FORMER NPR HOST NAMED AFTRA PRESIDENT

Bob Edwards, the host of NPR's Morning Edition for some 25 years before he was fired in 2004 when the public radio network decided it wanted to take the program in "a new direction," will now be faced with taking the American Federation of TV and Radio Artists in a new direction as the union enters the age of digital broadcasting. Edwards was named on Tuesday to replace John Connolly as AFTRA president after Connolly stepped down to become national executive director of Actors' Equity. Edwards currently hosts an interview program on XM Satellite Radio.

07/02/2007