Morning Edition's Daily 'Returns'

See the archived list of Morning Edition returns.

Before most of us are awake, Morning Edition hosts scour news reports for funny, strange or surprising nuggets that might make a listener's day.

Morning Edition folks call the 30-second items "returns" because they're heard just before the NPR half-hour newscast and station break.

Jay Kernis, NPR's senior vice president for programming and formerly Morning Edition's senior producer, explains how the "returns" came to be: "When designing the Morning Edition clock in the fall of 1979, we knew that (the broadcast) would contain international, national, regional and local news. In effect, each member station would co-produce the show with NPR, adding local reporting wherever they felt it would serve their audiences. So given the possibility that [former host Bob Edwards] might not be heard in certain cities after the first 20 minutes of the program, I thought to create a short moment for him to 'return' to the show and labeled it as such. The label stuck."

In case you missed them the first time -- or if you would like to hear them again -- NPR Online offers the "returns" for re-listening (updated daily after 10 a.m.). Find the latest "returns" on Morning Edition's program rundown page after 12 p.m. ET or see the full list of archived "returns."

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