Steve Edwards (born Steven Edward Schwartz on August 23, 1948 in

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) is an American retired television and radio personality in

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morning shows, including ''AM Los Angeles'', ''Two on The Town'', and ''

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''. From 2001-05, he hosted GDLA's nationally- syndicated companion show, ''Good Day Live'', which aired on many Fox-owned and affiliated stations. Currently he is a regular fill-in host at KABC radio as well as hosting 2 podcasts, OK LA, with former co-hosts Jillian Barberie and Dorothy Lucey, from Good Day LA and Steve Edwards Confessions: an in-depth interview with newsmakers and people who have impacted our culture.

Biography

Edwards began his broadcasting career after graduating from the

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(earning a degree in history) and attending the

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(unfinished work on a master's degree in clinical psychology). His first broadcasting job was in the late 1960s with KMSC radio (now

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) in the

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suburb of

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. He later moved to

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, where he hosted a nighttime call-in show. While in Houston, he also worked at CBS television affiliate

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, where he was a news anchor and hosted shows. In the mid-1970s, he worked at ABC-owned WLS-TV in

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as host of ''AM Chicago'' with Sandi Freeman and ''Friday Night with Steve Edwards''. In 1978, Edwards moved to

, where he worked at CBS-owned KNXT (later

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), in which he hosted daily half hour magazine style ''Two On the Town'' with

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and later Melody Rogers, and his own self-titled talk show. While at the station, he served as its entertainment editor and as a weatherman. He also worked on ''

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'', an experimental sitcom produced by

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, and was lead host on the variety show ''On Stage America''. Edwards appeared as a correspondent ''

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'' for one season, and moved to

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in 1984. At KABC-TV, he hosted ''A.M. Los Angeles'', first with

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followed by Tawny Little, along with ''Hollywood Closeup'' and an afternoon show, ''3:30''. Edwards also hosted

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programs for then-radio

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KABC-AM, with both the ''Steve Edwards Show'' and ''Sports Talk''. Edwards returned to local television in 1993, when he began hosting ''Live in L.A.'', an

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program on

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, before becoming an anchor and host of Fox-owned

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's ''Good Day L.A.'' in 1995. Through the years Edwards has been the host of many unsold pilots including game shows, variety shows and talk shows. Three game show pilots featuring Edwards as host included ''Get Rich Quick!'' in 1977 for Bob Stewart and ABC, ''Pandemonium'' in 1979 for

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and CBS, and a 1990 pilot of a potential syndication run of the mid-80s NBC game show ''

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''. Neither of these three pilots were picked up.

Dismissal

KTTV announced on December 11, 2017 that Edwards "is no longer employed" by the station amid sexual harassment allegations. His dismissal came during the height of the #MeToo movement.

Awards and honors

Edwards has received the Governor's Award from the

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and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

References

External links

Steve Edwards' FoxLA bio at Internet Wayback Machine
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