Morning Edition is an American radio news program produced and distributed by National Public Radio (NPR). It airs weekday mornings, Monday-Friday and runs for two hours, although many stations repeat one or both hours. The show feeds live from 5 AM to 7 AM Eastern Time with refeeds and updates as needed until 12 noon Eastern Time. The show premiered on November 5, 1979. NPR logo NPR redirects here. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

A typical show includes news, both newscasts and in-depth reports; features on science, arts, business, sports, and politics; interviews with and profiles of people in the news; commentaries; and human interest features. Some regional public radio networks (such as Minnesota Public Radio) and local stations also produce locally-focused content under their Morning Edition banner. News is new information or current events. ... Human interest news articles are about particular individuals or groups of people. ... Public broadcasting (also known as public service broadcasting or PSB) is the dominant form of broadcasting around the world, where radio, television, and potentially other electronic media outlets receive funding from the public. ... Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is a regional public radio network based in the U.S. state of Minnesota that has been broadcasting since 1967. ...

Bob Edwards, previously the co-host of All Things Considered, hosted Morning Edition since the first episode, a job he initially took on a temporary basis when a shake-up in production and on-air staff occurred ten days before the show's premiere. His last day as host was April 30, 2004. Since May 3, 2004, the show has been co-hosted by Steve Inskeep and Renée Montagne. Inskeep reports from NPR headquarters in Washington, DC and Montagne reports from NPR West in Culver City, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. Bob Edwards Robert Alan Edwards (born May 16, 1947 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American radio broadcaster. ... All Things Considered, sometimes abbreviated ATC, is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Steve Inskeep is one of the current hosts of Morning Edition on National Public Radio. ... Renée Montagne is a co-host of NPRs syndicated show, Morning Edition. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Culver City sign, at the northeast corner of the Sepulveda Boulevard and Centinela Avenue intersection, near the 405 and the 90 freeway interchange. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ...

Arbitron ratings show that over thirteen million people listen to Morning Edition each day. It's the second most-listened-to national radio show, after The Rush Limbaugh Show. Arbitron is a radio audience research company in the United States. ... The Rush Limbaugh Show, hosted by Rush Limbaugh, is the most listened to radio talk show in the United States with an estimated audience between 13 and 20 million listeners weekly. ...

In 1999, Morning Edition with Bob Edwards received the George Foster Peabody Award. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The George Foster Peabody Awards, more commonly known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting and cable television. ...

Format

The program begins with an open (called a "billboard") which highlights stories to be covered in the hour. At least one birthday or anniversary of a major event is announced as well.

The standard NPR newscast follows for five minutes. Many stations cover the last two minutes of the newscast for their own local news. Then a 3 1/2 minute business report follows and the signature thirty-second "bleeble" begins the program.

The first segment, called the "A" segment (duration 9:00), highlights the most important stories of the day. Usually the "A" segments differ between hours, although when the topic is extraordinary, the "A" segment will cover the same topic, but in a different format between the first and second hour. Between each segment, one to three minute breaks occur which are filled with promotions for other programs, sponsorship credits, and station-provided content such as local traffic and weather reports. Segment A ends at nineteen minutes past the hour, and a two-minute station break follows.

Coming back from the break at twenty-one minutes past the hour, the second segment, or "B" segment (duration 8:50), generally contains features, commentaries, or long form interviews. Interviews can last up to roughly nine minutes.

At the bottom of the hour, a humorous news segment is delivered. These segments are called "returns," because many stations that air local news return to the national feed at half past the hour. The return lasts thirty seconds, and ends with the tagline "It's Morning Edition, from NPR News," or some variation thereon.

Another five minute newscast follows, with many stations covering the last two minutes with local news and features. The "C" segment follows (duration 4:00) and is often covered by stations with local content as well. This segment features news or cultural reports of three to four minutes long. Segment C ends with a thirty-seconds music bed, and is followed immediately by Segment D.

The "D" segment is composed of an amalgam of stories from around the world, or short reports on significant or interesting stories both national and international. At forty-nine past the hour the segment ends, and another two-minute station break begins. This station break generally carries a promo for Talk of the Nation (first hour), or instructions on how to obtain tapes and transcripts of NPR programming (second hour), followed by music. Many stations eliminate the promotional announcements. Talk of the Nation is a talk radio program based in the United States, produced by National Public Radio, and is broadcasted nationally on weekday afternoons (Eastern Standard Time). ...

