Editing Geoff Edwards (section)

==Background==
Prior to his media career, Edwards was an accomplished musician, playing drums in a number of jazz bands. 

Edwards began his career while attending [[Duke University]], working for a radio station in [[Albany, New York]]. In 1959, Edwards got his first job at [[KGB (AM)|KFMB-AM]] in [[San Diego]],<ref>{{citation| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiAEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Geoff+edwards%22+KFMB&pg=PA8| title=Vox jox| last=Bundy| first=June| magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| date=February 23, 1959| page=6| volume=71| issue=8| access-date=April 11, 2020| via=Google Books}}</ref> hosting an evening show and co-hosting the ''Don Ross/Geoff Edwards Show''.

As a news reporter for [[KHJ-AM]] radio, Edwards was present in the basement of Dallas police headquarters when [[Jack Ruby]] shot suspected [[John F. Kennedy]] assassin [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] on November 24, 1963. Edwards was one of the witnesses interviewed by [[NBC News|NBC]] television correspondent [[Tom Pettit]] on the scene.

In its 11th annual radio selections for the Best of 1967 column, ''The [[Los Angeles Times]]'' selected Edwards for its ''Personality of the Year'' for Edwards' on air work at KFI.<ref name="lat-1967dec31">{{cite news |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/155792024 |title=Cream of the Radio Crop for '67 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=December 31, 1967 |page=c34 |last=Page |first=Don |url-access=subscription |id={{ProQuest|155792024}} |access-date=December 24, 2017 |archive-date=December 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224102108/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/doc/155792024.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

After a few short stints at other stations, Edwards was hired at [[KMPC]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Geoff Edwards, Jack Angel Join KMPC's Expanded Deejay Roster |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2287469/edwards_kmpc/ |newspaper=[[The Van Nuys News]] |date=February 2, 1968 |page=55 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=April 25, 2015}}</ref><ref name="lat-1968jan28">{{cite news |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/155768544 |title=Geoff Edwards—He'd Rather Switch Than Fight |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 28, 1968 |page=D50–D51 |last=Page |first=Don |url-access=subscription |quote=Beginning Feb. 5, Edwards will fill a new position at KMPC, 9-noon, which trims an hour from both the Dick Whittinghill and Ira Cook programs, giving you an idea of the prestige Edwards brings with him. |id={{ProQuest|155768544}} |access-date=December 24, 2017 |archive-date=December 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101809/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/doc/155768544.html |url-status=live}}</ref> in Los Angeles, occupying the 9 a.m.-noon slot for several years beginning in February 1968 until December 1979 when he resigned to focus on his TV career. He later worked at [[KFI]] from 1987 to 1989 but he ultimately resigned, as a protest against fellow KFI personality [[Tom Leykis]], destroying [[Cat Stevens]]' ([[Yusuf Islam]]) [[album|records]] following Stevens' call for a [[fatwa]] on [[Salman Rushdie]]. Most recently, Edwards was a morning DJ with KSUR (now [[KKGO]]) in Los Angeles. One of the features of his radio show was "Radio's Answer Lady," in which listeners could call in with questions&nbsp;— some serious, some not so serious&nbsp;— and he would answer on the air, sometimes with serious answers, sometimes with quips.

During that time, Edwards tried his hand at acting, appearing on ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'' and ''[[That Girl]]''.

In 1968, he was seen in several episodes of ''[[Petticoat Junction]]'', as Bobbie Jo Bradley's boyfriend Jeff. From his time on the show, he met — and maintained a very close friendship with — [[Meredith MacRae]], (who played Billie Jo Bradley).

In 1969, he narrated an educational film, ''How We Feel About Sound''.

He also guest starred on  ''[[Police Woman (TV series)|Police Woman]]'', ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]'', and ''[[Small Wonder (TV series)|Small Wonder]]''.

In the early 1970s, Edwards appeared on ''The Bobby Darin Show'' as the straight man to singer [[Bobby Darin]]. After that series ended, Edwards pursued a game show career, starting with ''Says Who?'' in 1971, followed by ''Cop-Out!'' in February 1972—however, both shows eventually turned out to be [[Television pilot|unsold pilots]].