Ed Schultz

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Ed Schultz (2007)

Edward Andrew Schultz (born January 27, 1954 in Norfolk , Virginia - † July 5, 2018 in Washington, DC ) was an American television and radio presenter and commentator. He was best known for hosting the eponymous political commentary program The Ed Show on cable news channel MSNBC .

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Schultz grew up as the son of an engineer and a teacher in Larchmont . In 1972 he graduated from Maury High School in Norfolk. He then went to Minnesota State University Moorhead as a football player on a sports scholarship . After playing professional football for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for several years, Schultz worked for fifteen years as a sports correspondent for two local broadcasters in Fargo , North Dakota. In that capacity, he made radio and television coverage of football and basketball games for North Dakota State University teams. In 1996 Schultz switched to the broadcaster KFGP in Fargo, for which he commented on football games for several years.

In his first marriage, Schultz was married to the producer Maureen Zimmerman, from whom he divorced in 1993. In 1998 he married Wendy Schultz for the second time.

After Schultz had been close to the Republicans for many years and even considered running for Congress as a Republican candidate in 1994, he turned increasingly to the left in the late 1990s. He cites his mother 's Alzheimer's disease and his encounters with homeless war veterans as key experiences, which heightened his social awareness. Accordingly, he loosened his allegiance to the Republicans and moved closer to the Democrats. Since 2000 he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In 2005, Schultz expanded his range of activities significantly: in addition to his work as a sports presenter, he began hosting his own political radio show in October 2005, which was eponymous The Ed Schultz Show . With over three million listeners per week, the show was the 17th most listened to talk radio show in the United States and was considered the most listened to left-wing talk radio show. Meanwhile, Schultz characterized himself as "Lefty" and confessed to the American trade union movement. In accordance with his activist image of society, he habitually gave his radio show the "plight of the American working class".

In 2009, Schultz was hired by cable news broadcaster MSNBC as a presenter. On April 6, the station began broadcasting the hour-long program The Ed Show , which is broadcast on weekdays at 6 p.m. East Coast , in which Schultz commented and analyzed the political events of the day from his personal perspective. The show, which replaced the show 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with David Shuster , was like Schultz's radio show by its dedicated "left twist". Since early 2011, The Ed Show has been running at 10:00 p.m. East Coast Time. In February 2012 the program reached an average of 1,327,000 viewers. On July 11, 2011, The Ed Show was, for the first time since its launch, the most watched program of all news channels on its slot in the “advertising-relevant target group” (24–54 years).

On October 24, 2011, The Ed Show switched to 8:00 p.m. East Coast time, heralding the primetime of MSNBC. The Ed Show was discontinued in 2015; the last episode ran on July 31st. From January 2016 until his death, Schultz presented the program News with Ed Schultz on weekdays at 8 p.m. on the RT America channel, an American branch of RT .

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  1. ↑ Ed Schultz, local and national broadcast personality, dies from natural causes at Washington, DC, home , Inforum, July 5, 2018
  2. ↑ Cable News Ratings October 2012: Debates And Hurricane Sandy Give Networks Ratings Jump
  3. ↑ Ed Schultz Grabs First Place Finish At 10 PM In Monday Night Ratings
  4. ↑ MSNBC Lineup Changes: 'Ed Show' Moves To 8 PM, 'Last Word' Returns To 10 PM
  5. ↑ http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/a-message-from-ed-schultz-495393347802
  6. ↑ http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/14/media/ed-schultz-rt-america/


personal data
SURNAME Schultz, Ed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schultz, Edward Andrew (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American television and radio host and commentator
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Norfolk , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH 5th July 2018
Place of death Washington, DC