Segment E begins at fifty-one after the hour and runs for eight minutes, twenty seconds. The "E" segment differs between hours. In the first hour, the Segment E focuses on business stories, while in the second hour, the Segment E is a cultural feature or softer news story, usually taking the entire segment length. The majority of NPR stations cover the "E" segment in the first hour with a broadcast of the Marketplace Morning Report, and some stations replace the second hour "E" segment as well. Segment E ends at 58:20 after the hour, and leads into a music bed that takes us into the next hour, or the end of the program, depending on the hour. Marketplace is a radio program produced and distributed by American Public Media, the broadcast arm of Minnesota Public Radio, in association with the University of Southern California. ...

Stations receive over their computers the daily rundown of stories before each program which allows them to plan their coverage and decide what stories they wish to replace with local content. The rundown is updated as necessary until 12 noon Eastern time.

Differences in Pickup Times

Most stations in the Central and Eastern Time zones run Morning Edition live from 5 to 7 AM ET, repeating one or both hours through morning drive time. Some stations run only the two hours, others run up to seven hours. The repeats are automatically fed through the NPR satellite, and are updated as necessary by NPR anchors in the studio when breaking news events occur. In the past, Bob Edwards would stay in the studio waiting until he was released at noon, in case there was anything that required an update. Today, with two hosts, one host generally stays in the studio while the other does field reporting or works on stories for future shows, and the transition is seamless, unless both hosts have to be away from the studio for some reason. In that instance, substitute NPR anchors John Ydstie and Linda Wertheimer host the re-feeds.

On the West Coast, Morning Edition can run for up to seven hours (the first "live" feed and the subsequent re-feeds). For example, KPCC in Pasadena carries Morning Edition for seven hours, from 2:00 AM to 9:00 AM PT; and KSKA in Anchorage carries the show from 1:00 AM to 8:00 AM AT. It should be noted that KPCC handles the re-feeds uniquely: instead of taking the re-feed from the satellite, they "roll their own" by taking the tape from the feed two hours prior, so that they can run the A and B segments of Morning Edition about three minutes earlier than cross-town rival KCRW, which takes the re-feed direct from the satellite. This breaks down when a breaking news story occurs, and for that KPCC runs the same feed as KCRW. KPCC (89. ... Alaska Public Telecommunications Inc. ... KCRW (89. ...

Personnel

Hosts

• Bob Edwards (1979-2004)
• Steve Inskeep (Co-host; 2004-present day)
• Renée Montagne (Co-host; 2004-present day)

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Newscasters

• Carl Kasell - since first program
• Jean Cochran
• Paul Brown
• Nora Raum
• Ann Taylor
• Carol Van Dam

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News Analysts

• Cokie Roberts
• Daniel Schorr

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Correspondents

Jason Beaubien - Foreign Correspondent, Cape Town

Howard Berkes - Correspondent, Rural Affairs, National Desk, Salt Lake City

Barbara Bradley-Hagerty - Correspondent, Religion, National Desk

Anthony Brooks - Correspondent, National Desk, Boston

John Burnett - Correspondent, National Desk, Austin

Adam Davidson - Correspondent, International Business and Economics

Gregory Feifer - Moscow Correspondent

Pam Fessler - Correspondent, Homeland Security, Washington Desk

David Folkenflik - Correspondent, Media, Arts Information Unit

Lourdes Garcia-Navarro - Foreign Correspondent, Mexico City

Anne Garrels - Foreign Correspondent

Rob Gifford - Foreign Correspondent, London

Tom Gjelten - Correspondent

Tom Goldman - Correspondent, Sports, Portland

Don Gonyea - Correspondent, White House, Washington Desk

Richard Gonzales - Correspondent, San Francisco, National Desk

Wade Goodwyn - Correspondent, National Desk, Dallas

David Greene - Correspondent, White House, Washington Desk

Vertamae Grosvenor - Correspondent, Culture, Arts Information Unit

Jon Hamilton - Correspondent, Science Desk

Commentators

• Red Barber (1980-1992)
• Baxter Black ("cowboy poet, philosopher and former large-animal veterinarian")
• Frank Deford (sports)
• Miles Hoffman (music)
• Patt Morrison
• David Sedaris
• Tom Shales (film and television; also a critic for the Washington Post)
• Kenneth Turan (film; also a critic for the Los Angeles Times)

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Executive/SupervisingProducer

Barry Gordemer - Producer/Director, Morning Edition

Davar Ardalan - Supervising Producer, Morning Edition

External links

• Official site
• NPR bios for all on-air staff, including the Morning Edition hosts and newscasters
• NPR press release announcing Edwards' departure
• More about Edwards' forced departure
• The Morning Edition "Returns"