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Bill Edwards
Savannah's News Now
6:00 - 9:00am
Weekdays

Contacts
Email: bill@newsradio1290.com
Studio: 912-947-1290
Fax: 912-964-9414
Office: 912-964-7794
Miguel Fuller
Traffic Reporter
Producer
Where did Bill Edwards come from?
You can’t say to Bill: “You ain’t from here!”  Bill’s a native of Savannah and a graduate of Groves High School—then, from Groves Rebel to Ole Miss Rebel,

Bill got his B-A in broadcast journalism from the University of Mississippi in 1970 and spent the next four years at WCIV-TV as staff announcer and assistant sports director in Charleston.  After a brief stint with the Greater Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce, Bill returned home in 1977 as news & sports anchor at WJCL-TV.

In 1980 he became news director of WSGA & WZAT (Z-102) and assistant sports director at WTOC-TV, returning to WJCL two years later as sports director.  For the next nine years he also hosted “The Erk Russell Show”—the Georgia Southern Football show. 

Loving the classroom setting, Bill’s also taught television production at Savannah College of Art & Design, English at Savannah Technical College, and public speaking at Armstrong-Atlantic State University.  For four years he was sports director at WSAV-TV (before they were on “Our Side”), while, at the same time, the news director of Q-105.3.

Bill began news talk at WBMQ when they returned to a local morning show and then joined the staff of WTKS on 19 February 2002. 

Very active in the community, Bill’s been a member of the Downtown Savannah Kiwanis club where he’s served as a Key Club advisor and club president.  He’s been a member of Kiwanis since 1971.  He’s won the Associated Press Sportscasting Excellence Award for his work, including nightly coverage of Olympic sailing during the 1996 games in Savannah.

Bill’s married to the former Pam Tavormina and enjoys being a granddad.
Places I visit on the web
Karl's Korner
Karl DeMasi, Editor of The Prep Sports Report comes in every Friday @ 8am to talk about student athletes.
Check out the The Prep Sports Report here: http://www.prepsportsreport.net/

Pharmaceutical Grade Supplements
Friday 08-29-2008 6:41am ET
Institute for Energy Research
Wednesday 08-13-2008 8:35am ET
On the show today with Bill was Robert Murphy from the Institute for Energy Research. To find out more information you can visit their wesbite here: http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/
The Chain Baseball Academy
Tuesday 08-12-2008 6:53am ET
The Chain Baseball Academy i s accepting registrations for the fall 2008 baseball league for the 13, 14, and 15-18u divisions. The season will start on September 13. Chain baseball will do an evaluation of all players that register on Saturday, August 30th 10:00AM at Chain Field in Garden City. Players can register at the Chain Baseball Academy 5501 Abercorn Street or call (912) 352-8466.
Trinity Lutheran Church
Friday 08-01-2008 9:07am ET
Bill mentioned Trinity Lutheran Church's vacation bible school that will begin monday August 4th and last until Friday the 8th. For more information you can call (912) 925-4839 or visit their website here: http://www.trinitylutheransavannah.org/
Peter Schwarzlose
Thursday 07-31-2008 9:18am ET
On the show today with Bill was Peter Schwarzlose. Peter discussed his book Gulag: Memoirs of an American in Hitler's Army and Stalin's Gulag.