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Morning Edition's 20th Anniversary
On Nov. 5, 1999, Morning Edition celebrated 20 years on the air. NPR Online marked the occasion with a Morning Edition history; and a then-and-now review of life during the program's first two decades.
 Favorite Interviews
Bob Edwards' favorite interviews from the first 20 years of the broadcast.
Interview with Roger Ebert
Bob Edwards interviews movie critic Roger Ebert during a Morning Edition anniversary celebration in Chicago.
Interview with Studs Terkel
Bob Edwards interviews Studs Terkel during a Morning Edition anniversary celebration in Chicago.
The Human Voice
David Kestenbaum reports on how the human voice
remains distinctive even though it changes with age. Like Bob
Edwards' voice after 20 years as host of Morning Edition -- usually you can still recognize it despite the wear and tear.
Generation X
Youth Radio commentator Megan Williams is 21 years old -- almost the same age as Morning Edition. Listen as she recalls some of the most vivid events that helped define her and other Generation X-ers.
Generation X
Sharon Edwards, wife of America's host, recalls traveling with Bob to meet listeners over the years.
Party!
Surprise Anniversary Party for Bob Edwards and Morning Edition
Quotes
"When Morning Edition started, we had our first overseas employee, Robert
Siegel. He was our man in London — and that was it. Now we have
people in Asia, Africa, Europe…all over the place. Clearly that makes
us better able to craft a program worthy of the audience we now have.
Sometimes the listeners know much more about the stories than I do."
- Bob Edwards, Host
My most memorable moment was the
day that my dog appeared on Morning Edition. The next day, Bob
and I had to fess up to the audience and explain that I work from my
house. (The late) Abner became so popular that calls and letters came
in asking about my basset hound and asking if he was a Democrat or a
Republican. I'd go to fundraisers for member stations and see pictures
of Abner on promotions!"
- Cokie Roberts, News Analyst
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