Report: SiriusXM Pulling Plug On Bob Edwards

Bob Edwards

SiriusXM has decided to pull the plug on "The Bob Edwards Show," the award-winning weekday program hosted by the longtime NPR "Morning Edition" veteran, sources told Politico Friday.

The show's last episode will air on Sept. 26, the sources said. Public Radio International, which pays Sirius XM to broadcast the show on weekends, will continue to air reruns.

Edwards, 67, was the first host of NPR's "Morning Edition" and anchored the show from 1979 until 2004, when he was forced out in what a spokesperson described as an effort to "bring new ideas and perspectives to the show."

Edwards is a recipient of the Peabody Award and, in 2004, was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame.