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Steve Edwards (talk show host), This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedias quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. The talk page may contain suggestions. (May 2008)Steve Edwards (born Steven Edward Schwartz in 1948 New York City) is an icon of Los Angeles television with thirty years of hosting such high visibility shows as AM Los Angeles, Two on The Town and for the past 15 years, Good Day LA.. From 2001-2005, he hosted GDLAs nationally-syndicated companion show, Good Day Live, which aired on many Fox-owned and affiliated stations. Edwards is known for hosting many different shows with varied formats in Los Angeles with a sense of humor and encyclopedic knowledge.Edwards began his broadcasting career after graduating from the University of Miami (earning a degree in history) and attending the University of Houston (unfinished work on a masters degree in clinical psychology). His first broadcasting job was in the late 1960s with KMSC radio station in Clear Lake City. He quickly moved up to Houston radio station KTRH, where he hosted a popular night call-in show. While in Houston, he also worked at CBS television affiliate KHOU-TV, where he was a news anchor and hosted talk popular shows on the station. He had a three run in Chicago for a time in the mid 1970 as the host of the highly successful AM Chicago and Friday Night with Steve Edwards. In 1978, Edwards finally came to Los Angeles, where he worked at CBS-owned KNXT (now KCBS-TV), in which he hosted infotainment programs such as Two On The Town with Connie Chung and later Melody Rogers and his own self-titled talk show. While at the station, he served as their entertainment editor, reviewing movies, television, and the arts and as a weatherman. He also worked on The Baxters, an experimental sitcom produced by Norman Lear and was lead host on the variety show ON Stage America.He did Entertainment Tonight for one season, and moved to KABC-TV in 1984. At KABC, he hosted the top rated A.M. Los Angeles (first with Cristina Ferrare followed by Tawny Little) along with Hollywood Closeup and an afternoon show 3:30 which gave way to the Oprah Winfrey show.Through these years he was a talk radio host for KABC with both the issues driven Steve Edwards Show and Sports Talk. Edwards got back into local television in 1993-1994, where he hosted Live in L.A., an infotainment program on KCAL-TV Channel 9. Edwards finally arrived at his current position as lead anchor and host of KTTVs Good Day L.A. in 1995 with Dorothy Lucey and Jillian Reynolds, which for 15 years has been a fixture of morning television and is usually at the top of the ratings. Funny clips of Edwards getting cranky are frequently featured on The Soup.Through the years Edwards has been the host of many unsold pilots including game shows, variety shows talk shows.Hes won several Emmy Awards and has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.He is married to Jean whom he met in college and they have two children.[edit] References[edit] External linksEdwardss bio at MyFoxLA.comSteve Edwards (talk show host) at the Internet Movie DatabasePersondataNameEdwards, SteveAlternative namesShort descriptionDate of birth1948Place of birthDate of deathPlace of deathRetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Edwards_(talk_show_host)Categories: Living people | American infotainers | American television talk show hosts | Television news anchors in Los Angeles, California | People from New York City | 1948 birthsHidden categories: BLP articles lacking sources from July 2007 | Articles lacking reliable references from July 2007 | All articles lacking sources | 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