone works at his trade every week, at age 75 or 80, we say, "That's admirable." When he does it at age 90, we say, "That's Daniel Schorr." The NPR senior news analyst is celebrating his 90th birthday." [NPR]
Well, this is cool. NPR did a series of interviews with A.J. Jacobs, the author of The Know-It-All, which I just "read" as an unabridged audio book.
Charley Steiner, John Sterling's radio partner, will be doing Dodger broadcasts next season. Fred Hickman has left the YES Network studios for a job with ESPN. Rumor has it that Suzyn Waldman will join John Sterling on the radio end of things.
And if you're hungering for some actual Yankees baseball talk, check out Clifford's Big Red Blog, where he talks about the 2005 team.
"Morning radio will soon lose one of its most familiar news anchors. Bob Edwards, who for nearly 25 years has greeted millions of weekday listeners with the distinctive and richly toned opener "This is `Morning Edition' from NPR News," is being replaced as host of that flagship morning program." [NY Times]
Excuse my language, but this sucks. I love Bob Edwards. Here's the text of an email I just sent to ombudsman@npr.org:
Dear Mr. Dvorkin,
I was very disappointed to read in the NY Times today that Bob Edwards soon will no longer be the host of Morning Edition. First NPR removes Linda Wertheimer and Noah Adams from my afternoon commute, now I am supposed to make it through the morning commute without the beautiful speaking voice of Mr. Edwards? I think a man of 56 is a little young to be put out to pasture. Ken Stern, quoted in the aforementioned article, can talk about Mr. Edwards becoming a senior correspondent and remaining "on the air for years to come," but I rarely hear pieces from Ms. Wertheimer and Mr. Adams, both of whom I believe hold the same job title.
Although it sounds like a fait accompli, I would urge NPR's management to reconsider this decision.
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Update: At the website there is a letter from Bob Edwards directed to us listeners and a different email to which we should direct our messages: nprcomm@npr.org.
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Update 3/25/04 -- Others weigh in on this topic:
Metafilter thread
"No more baritone Bob. . .? NPR says Bob's going to be a senior correspondent, a la Susan Stamberg and Linda Wertheimer, but he won't be around for the regular eye-opener shift. NPR is saying they wanted to make a change because "it was time," or words to that effect, but that only begs the musical question: If it ain't broke (and "Morning Edish" was pulling all-time high numbers recently) why are they fixing it?" [Paul Farhi in the Washington Post]
"When the mike is passed to Inskeep and Montagne in May, maybe I'll still be listening. But without Edwards' familiar voice, I just know every day will feel like Pledge Week. I can't help it: the guy's like family." [Alexandra Marshall in Salon]
"Maybe my fear is misplaced, and maybe the end of the Edwards era will turn out to not be a bad thing. Still, it will be jarring to wake up in the morning with a stranger. Goodbye, Bob. Get some sleep. You've earned it." [Richard Cohen in the Washington Post]
NPR has launched a new radio show called "Day to Day". Its studios are on the West Coast and the show is a partnership with Slate magazine (owned by Microsoft). This page on NPR's site offers links to recent shows, host Alex Chadwick's Slate Diary, and the executive producer's comments on the show's first week at Transom.org. (Please note, at Transom.org you'll need to click "To Top" to read the thread from the beginning.)
